483d Airlift Group | |
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Active | 1943–1945, 1953–1958, 1991–1992 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | Airlift |
Part of | Pacific Air Forces |
Motto(s) | Efficient Airlift Support |
Engagements | Mediterranean Theater of Operations Korean War |
Decorations | Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation |
Insignia | |
Emblem of the 483d Bombardment Group |
The 483d Airlift Group is an inactive unit last assigned to Pacific Air Forces at Osan AB Korea. It was assigned to Twenty-Second Air Force as a VIP transport unit for Headquarters, Seventh Air Force. It was inactivated on 1 June 1992.
During World War II, the 483d Bombardment Group was the last B-17 Flying Fortress unit trained in the United States. It was deployed to Fifteenth Air Force in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations in 1944. It was later re-activated during the Korean War as a troop carrier group.
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