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INTRODUCTION Lineage: Stations:
Organized as 1st Army Surveillance Group on 1 Jul 1919. Redesignated: 1st Surveil- Kelly Field, TX, 1 Jul 1919; Ft Bliss, TX, 12 Nov 1919; Kelly Field, TX, 2 Jul
3rd Attack Group 3rd Bombardment Group lance Group on 15 Aug 1919; 3d Group (Attack) on 15 Sep 1921; 3d Attack Group 1921; Ft Crockett, TX, 1 Jul 1926; Barksdale Field, LA, 28 Feb 1935; Savannah,
on 25 Jan 1923; 3d Bombardment Group (Light) on 15 Sep 1939; 3d Bombardment GA, 6 Oct 1940-19 Jan 1942; Brisbane, Australia, 25 Feb 1942; Charters Towers,
Group (Dive) on 28 Sep 1942; 3d Bombardment Group (Light) on 25 May 1943; 3d Australia, 10 Mar 1942; Port Moresby, New Guinea, 28 Jan 1943; Dobodura, New
Bombardment Group, Light on 14 Feb 1944; 3d Bombardment Group, Tactical on Guinea, 20 May 1943; Nadzab, New Guinea, 3 Feb 1944; Hollandia, New Guinea,
1 Oct 1955. Inactivated on 25 Oct 1957. Redesignated as: 3d Tactical Fighter Group 12 May 1944; Dulag, Leyte, 16 Nov 1944; San Jose, Mindoro, c. 30 Dec 1944;
on 31 Jul 1985; 3d Operations Group on 1 Dec 1991. Activated, 19 Dec 1991. Okinawa, 6 Aug 1945; Atsugi, Japan, c. 8 Sep 1945; Yokota AB, Japan, 1 Sep 1946;
Johnson AB, Japan, c. 15 Mar 1950; Iwakuni AB, Japan, 1 Jul 1950; Kunsan AB,
Assignments: South Korea, 22 Aug 1951; Johnson AB, Japan, c. 5 Oct 1954-25 Oct 1957. El-
Unkn, 1 Jul 1919-1929 (attached to 1st Wing [Provisional], 1 Jul 1922-unkn); 3d mendorf (later, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson) AFB, AK, 19 Dec 1991-2019.
Attack Wing, c. 8 May 1929-unkn; 3d Wing, 1 Mar 1935; 17th Bombardment
Wing, 16 Jan 1941; III Air Support Command, 1 Sep 1941; III Bomber Command,
8 Dec 1941; III Air Support Command, 2 Jan 1942; United States Army Forces
3rd Bombardment Group in Australia, Feb 1942; Allied Air Forces, Southwest Pacific Area, 18 Apr 1942; V
3rd Operations Group -
This modified verson of the 3d Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Bomber Command, 5 Sep 1942; 314th Composite Wing, 31 May 1946; 3d Bom-
INSIGNE Bombardment Group emblem bardment Wing, 18 Aug 1948-25 Oct 1957 (attached to Fifth Air Force, 20 Jul-25
Aug 1950; 6133d Bombardment [later, 6133d Tactical Support] Wing, 25 Aug-30
S.hield: Party per bend vert and as approved on 22 Dec 1922. Nov 1950). 3d Wing, 19 Dec 1991-2019.
sable in chief a cactus (prickly Although the design elements
pear)or, a bend azure fimbriated of contained within the Shield were Operational Components:
the third, all within a bordure ar- retained, the configuration of the Groups: 71st Reconnaissance: attached 31 Oct 1947-18 Aug 1948. Squadrons: 6th
gent charged with nineteen crosses shield was modified to comply Night Fighter: attached 7 Sep 1946-31 Jan 1947. 8th Aero (later, 8th Squadron; 8th
patee of the second. with prevailing design standards of Attack; 8th Bombardment): 1 Jul 1919-25 Oct 1957 (detached 13 Aug 1956-25
Crest: On a wreath of the colors the time. Also significant was the Oct 1957). 9th Reconnaissance, Very Long Range, Photographic: attached c. 25 Sep Camp Kelly Field Barracks, Texas, 1919-1921
an arm couped near the shoul- elimination of the original Crest 1946-21 Apr 1947 and 7 May-20 Oct 1947. 10th Reconnaissance (Light) (later, 89th
der paleways with hand clenched that surmounted the shield, and Bombardment): 15 Jan 1941-10 Apr 1946 (not operational c. 1 Jan-10 Apr 1946).
proper between two wings con- the relocating of the group motto 12th Aero (later, 12th Squadron): attached 13 Oct 1919-23 Mar 1920, assigned 24
joined in lure argent. Although never approved, his scroll to a position as the base of Mar 1920-27 Jun 1921. 12th Fighter: 28 Apr 2000-30 Sep 2007. 19th Fighter: 1 Jan
Motto: NON SOLUM ARMIS unofficial variation of the originally the shield. Current official emblem of the 1994-1 Oct 2010. 26 (later, 26th Attack): 15 Sep 1921-27 Jun 1924. 43d Fighter:
( Not by Arms Alone) approved design was used extensiv- 3rd Bombardment Wing, Light current organization. 19 Dec 1991-1 Jan 1994. 51st Attack: Jan 1935-1 Sep 1936. 54th Fighter: 19 Dec
Approved 17 Jan 1922 ley throughout WWII. established 10 Aug 1948, The
The motto and scroll was relo- 3dBombardment Group was 1991-28 Apr 2000. 82d Reconnaissance: attached 28 Feb-Nov 1947. 90th Aero
cated to surmount the shield and assigned to the Wing which (later, 90th Attack; 90th Bombardment; 90th Fighter): 1 Jul 1919-1 Oct 1949; 25
enclose the wreath and clenched recieved the Groups emblem Jun 1951-25 Oct 1957 (not operational 1 Feb-3 Apr 1946; detached 13 Aug 1956-
fist configuration which was slightly and honors. 25 Oct 1957); 19 Dec 1991-. 96th Aero: attached 12 Nov 1919-10 Jan 1921. 104th
reduced in size to accomidate the Aero (later, 13th Squadron; 13th Attack; 13th Bombardment): 1 Jul 1919-27 Jun
confines of the new encloshure 1924; 1 Nov 1929-25 Oct 1957 (not operational 1 Jan-27 Mar 1946; detached 13
featuribg a tellow-gold background Aug 1956- 25 Oct 1957). 517th Airlift: 1 Apr 1992-. 525th Fighter: 30 Sep 2007-.
color . 537th Airlift: 29 Apr 2011-. 731st Bombardment: attached Nov 1950-25 Jun 1951.
962d Airborne Warning and Control (later, 962d Airborne Air Control): 1 May Elmendorf-Richardson Barracks, Alaska, c. 1991-2019
1993-2019.