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93d Air Ground Operations Wing | |
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![]() 93 AGOW | |
Active | 1947–1948; 1948–1995; 1996–2002; 2008–present |
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Part of | Air Combat Command |
Garrison/HQ | Moody Air Force Base, Georgia |
Motto(s) | Defend, Attack, Defeat! |
Decorations | Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Meritorious Unit Citation |
Battle honours | World War II: Antisubmarine American Theater Egypt-Libya Tunisia Sicily Naples-Foggia Air Offensive Europe Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe Air Combat EAME Theater |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Colonel Timothy N. Hood |
Notable commanders | Brig Gen Michael A. Longoria |
Insignia | |
93d Air Ground Operations Wing emblem (approved 4 September 1953)[1] | ![]() |
The 93d Air Ground Operations Wing (93d AGOW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command, Ninth Air Force. It is stationed as a tenant unit at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.
The wing directs the 3d Air Support Operations Group (3d ASOG) at Fort Cavazos, Texas (supporting III Corps), 18th Air Support Operations Group (18th ASOG) at Pope Field, North Carolina (supporting XVIII Airborne Corps of Fort Liberty), all Forward Air Control groups which arrange air support to ground forces. It also directs the 820th Base Defense Group (820th BDG), a Force Protection with an airborne capability, at Moody AFB, Georgia.
Its 93d Operations Group is a successor organization to the World War II 93d Bombardment Group. It was the first VIII Bomber Command B-24 Liberator heavy bombardment group to carry out strategic bombardment operations against targets in Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany from RAF Alconbury, England on 9 October 1942. Active for over 60 years, the 93d Bombardment Wing was a component organization of Strategic Air Command's deterrent force during the Cold War, as a strategic bombardment wing.