55th Operations Group

55th Operations Group
Emblem of the 55th Fighter Group (World War II)
Active1940–1946; 1947–1949; 1950–1952; 1991–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleReconnaissance
Part ofAir Combat Command
Garrison/HQOffutt Air Force Base
Motto(s)Pursuit to Defend (WW II)
Boeing RC-135U Combat Sent 64-14849 intelligence aircraft located at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., provides strategic electronic reconnaissance information to the President, Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense leaders and theater commanders.
Boeing E-4B Nightwatch, 73-1676, of the 1st ACCS, the command plane of the United States Air Force

The 55th Operations Group (55 OG) is a component of the 55th Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Air Combat Command. The group is stationed at Offut Air Force Base, Nebraska.

During World War II the group was an Eighth Air Force fighter unit stationed in England. It claimed 316.5 air and 216.5 ground aircraft destroyed. It flew its last mission on 21 April 1945.