74th Tactical Reconnaissance Group

74th Reconnaissance Group
Active	1942–1945, 1946-1949
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Reconnaissance
Part of	Continental Air Command
Battle honours	American Theater of World War II

The 74th Reconnaissance Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 91st Air Division at Stewart AFB, New York.

The uniit was first activated at Lawson Field, Georgia in February 1942 as the 74th Observation Group, shortly after the United States entered into World War II. However, the group's first operational squadrons, the 11th, the newly activated 13th, and the 22d Observation Squadrons were not assigned until the following month. The unit flew reconnaissance, mapping, artillery adjustment, bombing, dive bombing, and strafing missions to support ground units in training or on maneuvers. It trained personnel in aerial reconnaissance, medium bombardment, and fighter techniques throughout the war until it was inactivated in November 1945.

The group was reactivated in the reserves in 1946 at Stewart Field (later Stewart Air Force Base), New York. It was inactivated on 27 June 1949

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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