page_title: 57th Operations Group
section_title: Cold War
hierarchical_section_title: 57th Operations Group / History / Cold War
caption_attribution_description: English: F-94 Starfires, ((( NO THESE ARE NOT, THESE ARE LOCKHEED P-80 SHOOTING STARS ))) ((( "57th Operations Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" is the origin of this photo and somewhere along the line you deviated from the correct info )))57th Fighter-Interceptor Group, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, 1951 [[So sorry to whoever originally posted this, but, this is not a photo taken at Elmendorf AFB. I'm not sure where it was taken but those are not the Chugach mountains in the background. In fact I would go one step further and say that this photo was not taken in Alaska at all, rather someplace arid from the looks of the mountains, and the ecosystem at the elevation of the ramp would most likely be that similar to a desert.]]
context_page_description: The 57th Operations Group is a non-flying component of the 57th Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command. The group is stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
  The Group provides direct oversight of the Nellis flying mission through the 57th Operations Support Squadron. They manage the airfield, operate the air traffic control tower, and the Nellis Air Traffic Control Facility providing radar service to local flying operations and the National Airspace System. It is responsible for scheduling, training, life support, weapons, tactics and planning staff functions. In addition to these functions, it also maintains administrative oversight of the 57th ATG staff and the 57th Wing staff.
  The 57th OG also directs execution of two of the world's premier combat training exercises, Red Flag and Green Flag.
context_section_description: The group was reactivated in August 1946 and assigned to Alaskan Air Command as part of the air defense forces in the northwest Pacific. The group assumed the mission, personnel and equipment of the 343d Fighter Group, which was simultaneously inactivated at Shemya Army Air Base. It provided air defense initially in the Aleutian Islands, then moved in 1947 to Elmendorf Air Force Base. In 1948, as a result of the wing/base reorganization of the Air Force (Hobson Plan), the group became part of the 57th Fighter Wing, which included three support groups in addition to the group. In January 1950, it was redesignated as the 57th Fighter-Interceptor Group.  In January 1951, its parent 57th Fighter-Interceptor Wing inactivated, although the group remained active as part of the AAC air defense until 1 November 1952 when its personnel were reassigned and it became a paper unit. It was inactivated on 13 April 1953.
  The group was reactivated at Paine Field, WA as the 57th Fighter Group (Air Defense) and assigned to Air Defense Command's Seattle Air Defense Sector, assuming the equipment and personnel of the 326th Fighter Group, which was simultaneously inactivated.  It was assigned the 64th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, which was already at Paine with the 326th flying Convair F-102 Delta Daggers as its operational element and also several support units as it assumed USAF host unit duties at Paine. It provided air defense over the Pacific Northwest.  In June 1966, it briefly became non-operational when its 64th Squadron moved to Southeast Asia and was assigned away from the group.  However, after two weeks, the 498th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, flying Convair F-106 Delta Darts, moved to Paine and became the group's new operational squadron.  It was inactivated 30 September 1968 when Air Defense Command closed its facilities at Paine AFB.
caption: Lockheed P-80 Shooting Stars of the 57th Fighter-interceptor Group, 1950
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