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| 93d Operations Group | |
|---|---|
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| Active | 1942–1952; 1991–1995; 1996–2002 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Air control |
| Nickname(s) | Traveling Circus (World War II) Blaze[citation needed] |
| Decorations | Distinguished Unit Citation[1] |
| Insignia | |
| 93d Operations Group emblem[1][note 1] |  |
| 93d Bombardment Group emblem[2] |  |
The 93d Operations Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 93d Air Control Wing, stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The unit was inactivated on 1 October 2002.
During World War II, the group's predecessor unit, the 93d Bombardment Group was the first VIII Bomber Command Consolidated B-24 Liberator group to bomb targets in Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany. It flew from RAF Alconbury in Cambridgeshire. The group became operational with a mission over Occupied France on 9 October 1942.
In the postwar era, the 93d Bombardment Group was one of the original ten USAAF bombardment groups assigned to Strategic Air Command on 21 March 1946. Equipped with low-hour Boeing B-29 Superfortress surplus World War II aircraft, the group deployed to Far East Air Forces during the early part of the Korean War, and flew combat missions over Korea. The group was inactivated in 1952 when the parent wing adopted the dual deputy organization and assigned all of the group's squadrons directly to the wing.
It was reactivated as the 93d Operations Group in 1991 when the wing adopted the USAF objective organization.
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