325th Operations Group The 325th Operations Group ( 325 OG ) is the flying component of the 325th Fighter Wing , assigned to the United States Air Force Air Combat Command . The group is stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base , Florida . Overview . The 325th Operations Group ( OG ) is responsible for directing the flying and support operations one F - 22 Raptor fighter squadron , an operations support squadron and an air control squadron . The 325th Operations Group is currently commanded by Colonel Wesley P . Hallman . Assigned Units . The 325 OG ( Tail Code : TY ) commands one flying squadron , one air control and one operations support squadron . History . World War II . The 325th was activated in 1942 with the 317th , 318th , and 319th Fighter Squadrons assigned . It trained in the U . S . with Curtiss P - 40 Warhawk aircraft before moving to North Africa by ship and transport planes , January – February 1943 . It entered combat in April 1943 and began escorting medium bomber s , flying strafing missions , and conducting sea sweeps from bases in Algeria and Tunisia . The group participated in the defeat of Axis forces in Tunisia , the reduction of Pantelleria , and the conquest of Sicily . The 325th received a Distinguished Unit Citation ( DUC ) for action over Sardinia on 30 July 1943 when the group , using diversionary tactics , forced a superior number of enemy planes into the air and destroyed more than half of them . The group did not fly combat missions from the end of September to mid - December 1943 as the 325th converted to Republic P - 47 Thunderbolt aircraft and moved to Italy . The 325th began operations with Fifteenth Air Force in December 1943 , and primarily engaged in bomber escort operations . It received a second DUC for a mission on 30 January 1944 when the group flew more than 300 miles at very low altitude to surprise the enemy fighters that were defending German airfields near Villaorba , Italy ; by severely damaging the enemy ' s force , the 325th enabled heavy bombers to strike vital targets in the area without encountering serious opposition . The group converted to North American P - 51 Mustang aircraft in May 1944 and provided the fighter escort on the first shuttle bombing mission from Italy to Russia in early June 1944 , and became the first American group to score a victory while flying from a Russian baase . It escorted heavy bombers during long - range missions to attack the Messerschmitt factory at Regensburg , the Daimler - Benz tank factory at Berlin , oil refineries at Vienna , and other targets , such as airfields , marshalling yards , and communications targets in Italy , France , Germany , Czechoslovakia , Austria , Hungary , Romania , and Yugoslavia . It also covered operations of reconnaissance aircraft and strafed such targets as trains , vehicles , and airfields . The group continued combat operations until May 1945 . The group moved back to the U . S . and was inactivated after V - E Day . 325th Ftr Gp Cold War . The group was inactive from 1945 until 1947 , when it was activated as an all weather fighter group equipped with Northrop P - 61 Black Widow s . In 1948 , the group converted to North American F - 82 Twin Mustang aircraft and moved to Washington , to provide air defense for the Atomic Energy Commission Hanford Plant . In 1948 , the US Air Force unified operational and support organizations under a single wing under what is called the Hobson Plan . As a result , the 325th Fighter Wing became the parent for the 325th Group and three other supporting groups Beginning in Spring 1949 , it conducted the All Weather Combat Crew Training School , while participating in air defense operations exercises and training . In 1951 , as ADC expanded its mission , the Federalized 123d Fighter - Interceptor Squadron , flying World War II era F - 51Ds , was attached to the group . Although the 123d FIS received some day fighter F - 86 Sabre s in July , it continued to fly Mustangs while attached to the 325th . Meanwhile , the other three squadrons of the 325th converted from their Twin Mustangs to early model Lockheed F - 94 Starfire s in June and December 1951 . In December 1951 , Fifth Air Force , engaged in the Korean War , indicated to Headquarters , USAF that it needed all weather interceptors to defend the Seoul area . In response , ADC dispatched the group ' s 319th FIS to Suwon Air Base , although the squadron remained assigned to the 325th group . The 325th group and wing inactivated in February 1952 as part of a major Air Defense Command ( ADC ) reorganization that replaced its fighter wings with regional air defense wings , responding to ADC ' s difficulty under the existing wing base organizational structure in deploying fighter squadrons to best advantage . Its operational squadrons were transferred to the 4704th Defense Wing at McChord AFB and the 4703d Defense Wing at Larson AFB , WA . In 1955 the personnel and equipment of the inactivating 567th Air Defense Group , including the 317th Fighter - Interceptor Squadron ( FIS ) were transferred to the newly designated 325th Fighter Group ( Air Defense ) , which activated once again at McChord as result of ADC ' s Project Arrow , which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units which had compiled memorable records in the two world wars . Because one purpose of Project Arrow was to reunite fighter squadrons with their traditional groups , the 318th FIS was moved from Presque Isle AFB . to assume the personnel and equipment of the 567th ' s 465th FIS . Both of the group ' s squadrons flew the radar equipped and rocket armed F - 86D version of the Sabre . The 325th served as the USAF " host " group at McChord AFB until October 1956 , when the 325th Fighter Wing was reactivated and was assigned several support organizations to fulfill its duties . At the same time it conducted air defense operations . The group became subordinate to the 325th Fighter Wing again in October 1956 and was non - operational as all group headquarters personnel were used to man the wing headquarters until about June 1957 . The squadrons upgraded to Convair F - 102 Delta Dagger s , the 317th FIS in December 1956 and the 318th FIS in March 1957 . In August 1957 , the 317th FIS moved to Alaska and was reassigned from the group , while the 64th FIS simultaneously moved from Alaska to McChord . The group regained control over its tactical squadrons in June 1957 and continued air defense operations of the wing , with annual squadron deployments to Tyndall AFB , FL , for firing practice . Just before the group was discontinued , the 64th FIS moved to Paine Field , WA , where it was reassigned to the 326th Fighter Group . The group was in the process of converting to Convair F - 106 Delta Dart s when it was discontinued in March 1960 , with its remaining tactical squadron being transferred directly to the 325th Fighter Wing control . Modern era . On 1 September 1991 , the group was redesignated the 325th Operations Group ( OG ) and activated as a result of the 325th Fighter Wing implementing the USAF Objective Wing organization . The 325 OG was assigned control of the wing ' s tactical units . Lineage . Components . 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