308th Armament Systems Group

308th Armament Systems Group
WB-29 Superfortress weather reconnaissance plane
Active	1942–1946; 1946–1951; 1951–1952; 2005–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Systems development
Part of	Air Force Materiel Command
Garrison/HQ	Eglin Air Force Base
Motto(s)	Percussus Resurgo Latin Beaten, I Rise
Engagements	China-Burma-India Theater
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
308th Armament Systems Group emblem[note 1]
308th Bombardment Group emblem (World War II)[1]

The 308th Armament Systems Group is a unit of the United States Air Force's 308th Armament Systems Wing, stationed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The group was first activated at Gowen Field, Idaho as the 308th Bombardment Group. It served as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator unit in the China-Burma-India Theater, where it conducted long range bombing missions against Japanese forces, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation. Following V-J Day, it returned to the United States and was inactivated in January 1946.^[2]

In October 1946, the group was redesignated the 308th Reconnaissance Group and assigned to Air Weather Service (AWS) as a weather reconnaissance unit. It was inactivated in 1951, when AWS reassigned its components to regional weather organizations. It was again activated as a medium bomber unit under Strategic Air Command (SAC), but was inactivated in June 1952, when SAC adopted the dual deputy organization for its combat wings.

In May 2006, the group was consolidated with the Long Range Missile Systems Group At Eglin.

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