62d Transport Group
| 62d Operations Group | |
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Boeing C-17A Lot XI Globemaster III 99-0062 "Spirit of the Hump" taxiing at McChord AFB
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| Active | 1940–1945; 1946–1960; 1991–present |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Type | Airlift |
| Part of | 62d Airlift Wing |
| Garrison/HQ | McChord Air Force Base, Washington |
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| Decorations |
 Meritorious Unit Award  Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (6x) |
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| 62d Operations Group Emblem |  |
European-African-Middle East Campaign World War II
The 62d Operations Group (62 OG) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 62d Airlift Wing. It is stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
Established prior to World War II, its predecessor unit, the 62d Transport (later Troop Carrier) Group engaged in combat operations, first with the Eighth Air Force and primarily with Twelfth Air Force during the war.
The 62d Operations Group is the flying component of the 62 AW. The group provides a large part of Air Mobility Command's Global Reach airlift capability. This adaptable and reactive air mobility promotes stability in regions by keeping America's competency and character highly visible. The group's tasking requirements range from supplying humanitarian airlift relief to victims of disasters, to airdropping troops into the heart of contingency operations in hostile areas.
The flying squadrons of the 62d Operations Group all fly the C-17 Globemaster III, with "McChord" in white on a green tail flash. They are among the oldest airlift squadrons in the Air Force.
First constituted as the 62d Transport Group on 20 November 1940, the Group activated on 11 December at McClellan Field, California, bringing together three of the oldest, most experienced airlift squadrons in history. The 7th and 8th Transport Squadrons, constituted on 1 October 1933, and the 4th Transport Squadron on 1 March 1935 existed only on paper until the 4th was activated on 8 July 1935, the 7th on 14 October 1939, and the 8th on 1 February 1940.
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