The 89th Operations Group (89 OG) is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 89th Airlift Wing. It is stationed at

Andrews Air Force Base Andrews Air Force Base (Andrews AFB, AAFB) is the airfield portion of Joint Base Andrews, which is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force. In 2009, Andrews Air Force Base merged with Naval Air Facility Washington to form Joint B ...

, Maryland. The 89 OG provides Special Air Mission (SAM) transport to high U.S. government officials and foreign dignitaries as needed. The group provided SAM transport to the President of the United States until 20 February 2001 when that mission was delegated to the Presidential Airlift Group. Its World War II predecessor unit, the 89th Troop Carrier Group was a

First Air Force The First Air Force (Air Forces Northern; 1 AF-AFNORTH) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Its primary mission is the air defense of the Co ...

training unit providing transition training for pilots, 1942–1944, then briefly became a replacement training unit (RTU) during 1944 when it was inactivated. It trained in the

Air Force Reserve The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) is a MAJCOM, major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, with its headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. It is the federal Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the U.S. Air Force, consisting of ...

for troop carrier operations, June 1949-May 1951, when it was briefly called into active service in May 1951 to provide personnel to other units during the Korean War. Reactivated in 1952 and trained in the Reserve for

Tactical Air Command Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 and headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. It was inactivated on 1 J ...

fighter-bomber operations until being inactivated in 1957.

Historical summary of organizational changes

Lineage

* Established as 89th Transport Group on 19 January 1942 : Activated on 1 February 1942 : Redesignated 89th Troop Carrier Group on 4 July 1942 : Disestablished on 14 April 1944 * Reestablished, and redesignated 89th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, on 10 May 1949 : Activated in the Reserve on 27 June 1949 : Ordered to active service on 1 May 1951 : Inactivated on 10 May 1951 * Redesignated 89th Fighter-Bomber Group on 26 May 1952 : Activated in the Reserve on 14 June 1952 : Inactivated on 16 November 1957 * Redesignated: 89th Tactical Fighter Group on 31 July 1985 (Remained inactive) * Redesignated: 89th Operations Group on 1 July 1991 : Activated on 12 July 1991.

Assignments

* Air Force Combat Command, 1 February 1942 * 50 Transport (later, 50 Troop Carrier) Wing, 30 April 1942 * 53 Troop Carrier Wing, 3 November 1942 *

I Troop Carrier Command The I Troop Carrier Command is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Continental Air Forces, at Stout Field, Indiana, where it was disbanded in November 1945, and its resources transferred to IX Troop Carrier Com ...

, 24 December 1942 * 61 Troop Carrier Wing, 26 February-14 April 1944 * 89th Troop Carrier Wing, Medium, 27 June 1949 – 10 May 1951 * 89th Fighter-Bomber Wing, 14 June 1952 – 16 November 1957 * 89th Airlift Wing, 12 July 1991-.

Components

1st Airlift Squadron The 1st Airlift Squadron is part of the 89th Airlift Wing, 89th Operations Group, at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. It conducts transport of various high-level U.S. military and government officials. Mission Provides global Special A ...

: 12 July 1991–present, C-32A & C-40B aircraft *

99th Airlift Squadron The 99th Airlift Squadron is part of the 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. The 99th AS directly supports the Vice President, members of the Cabinet, Congress, and other U.S. and foreign dignitaries. The squadron flies sp ...

, C-37A & C-37B aircraft * 89th Operations Support Squadron: 12 Jul 1991-present *

1st Helicopter Squadron The 1st Helicopter Squadron is a United States Air Force unit based at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland reporting to the 316th Operations Group, administratively controlled by Air Force District of Washington. Mission The 1st Helicopter Squad ...

: 12 July 1991–2006 * 24 Transport (later, 24 Troop Carrier; 24 Fighter-Bomber): 1 February 1942 – 14 April 1944; 27 June 1949 – 10 May 1951; 14 June 1952 – 16 November 1957 * 25 Transport (later, 25 Troop Carrier; 25 Fighter-Bomber): 1 February 1942 – 14 April 1944; 27 June 1949 – 10 May 1951; 14 June 1952 – 1 July 1957 * 26 Transport (later, 26 Troop Carrier; 26 Fighter-Bomber): 1 February 1942 – 14 April 1944; 27 June 1949 – 10 May 1951; 14 June 1952 – 16 November 1957 * 27 Transport: 1 February-15 June 1942 * 28 Transport: 1 February-19 May 1942 * 30 Transport (later, 30 Troop Carrier): 15 June 1942 – 14 April 1944; 27 June 1949 – 10 May 1951 * 31 Transport (later, 31 Troop Carrier): 15 June 1942 – 14 April 1944. 99 Airlift: 12 July 1991–present *

457th Airlift Squadron The 457th Airlift Squadron (457 AS) was part of the 375th Air Mobility Wing and was stationed at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. It operated C-21 aircraft providing executive airlift. History Established in mid-1942 under II Bomber Command ...

: 1 April 1993 – 1 April 1995

Stations

Daniel Field Airport Daniel Field is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) west of the central business district of Augusta, a city in Richmond County, Georgia, United States. It is owned by the City of Augusta and operated by the General ...

, Georgia, 1 February 1942 *

Harding Army Air Field Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport , also known as Ryan Field, is a public use airport located four miles (7 km) north of the central business district of Baton Rouge, a city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. The airport wa ...

, Louisiana, 8 March 1942 *

Camp Williams Camp W. G. Williams, commonly known as Camp Williams, also known as Army Garrison Camp Williams, is a National Guard training site operated by the Utah National Guard. It is located south of Bluffdale, west of Lehi, and north of Saratoga Spri ...

, Wisconsin, 20 June 1942 * Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri, 8 September 1942 * Del Valle (later, Bergstrom) Field, Texas, 14 December 1942 – 14 April 1944 *

Laurence G. Hanscom Field Laurence G. Hanscom Field , commonly known as Hanscom Field, is a public use airport operated by the Massachusetts Port Authority, located outside Boston in Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Hanscom is mainly a general aviation airport, ...

, Massachusetts, 27 June 1949 – 10 May 1951; 14 June 1952 – 16 November 1957 * Andrews AFB, Maryland, 12 July 1991–present

Aircraft

* DC-3 (probably as military versions C-49, C-50, and C-53), 1942–1943 * C-47, 1943–1944; TC-47, 1955-195 * C-45, 1949–1950; 1955–1957 * C-46, 1949–1951; 1952, 1956–1957 * F-51, 1952–1954 * F-80, 1953–1957 * F-86, 1957 * C-119, 1957 * C-135, 1991–1992; VC-135, 1991–1992 * VC-137 (later, C-137), 1991–2001 * VC/C-9, 1991 – 2005 * UH-1, 1991–2006 * C-12, 1991–1993 * C-20, 1991–2018 *

VC-25A The Boeing VC-25 is a military version of the Boeing 747 airliner, modified for presidential transport and commonly operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) as '' Air Force One'', the call sign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the ...

, 1991–Present * C-21, 1993–1997 * C-32, 1998–present * C-37, 1998–present * C-40, 2002–present

Notes

References

89th Operations Group Factsheet

Attribution

External links

{{USAAF 1st Air Force World War II Military units and formations in Maryland 089 1942 establishments in the United States 1942 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)