60th Operations Group The 60th Operations Group ( 60 OG ) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing . It is stationed at Travis Air Force Base , California . Established prior to World War II , its predecessor unit , the 60th Transport ( later Troop Carrier ) Group engaged in combat operations , first with the Eighth Air Force and primarily with Twelfth Air Force during the war . It received a Distinguished Unit Citation for its actions in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations , 28 March - 15 September 1944 . While attempting to organize effective fighting forces in Yugoslavia , Greece , and Albania , the Allies tasked the 60th for an immediate , substantial , and steady flow of desperately needed supplies . Despite poor weather , terrain , enemy night fighters , anti - aircraft fire , and hostile ground action , the 60th flew nearly 3 , 000 missions , including 600 hazardous landings , delivered more than 7 , 000 tons of supplies and equipment , and evacuated thousands of military and civilian personnel . The group lost 10 aircraft and 34 members of the 60th were either killed or listed as missing . Overview . The 60th Operations Group is the flying component of the Air Mobility Command 60th Air Mobility Wing . The 60th OG is the largest Operations Group in Air Mobility Command . It operates and maintains C - 5 Galaxy ; C - 17 Globemaster III transports and KC - 10 Extender air refueling aircraft supporting global engagement of troops , supplies , and equipment . Components . The 60 OG consists of the following squadrons : History . World War II . Constituted on 20 November 1940 as the 60th Transport Group , the unit activated at Olmsted Field , Pennsylvania , on 1 December 1940 , flying the C - 47 aircraft . After a brief stay at Westover Field , Massachusetts ( May 1941 – June 1942 ) , the 60th moved to Chelveston , England , and then to Aldermaston , England , in August 1942 . The group was redesignated as the 60th Troop Carrier Group on 1 July 1942 . The units next moved to Tafaraoui Airfield , Algeria , and was assigned to Twelfth Air Force . During the war in Europe , the 60 TCG also served from bases in Tunisia , Sicily , and Italy before moving to Waller Field , Trinidad , in June 1945 . During World War II , the group participated in the battle for Tunisia ; towed gliders and dropped paratroops behind enemy lines when the Allies invaded Sicily ; and dropped paratroops at Megava during the airborne invasion of Greece in October 1944 . When not engaged in airborne operations , the group transported troops and supplies and evacuated wounded personnel . In October 1943 , for instance , the 60th dropped supplies to men who had escaped from prisoner - of - war camps . Received a DUC for supporting partisans in the Balkans , March – September 1944 , making unarmed night missions to provisional airfields in Yugoslavia , Albania , and Greece . On return flights evacuated wounded partisans and escaped Allied personnel . In June 1945 , the 60 TCG moved to Trinidad and came under the command of the Air Transport Command . The group inactivated on 31 July 1945 . Cold War . After just 15 months on the inactive list , the 60th activated again on 30 September 1946 , this time at Munich , Germany . Shortly after moving to Kaufbeuren Air Base , Germany , on 14 May 1948 , the 60 TCG and its three squadrons — the 10th , 11th , and 12th Troop Carriers Squadrons — began supporting the Berlin Airlift . From 26 June 1948 to 30 September 1949 , the C - 47 and C - 54 - equipped squadrons flew from both Kaufbeuren AB and Wiesbaden AB , Germany , and contributed to the U . S . total of nearly 1 . 8 million tons of supplies delivered on 189 , 963 flights . During the Berlin Airlift , the 60th Troop Carrier Wing , Medium , activated at Kaufbeuren AB on 1 July 1948 . At that time the 60 TCG became a subordinate unit assigned to the new wing . Through its subordinate operations group — the 60th Troop Carrier Group , Heavy — the 60 TCW managed three flying squadrons : the 10th , 11th , and 12th Troop Carrier Squadrons . When the Berlin Airlift ended on 26 September 1949 , the 60 TCG began moving without its personnel and equipment to Wiesbaden AB , West Germany , where the wing assumed the resources of the inactivated 7150th Air Force Composite Wing . The 60th became operational at Wiesbaden on 1 October 1949 . On 2 June 1951 , the wing replaced the 61 TCW at Rhein - Main AB , where the 60 TCG had been stationed on detached service . At this time , the group resumed a tactical role and assumed responsibility for controlling all U . S . tactical airlift resources in Europe . The 60 TCG provided logistic airlift services to U . S . and Allied forces in Europe while maintaining host unit responsibilities at Rhein - Main . Operating the C - 82 , C - 119 , and C - 47 aircraft , the wing participated in countless exercises and provided air transportability training to U . S . Army units . In a major reorganization , the 322 AD reduced the headquarters elements of the 60 TCG , 309 TCG , and the 60 M & S Group to one officer and one airmen each on 15 November 1956 . Was inactivated in 1957 . Briefly activated as the 60 Military Airlift Group in March 1978 . Until February 979 , airlifted personnel and cargo worldwide , controlling the 60 MAW ' s tactical squadrons . Participated in joint exercises and humanitarian airlift missions , including airlift following the Jonestown , Guyana murder - suicides , November 1978 . Modern era . On 28 October 1991 , the 60th Operations Group activated under the " Objective Wing " concept adapted by the Air Force as the lines between tactical and strategic forces blurred . The flying components of the 60th Airlift Wing were reassigned to the newly established group . Upon activation , the 60 OG was bestowed the history , lineage and honors of the 60 Military Airlift Group and its predecessor units from the wing . In 1991 , commenced airlift in support of U . S . relief operations in Somalia during Operations PROVIDE RELIEF and RESTORE HOPE . Supported on - going operations in Southwest Asia during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH . Group elements also supported Operation PROVIDE COMFORT that provided relief for Kurdish refugees , assisted in the evacuation of military personnel and their dependents from the Philippines through Operation FIERY VIGIL in 1991 , and supplied airlift support to Balkans peacekeeping missions beginning in 1995 with Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR , and continuing under Operations JOINT GUARD and JOINT FORGE . Deployed tanker and support elements to the European theater during Operation ALLIED FORCE from March – June 1999 , as well as providing airlift support to other air expeditionary forces deploying to the operation . Global War on Terrorism . America began air strikes against the Taliban and Al Qaeda forces on 7 October 2001 , but the groundwork for success was laid in the weeks leading up to those attacks . Under Operation Enduring Freedom , a rapid mobilization requiring a tremendous effort from the personnel , supply , medical , security forces , finance , legal and chapel specialists charged with ensuring airmen were ready , trained and equipped to deploy . The 60th Air Expeditionary Group was designated as a provisional unit under Air Mobility Command to activate or inactivate as necessary for combat operations of the 60th Operations Group . The military build - up at bare base locations on the other side of the globe put the strategic airlift capabilities of the Travis C - 5 fleet to the test . In support of one forward operating location alone , Travis C - 5s helped deliver more than 8 million tons of cargo and 2 , 500 passengers in the months of September and October . When the bombers did launch 7 October , they reached their distant targets in Afghanistan only with the help of aerial refueling from Travis KC - 10s of the 60th Air Expeditionary Group . Base tankers have kept up support of the air campaign from two major locations , offloading more than 120 million pounds of fuel to combat aircraft during the height of military operations . Travis KC - 10s flew a year ’ s worth of flying hours in less than six months since 11 September . Over 90 percent of these flying hours were flown in combat or in combat support . In February 2002 C - 17 Globemaster IIIs joined the 60th Air Expeditionary Group to carry warfighters and equipment into Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom . When U . S . Central Command officials decided to put ground troops in Afghanistan , they called on the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell , Ky . To get the soldiers to the fight , Air Mobility Command used C - 17s and C - 5 Galaxy airlifters to move the Army ’ s air assault division into Afghanistan .