464th Bombardment Group
464th Troop Carrier Group
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| Active | 1943–1945, 1953–1971 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Role | Airlift |
| Part of | Tactical Air Command |
| Motto(s) | Certissimus in Incertis Latin Most Certain in Uncertainties |
| Decorations | Distinguished Unit Citation |
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| 464th Troop Carrier Group emblem (Approved 15 April 1954) |  |
The 464th Troop Carrier Group was a theater airlift unit of the United States Air Force during the Cold War. It served in the United States under Tactical Air Command between 1953 and 1957. The group operated Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar and Fairchild C-123 Provider aircraft as the flying element of the 464th Troop Carrier Wing until being inactivated when the wing was reorganized.
The group was first organized in 1943 in the United States Army Air Forces as the 464th Bombardment Group. During World War II. the group served in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations with Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bombers. It was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citations for attacks on marshaling yards near Vienna, Austria in July 1944 and on an oil refinery near Pardubice, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) in August 1944. After V-E Day, the group moved to the Caribbean, where it was assigned to Air Transport Command and participated in the return of military personnel to the United States until it was inactivated in July 1945.
The 464th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 1 August 1943 and activated at Wendover Field, Utah as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bombardment unit. the group's squadrons were the 776th, 777th, 778th and Bombardment Squadrons. After gathering its initial cadre, the group moved to Gowen Field, Idaho for training with II Bomber Command. After training in Idaho and Utah, the group began its move to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations in February 1944.
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