62nd Operations Group

62d Operations Group
Boeing C-17A Lot XI Globemaster III 99-0062 "Spirit of the Hump" taxiing at McChord AFB
Active1940–1945; 1946–1960; 1991–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeAirlift
Part of62d Airlift Wing
Garrison/HQMcChord Air Force Base, Washington
Engagements
European-African-Middle East Campaign World War II
  • Tunisia
  • Sicily
  • Naples-Foggia
  • Rome-Arno
  • Southern France
  • North Apennines
  • Po Valley
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Award

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (6x)
Insignia
62d Operations Group Emblem

The 62d Operations Group (62 OG) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 62d Airlift Wing. It is stationed at McChord Air Force Base, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

The 62d Operations Group is the flying component of the 62 AW. The group provides a large part of Air Mobility Command's Global Reach airlift capability. This adaptable and reactive air mobility promotes stability in regions by keeping America's competency and character highly visible. The group's tasking requirements range from supplying humanitarian airlift relief to victims of disasters, to airdropping troops into the heart of contingency operations in hostile areas.

Established prior to World War II, its predecessor unit, the 62d Transport (later Troop Carrier) Group engaged in combat operations, first with the Eighth Air Force and primarily with Twelfth Air Force during the war.