302d Operations Group
Emblem of the 302d Operations Group
Active	1942-1944; 1949-1951; 1952-1959; 1992-Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force

The 302d Operations Group (302 OG) is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force Reserve 302d Airlift Wing. It is stationed at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

The 302 OG is comprised of one C-130 Hercules squadron -- the 731st Airlift Squadron, which has the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System mission. The group's personnel take part in tactical airlift training exercises and contingency and humanitarian airlift operations, both at home and abroad.

During World War II, the units predecessor unit, the 302d Bombardment Group was a B-24 Liberator replacement training unit (RTU). Its graduates were then assigned to combat units in overseas theaters worldwide as replacement personnel. Originally a Second Air Force unit, it was reassigned to First Air Force when Second AF began B-29 Superfortress training. Inactivated in 1944 when the need for B-24 aircrews was diminished.

Reactivated in the Air Force Reserve during the Cold War, the 302d Troop Carrier Group conducted airlift training with various transport aircraft, Jun 1949-Jun 1951. Ordered to active service in 1951 during the Korean War, its personnel and aircraft were reassigned to combat duty with Far East Air Force units.

• Established as 302 Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942

Activated on 1 Jun 1942

Inactivated on 10 Apr 1944

• Redesignated 302 Troop Carrier Group, Medium on 16 May 1949

Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949

Redesignated 302 Troop Carrier Group, Heavy on 28 Jan 1950

Ordered to active service on 1 Jun 1951

Inactivated on 8 Jun 1951

• Redesignated 302 Troop Carrier Group, Medium on 26 May 1952

Activated in the Reserve on 14 Jun 1952

Inactivated on 14 Apr 1959

• Redesignated: 302 Tactical Airlift Group on 31 Jul 1985 (Remained inactive)
• Redesignated: 302 Operations Group on 1 Aug 1992

Activated in the Reserve on 1 Aug 1992.

• Second Air Force, 1 Jun 1942
• 16 Bombardment (later, 16 Bombardment Operational) Training Wing, 1 Apr 1943
• 46 Bombardment Operational Training Wing, 1 Sep 1943
• First Air Force, 17 Dec 1943-10 Apr 1944
• 302 Troop Carrier Wing, 27 Jun 1949-8 Jun 1951
• 302 Troop Carrier Wing, 14 Jun 1952-14 Apr 1959
• 302 Airlift Wing, 1 Aug 1992-Present

• 7 Space Operations Squadron: 1 May 1993-1 Sep 1997
• 355 Troop Carrier Squadron: 1 Jun 1942-10 Apr 1944; 27 Jun 1949-8 Jun 1951; 14 Jun 1952-14 Apr 1959
• 356 Troop Carrier Squadron: 1 Jun 1942-10 Apr 1944; 27 Jun 1949-28 Jan 1950; 14 Jun 1952-14 Apr 1959
• 357 Troop Carrier Squadron: 1 Jun 1942-10 Apr 1944; 14 Jun 1952-16 Nov 1957
• 420 Troop Carrier Squadron: 1 Jun 1942-10 Apr 1944
• 731 Airlift Squadron: 1 Aug 1992-Present

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• 302d Operations Group Factsheet
• Maurer Maurer (1983), Air Force Combat Units Of World War II, Office of Air Force History. ISBN 978-0405121944

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