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The 724th Special Tactics Group is one of the

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ground components of the

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, assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). The Group is headquartered at

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, North Carolina. The Group is composed of four squadrons, also located on Pope Field.

Overview

The Group's Special Tactics Squadron is made up of

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s, Combat Controllers,

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Special Reconnaissance Special reconnaissance (SR) or Recon Team is conducted by small units of highly trained military personnel, usually from special forces units or military intelligence organizations, who operate behind enemy lines, avoiding direct combat and detec ...

, Tactical Air Control Party Officers and

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, and a number of combat support airmen which comprise 58 Air Force specialties. Special Tactics Squadrons are organized, trained and equipped specifically for various

missions facilitating air operations on the battlefield. They conduct combat search and rescue missions, collect intelligence, as well as call in close air support or airstrikes against enemy combatants and are often partnered with other U.S. special operations forces overseas.

Subordinate units

* 17th Special Tactics Squadron, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1 October 2020 - Present *

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, Pope Field, North Carolina, 29 April 2011 - Present *724th Operations Support Squadron, Pope Field, North Carolina, 29 April 2011 - Present *724th Intelligence Squadron, Pope Field, North Carolina, 29 April 2011 - Present *724th Special Tactics Support Squadron, Pope Field, North Carolina, 29 April 2011 - Present

Lineage

* Established as the 724th Training Group on 22 January 1943 and activated on 28 February 1943. Disbanded on 30 April 1944. * Reestablished, and redesignated as, 724th Special Tactics Group on 1 March 2011 and activated on 29 April 2011.

Assignments

* Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, 28 Feb 1943 - 25 September 1943 * 76th Training Wing, 25 September 1943 - 30 April 1944 * Air Force Special Operations Command, 29 April 2011 - Present

Stations

* Army Air Force Training Center #7, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 28 February 1943 - 16 June 1943 * Seymour-Johnson Field, North Carolina, 16 June 1943 - 30 April 1944 *

Pope Air Force Base Pope Field is a U.S. military facility located 12 miles (19 km) northwest of the central business district of Fayetteville, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States.. Federal Aviation Administration. effective 15 November 2012 ...

(later Pope Field), North Carolina 29 April 2011 - Present

Commanders

*April 2011 – June 2012, Col. Matthew 'Wolfe' Davidson *June 2012 July 2014, Col. Michael Martin

References

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