3d Combat Cargo Group

513th Air Control Group
513th Air Control Group - Boeing E-3C Sentry 82-0007
Active	1944-1946; 1948-1949; 1955-1957; 1957-1958; 1966-1992; 1996-present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Group
Role	Air Control
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ	Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma
Motto(s)	Subsidia Ferimus Latin We Fly Men and Materiel (1955-1988)
Commanders
Current commander	Col. David Robertson
Insignia
513th Air Control Group emblem (Approved 24 October 1988)
513th Troop Carrier Wing emblem(Approved 3 April 1957 for group, 8 April 1958 for wing)
Unofficial 3d Combat Cargo Group emblem
Tail Code	OK
Aircraft flown
Electronic warfare	E-3 Sentry

The 513th Air Control Group is an Air Reserve Component unit of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the Tenth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, and is stationed at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

The group's mission is to provide theater and Air Force commanders with trained aircrews and maintenance personnel and systems for airborne surveillance, warning and control of U.S. and allied military aircraft.

The 513th is an associate unit of the 552d Air Control Wing, Air Combat Command (ACC) and if mobilized, the group is gained by ACC.

Its World War II predecessor, the 3d Combat Cargo Group was a United States Army Air Forces combat organization. It served primarily in the China Burma India Theater and Pacific Ocean Theater of World War II. In 1948, the group was redesignated as the 513th Troop Carrier Group.

Constituted and activated in India in 1944. Supported ground forces during the battle for northern Burma and the subsequent Allied drive southward. Flew Allied troops and materiel to the front, transporting gasoline, oil, vehicles, engineering and signal equipment, and other items that the group either landed or dropped in Burma. Also evacuated wounded personnel to India. Moved to Burma in June 1945. After the liberation of Burma, the group hauled critical supplies such as gasoline to China. From late 1945, it continued airlift missions as needed in China until April 1946 when inactivated.

Redesignated 513th Troop Carrier Group (Special). Activated in Germany on 19 November 1948. Assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe. Using C-54's, transported food, coal, and other supplies during the Berlin airlift, Operation Vittles. Inactivated in Germany in October 1949.

Activated in the continental United States on 8 November 1955. Assigned to Tactical Air Command and equipped with C-123 aircraft. From November 1955 to November 1958, participated in numerous tactical exercises and operations, including troop drops and airlift in support of construction of the Distant Early Warning Line stations in the Canadian Arctic regions.