page_title: 61st Air Base Group
hierarchical_section_title: 61st Air Base Group
caption_attribution_description: Unit emblem of the 61st Air Base Group, US Air Force
context_page_description: The 61st Air Base Group is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Space and Missile Systems Center of Air Force Space Command. The unit is stationed at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California.
  The 61st Air Base Group operates Los Angeles Air Force Base and supports the Space and Missile Systems Center. It is not currently clear whether as of December 2019 it was transferred to the United States Space Force.
  The unit's World War II predecessor unit, the 61st Troop Carrier Group was a Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport unit assigned to both Twelfth and Ninth Air Forces in North Africa, Italy and Western Europe. The 61 TCG was highly decorated for its combat parachute infantry drops during the Invasion of Sicily; Invasion of Italy; Invasion of France; the airborne invasion of the Netherlands; and the airborne crossing of the Rhine River.
context_section_description: The 61st Air Base Group is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Space and Missile Systems Center of Air Force Space Command. The unit is stationed at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California.
  The 61st Air Base Group operates Los Angeles Air Force Base and supports the Space and Missile Systems Center. It is not currently clear whether as of December 2019 it was transferred to the United States Space Force.
  The unit's World War II predecessor unit, the 61st Troop Carrier Group was a Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport unit assigned to both Twelfth and Ninth Air Forces in North Africa, Italy and Western Europe. The 61 TCG was highly decorated for its combat parachute infantry drops during the Invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky); Invasion of Italy (Operation Avalanche); Invasion of France (Operation Overlord); the airborne invasion of the Netherlands (Operation Market-Garden); and the airborne crossing of the Rhine River, (Operation Varsity).
caption: Emblem of the 61st Air Base Group
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