483d Troop Carrier Group The 483d Troop Carrier Group is an inactive unit last assigned to Pacific Air Forces at Osan AB Korea in 1992 . During World War II it served in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations as a heavy bombardment unit , and in the Korean War as a troop carrier group . History . World War II . The group was constituted as 483d Bombardment Group ( Heavy ) on 14 September 1943 and activated on 20 September . Its original squadrons were the newly activated 815th , 816th , 817th Bombardment Squadrons , and the 818th Bombardment Squadron , which moved from Gulfport Army Air Field , where it had been performing anti - submarine warfare as the 21st Antisubmarine Squadron to join the group at Ephrata Army Air Base . The group trained with Boeing B - 17 Flying Fortress es under Third Air Force in Florida . While in training at MacDill Field , the 818th Bombardment Squadron and the 840th Bombardment Squadron , assigned to the 488th Bombardment Group , swapped designations . The 483d deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations ( MTO ) , assigned to Fifteenth Air Force in Southern Italy . It began operations in April 1944 and engaged in long - range strategic bombardment of enemy military , industrial and transport targets , including oil refineries and production oilfields in Italy , France . Southern Germany , Austria , Czechoslovakia , and the Balkans . The group received a Distinguished Unit Citation ( DUC ) for action on 18 July 1944 when , without fighter escort , the group engaged numerous enemy aircraft in the target area and also bombed the objective , an airdrome and installations at Memmingen . Assisting the strategic bombardment of enemy industry the group received another DUC for braving fighter assaults and antiaircraft fire to bomb tank factories at Berlin on 24 March 1945 . It struck targets in southern France in preparation for Operation Dragoon , the invasion in August 1944 . The group also operated in support of ground force in northern Italy during the Allied offensive in April 1945 and continued strategic bombardment until German capitulation in May 1945 . After V - E Day , assisted with Air Transport Command ( ATC ) ' s Green Project which was the movement of troops from Pisa Airfield staging area in Morocco in preparation for return to the United States . The group ' s B - 17s were dearmed with flooring and seats for 25 passengers installed . The flight crew for this operation consisted of a pilot , copilot , navigator and flight engineer . The 483d carried passengers from Pisa to Port Lyautey Airfield , French Morocco where ATC transports moved them across the Atlantic or to Dakar for movement via South Atlantic Transport Route . The group was inactivated in Italy on 25 September 1945 . It flew 215 combat missions and 75 aircraft lost . Korean War . " See 483d Tactical Airlift Wing for additional history during the Korean War " The group was once again activated at Ashiya AB , Japan as the 483d Troop Carrier Group on 1 January 1953 and replaced the 403d Troop Carrier Group , Medium and absorbed its mission , personnel and equipment . The group was assigned to the 483d Troop Carrier Wing and controlled the wing ' s operational squadrons . It performed troop carrier and air transport operations in the Far East , including landing of troops and cargo in forward areas of the combat zone , air transportation of airborne troops and equipment , and air evacuation of casualties . It received a Korean Presidential Unit Citation for these actions . For its actions in transporting United Nations troops in Korea and training with airborne units , the group was one of the first units to earn an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award . Between April 1953 and September 1954 , the wing aided the French Air Force in Indochina by training personnel and hauling supplies . In 1956 , the group became non - operational and its squadrons were attached to the 483d Troop Carrier Wing as Far East Air Forces began to convert to the dual - deputy organizational model . It was inactivated in 1958 as the conversion was complete and its squadrons reassigned to the wing . The group was briefly reactivated in the early 90s as the 483d Airlift Group of Military Airlift Command at Osan Air Base , Korea as VIP airlift units were being realigned . Lineage . 483d Airlift Group