22nd Bombardment Group
22d Operations Group
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KC-135R Stratotanker taking off
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| Active | 1940–1952; 1991–present |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Part of | Air Mobility Command |
| Garrison/HQ | McConnell AFB |
| Nickname(s) | Red Raiders (World War II) |
| Motto(s) | Ducemus Latin We Lead |
| Engagements |
Southwest Pacific Theater Korean War |
| Decorations |
Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Col Ron Langford |
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| 22d Operations Group emblem |  |
| Red Raider marking used by the 22d Bombardment Group while flying B-24s |  |
The 22d Operations Group is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 22d Air Refueling Wing. It is stationed at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, and is part of Air Mobility Command (AMC)'s Eighteenth Air Force.
The group's primary mission is to provide global reach by conducting air refueling and airlift where and when needed. The group directs the 22d Wing's Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker refueling and airlift operations in support of worldwide AMC, United States Transportation Command, Air Force, Department of Defense, and allied operations anywhere in the world.
During World War II, as the 22d Bombardment Group, the unit was one of the first Army Air Forces units to be deployed into the Pacific Theater after Pearl Harbor with the Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber. It operated primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater as a North American B-25 Mitchell unit assigned to Fifth Air Force. It was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for its combat service in China, the Netherlands East Indies, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago; the Western Pacific; Leyte and Luzon.
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