93rd Air-Ground Operations Wing

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93d Air Ground Operations Wing
93 AGOW
Active	1947–1948; 1948–1995; 1996–2002; 2008–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Part of	Air Combat Command
Garrison/HQ	Moody Air Force Base, Georgia
Motto(s)	Defend, Attack, Defeat!
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Meritorious Unit Citation
Battle honours	World War II: Antisubmarine American Theater Egypt-Libya Tunisia Sicily Naples-Foggia Air Offensive Europe Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe Air Combat EAME Theater
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Timothy N. Hood
Notable commanders	Brig Gen Michael A. Longoria
Insignia
93d Air Ground Operations Wing emblem (approved 4 September 1953)[1]

The 93d Air Ground Operations Wing (93d AGOW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command, Ninth Air Force. It is stationed as a tenant unit at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.

The wing directs the 3d Air Support Operations Group (3d ASOG) at Fort Cavazos, Texas (supporting III Corps), 18th Air Support Operations Group (18th ASOG) at Pope Field, North Carolina (supporting XVIII Airborne Corps of Fort Liberty), both Forward Air Control groups which arrange air support to ground forces. It also directs the 820th Base Defense Group (820th BDG), a Force Protection with an airborne capability, at Moody AFB, Georgia.

The U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency has determined that the wing's 93d Operations Group is descended from the 93d Bombardment Group, first formed in 1942. It was the first VIII Bomber Command B-24 Liberator heavy bombardment group to begin bombing Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany from RAF Alconbury, England on 9 October 1942. Active for over 60 years, the 93d Bombardment Wing was a component organization of Strategic Air Command's deterrent force during the Cold War, as a strategic bombardment wing.