page_title: 440th Operations Group
hierarchical_section_title: 440th Operations Group
caption_attribution_description: English: More than 1,000 paratroopers participate in 11th Annual Toy Drop More than 1,000 paratroopers participated in this years 11th Annual Randy Oler Toy Drop on Fort Bragg, N.C. More than 3,000 gifts were collect for this years event that will be distributed to children in the greater Fayetteville community. The event was hosted by the 82nd Airborne and supported by two C-130 aircraft from the 440th Airlift Wing with 16 aircrew members from the 95th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Kevin Brody)
context_page_description: The 440th Operations Group is an active United States Air Force Reserve unit. It is the flying component of the Twenty-Second Air Force 440th Airlift Wing, stationed at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina.
  The unit's World War II predecessor unit, the 440th Troop Carrier Group was a C-47 Skytrain transport unit assigned to Ninth Air Force in Western Europe. The 440th TCG dropped paratroops of the 101st Airborne Division near Carentan on the Cotentin Peninsula of France on 6 June 1944 and by transporting gasoline, ammunition, food, and other supplies to the same area on 7 June, being awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation for completing these missions during the Invasion of Normandy.
context_section_description: The 440th Operations Group is an active United States Air Force Reserve unit. It is the flying component of the Twenty-Second Air Force 440th Airlift Wing, stationed at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina.
  The unit's World War II predecessor unit, the 440th Troop Carrier Group was a C-47 Skytrain transport unit assigned to Ninth Air Force in Western Europe. The 440th TCG dropped paratroops of the 101st Airborne Division near Carentan on the Cotentin Peninsula of France on 6 June 1944 and by transporting gasoline, ammunition, food, and other supplies to the same area on 7 June, being awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation for completing these missions during the Invasion of Normandy.
caption: Paratroopers prepare to drop from a C-130 of the 440th Operations Group
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