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28th Operations Group
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 Group B-1B Lancer[note 1] | |
| Active | 1940–1945; 1946–1952; 1991–present |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Bomber |
| Part of | Global Strike Command Eighth Air Force 28th Bomb Wing |
| Decorations | Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[1] |
| Battle honours | Aleutian Campaign[1] |
| Insignia | |
| 28th Operations Group emblem[note 2] |  |
| Patch with 28th Composite Group emblem (approved 14 November 1941)[2] | .gif) |
The 28th Operations Group is the flying component of the United States Air Force 28th Bomb Wing, stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.
The group controls two Rockwell B-1B Lancer bomb squadrons, and provides combat-ready aircrews to project global power anytime in support of the Combatant Commander's objectives.
The group carries the lineage and history of the World War II 28th Bombardment Group, which was one of the primary units assigned to Eleventh Air Force during the Aleutian Campaign. The group helped force the withdrawal of Japanese ships that attacked Dutch Harbor in June 1942, and flew missions against Kiska until the Japanese evacuated that island in August 1943.
In the postwar era, the 28th Bombardment Group was one of the first USAAF units assigned to the Strategic Air Command on 4 August 1946, prior to the establishment of the United States Air Force. The group being activated as a redesignation of the 449th Bombardment Group due to the Air Force's policy of retaining only low-numbered groups on active duty after the war. The group was inactivated in 1952 when the parent wing adopted the Tri-Deputate organization and assigned all of the group's squadrons directly to the wing.
Reactivated as the 28th Operations Group in 1991 when the 28th Bomb Wing adopted the USAF Objective organization plan.
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- ^ a b Robertson, Patsy (11 March 2008). "Factsheet 28 Operations Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 80–81