13th Bombardment Group

13th Air Expeditionary Group
Emblem of the 13th Air Expeditionary Group
Active	1941-1942; 2007-Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Bombardment; Antisubmarine warfare
Garrison/HQ	Hickam AFB, Hawaii

The 13th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to Air Mobility Command, based at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.

The 13 AEG was re-activated by Air Mobility Command as the air component of Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica (JTF-SFA). The 13 AEG commander is dual hatted as the deputy commander, JTF-SFA.

Organized in early 1941 as a First Air Force bombardment group equipped with B-18 Bolos. After the United States entered World War II the group was ordered to search for German U-Boats and to fly aerial coverage of friendly convoys off the east coast. Reassigned to Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command in October 1942 and inactivated shortly afterwards, its component squadrons being redesignated Antisubmarine Squadrons and reassigned to the 25th Antisubmarine Wing.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.