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4th Air Support Operations Group

The 4th Air Support Operations Group (4 ASOG) is an active unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing. It is stationed at the Lucius D. Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden, Germany. The group's members mainly support United States Army Europe and Africa units by providing Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) airmen to army units, as well as providing weather support in Europe and Africa. Airmen from the 4th ASOG also serve as trainers at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany.[2][3][4]

4th Air Support Operations Group
Members of the 4th ASOG's 2nd ASOS call in a fire mission during exercise Combined Resolve VII at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Germany in 2016
Active5 June 1942 – 5 June 1947
15 March 1984 – 1 July 1994
1 August 1996 – present[1]
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeCombat support
RoleAir support operations
Part ofUnited States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa
Garrison/HQVogelweh, Germany
Engagements
World War II – American Theater

World War II – EAME Theater
  • Normandy campaign
  • Northern France campaign
  • Rhineland campaign
  • Ardennes–Alsace campaign
  • Central Europe campaign


Iraq War

  • Iraqi National Resolution
Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (x7)
Insignia
4th Air Support Operations Group emblem (Approved 6 May 1985)[1]

Assigned units

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Lineage

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  • Constituted as the 4th Communications Squadron, Air Support on 15 May 1942
Activated on 5 June 1942
Redesignated 4th Air Support Communication Squadron on 11 January 1943
Redesignated 4th Air Support Control Squadron on 20 August 1943
Redesignated 4th Tactical Air Communications Squadron on 1 April 1944
Inactivated on 5 June 1947
Disbanded on 8 October 1948
  • Reconstituted and consolidated with the 601st Air Support Operations Group on 8 February 1988
Redesignated 601st Air Support Operations Center Group on 8 March 1984
Activated on 15 March 1984
Redesignated 601st Air Support Operations Group on 1 May 1985
Redesignated 4th Air Support Operations Group on 1 March 1988
Inactivated on 1 July 1994
Activated on 1 August 1996[1]

Assignments

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  • IV Ground Air (later, IV Air) Support Command, 5 June 1942
  • Desert Training Center, 21 January 1943
  • Fourth Air Force, 7 September 1943
  • Ninth Air Force, 16 November 1943
  • IX Fighter Command, 19 November 1943
  • IX Air Support Command, 12 December 1943
  • XIX Air Support (later, XIX Tactical Air) Command, 4 March 1944
  • XII Tactical Air Command, 4 July 1945 – 5 June 1947
  • 601st Tactical Control Wing, 15 March 1984
  • 65th Air Division, 1 June 1985 (attached to Seventeenth Air Force for operational control, 31 October 1985 – 14 March 1986)
  • Seventeenth Air Force, 15 March 1986 – 1 July 1994
  • Third Air Force, 1 August 1996
  • Sixteenth Air Force, 1 November 2005
  • Third Air Force, 1 December 2006
  • 435th Air Ground Operations Wing, 16 July 2009 – present[1]

Stations

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Dollman, David (5 August 2016). "4 Air Support Operations Group (USAFE)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. ^ "4th Air Support Operations Group" (PDF). ramstein.af.mil. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. ^ Boyer, Devin (5 October 2020). "4 ASOG, 435 CRG conduct airborne insertion training". DVIDS. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  4. ^ Rumbaugh, Devin (21 March 2018). "4th ASOG supports Dynamic Front 18". DVIDS. Retrieved 5 July 2022.


 

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