89th Operations Group

(Redirected from 26th Troop Carrier Squadron)

The 89th Operations Group (89 OG) is one of the operational flying and support components of the United States Air Force 89th Airlift Wing, utilizing C-37A and B, C-32, and C-40 aircraft. It is stationed at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.

89th Operations Group
A Boeing C-32A, one of the types operated by the group, at Joint Base Andrews in May 2015
Active1942–1944; 1949–1951; 1952–1957; 1991–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Part ofAir Mobility Command
Insignia
89th Operations Group emblem
A C-32, a specially configured version of the Boeing 757-200 commercial intercontinental airliner
C-37A Gulfstream V
The C-40 B/C (Boeing 737 BBJ)

The 89 OG provides Special Air Mission (SAM) transport to high U.S. government officials and foreign dignitaries as needed. The group provided SAM transport to the President of the United States until 20 February 2001 when that mission was moved to the Presidential Airlift Group.

Its World War II predecessor unit, the 89th Troop Carrier Group was a First Air Force training unit providing transition training for pilots, 1942–1944, then briefly became a replacement training unit (RTU) during 1944 when it was inactivated. It trained in the Air Force Reserve for troop carrier operations, June 1949-May 1951, when it was briefly called into active service in May 1951 to provide personnel to other units during the Korean War. Reactivated in 1952 and trained in the Reserve for Tactical Air Command fighter-bomber operations until being inactivated in 1957.

Historical summary of organizational changes

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Lineage

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  • Established as 89th Transport Group on 19 January 1942
Activated on 1 February 1942
Redesignated 89th Troop Carrier Group on 4 July 1942
Disestablished on 14 April 1944
  • Reestablished, and redesignated 89th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, on 10 May 1949
Activated in the Reserve on 27 June 1949
Ordered to active service on 1 May 1951
Inactivated on 10 May 1951
  • Redesignated 89th Fighter-Bomber Group on 26 May 1952
Activated in the Reserve on 14 June 1952
Inactivated on 16 November 1957
  • Redesignated: 89th Tactical Fighter Group on 31 July 1985 (Remained inactive)
  • Redesignated: 89th Operations Group on 1 July 1991
Activated on 12 July 1991.

Assignments

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Components

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  • 1st Airlift Squadron: 12 July 1991–present, C-32A & C-40B aircraft
  • 99th Airlift Squadron, C-37A & C-37B aircraft
  • 89th Operations Support Squadron: 12 Jul 1991-present
  • 89th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron: 7 Feb 2024-present[1]
  • 1st Helicopter Squadron: 12 July 1991–2006
  • 24 Transport (later, 24 Troop Carrier; 24 Fighter-Bomber): 1 February 1942 – 14 April 1944; 27 June 1949 – 10 May 1951; 14 June 1952 – 16 November 1957
  • 25 Transport (later, 25 Troop Carrier; 25 Fighter-Bomber): 1 February 1942 – 14 April 1944; 27 June 1949 – 10 May 1951; 14 June 1952 – 1 July 1957
  • 26 Transport (later, 26 Troop Carrier; 26 Fighter-Bomber): 1 February 1942 – 14 April 1944; 27 June 1949 – 10 May 1951; 14 June 1952 – 16 November 1957
  • 27 Transport: 1 February-15 June 1942
  • 28 Transport: 1 February-19 May 1942
  • 30 Transport (later, 30 Troop Carrier): 15 June 1942 – 14 April 1944; 27 June 1949 – 10 May 1951
  • 31 Transport (later, 31 Troop Carrier): 15 June 1942 – 14 April 1944. 99 Airlift: 12 July 1991–present
  • 457th Airlift Squadron: 1 April 1993 – 1 April 1995

Stations

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Aircraft

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References

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  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. ^ "Last Friday, Col Gregory Adams, 89th Operations Group commander, presided over the assumption of command ceremony in which Lt Col David Waclawski assumed command of the 89th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron to support 89th Airlift Wing mission operations". 89th Airlift Wing. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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