43d Air Mobility Operations Group

43d Air Mobility Operations Group
C-130 Hercules of the 43d Operations Group
Active	1941–1946; 1946-1952; 1992-1994; 1997-present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Garrison/HQ	Pope Field, Fort Bragg
Nickname(s)	Gryphons
Motto(s)	Willing, Able, Ready
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Commanders
Current commander	Col Kelly Holbert
Insignia
43d Air Mobility Operations Group emblem (as of June 2016)
43d Bombardment Group emblem (approved 31 January 1942)

The 43d Air Mobility Operations Group is an active duty air mobility unit at Pope Field, Fort Bragg, North Carolina (formerly Pope AFB), and is part of the Air Mobility Command (AMC) USAF Expeditionary Center. The unit is composed of five squadrons, including one of the only two active Air Force aeromedical evacuation squadrons based in the United States. The group's primary mission focuses on providing enroute operations and enabling global response and airborne support for Fort Bragg's 82nd Airborne Division.

The 43d Operations Group was redesignated the 43d Airlift Group on 1 March 2011 after the inactivation of the 43d Airlift Wing. It was later redesignated the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group on 14 June 2016.

The 43d Air Mobility Operations Group is part of the air force component of United States Transportation Command. It provides rapid strategic deployment of forces assigned to Joint Special Operations Command, the XVIII Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division. It also provides combatant commanders with Airborne Joint Forcible Entry, combat airlift, aeromedical evacuation, aerial port, command and control, and other enabling capabilities. The 43 AMOG comprises five squadrons:

The unit's World War II predecessor unit, the 43d Bombardment Group, operated primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater as a B-17 Flying Fortress, and later a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber unit assigned to Fifth Air Force. It was awarded two United States Distinguished Unit Citations and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for its combat service in China; Netherlands East Indies; New Guinea; the Bismarck Archipelago; the Western Pacific; Leyte, Luzon, and Okinawa.