page_title: 56th Operations Group
hierarchical_section_title: 56th Operations Group
caption_attribution_description: English: 425th Fighter Squadron - Lockheed Martin F-16CJ Block 52 Fighting Falcon 97-120
context_page_description: The 56th Operations Group is a unit of the United States Air Force, and the flying component of the 56th Fighter Wing.
  The group is the direct descendant of the World War II 56th Fighter Group of the United States Army Air Forces. The 56th Fighter Group is credited by the Air Force Historical Research Agency with the destruction of 665.5 aircraft in air-to-air combat, the 56th Fighter Group had more air-to-air kills than any other fighter group in the Eighth Air Force, was the top-scoring Republic P-47 Thunderbolt group during World War II, and recorded the second-highest number of air-to-air kills of any USAAF fighter group. The 56th also claimed 311 fighters destroyed on the ground.
context_section_description: The 56th Operations Group is a unit of the United States Air Force, and the flying component of the 56th Fighter Wing.
  The group is the direct descendant of the World War II 56th Fighter Group of the United States Army Air Forces. The 56th Fighter Group is credited by the Air Force Historical Research Agency with the destruction of 665.5 aircraft in air-to-air combat, the 56th Fighter Group had more air-to-air kills than any other fighter group in the Eighth Air Force, was the top-scoring Republic P-47 Thunderbolt group during World War II, and recorded the second-highest number of air-to-air kills of any USAAF fighter group. The 56th also claimed 311 fighters destroyed on the ground.
caption: 425th FS F-16CJ Block 52 Fighting Falcon 97–120
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