307th Operations Group The 307th Operations Group ( 349 OG ) is an Air Reserve Component ( ARC ) of the United States Air Force . It is assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing , Air Force Reserve Command , stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base , Louisiana . In the postwar era , the 307th Bombardment Group was one of the USAAF bombardment groups assigned to Strategic Air Command on 4 August 1946 , the group being activated as a redesignation of the 498th Bombardment Group due to the Air Force ' s policy of retaining only low - numbered groups on active duty after the war . The group deployed to Okinawa during the Korean War and was awarded the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for its air strikes against enemy forces in Korea . It was also awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation and several campaign streamers . Overview . The 307th Operations Group was activated on 8 January 2011 . It ' s mission is strategic nuclear deterrence and global strike . The Air Force Reserve wing is a B - 52 Stratofortress unit whose mission is to train B - 52 pilots in initial qualification . The B - 52 combat mission is to employ the bomber in support of Air Force worldwide conventional commitments . History . World War II . Activated on 15 April 1942 . Trained and flew patrols off the West Coast , first in B - 17 Flying Fortress es and later in B - 24 Liberator s . Moved to Hawaii , October – November 1942 , and assigned to Seventh Air Force . Trained and flew patrol and search missions . Attacked Wake Island , December 1942 – January 1943 , by staging through Midway Island . Moved to Guadalcanal in February 1943 and assigned to Thirteenth Air Force . Served in combat , primarily in the South and Southwest Pacific , until the war ended . Attacked Japanese airfields , installations , and shipping in the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Islands . Helped to neutralize enemy bases on Yap and in the Truk and Palau Islands . Received a Distinguished Unit Citation for an unescorted , daylight attack on heavily defended airfields in the Truk Islands on 29 March 1944 . Supported operations in the Philippines by striking Japanese shipping in the southern Philippines and by bombing airfields on Leyte , Luzon , Negros , Ceram , and Halmahera . Also took part in Allied air operations against the Netherlands East Indies by hitting airfields , shipping , and installations . Received a Distinguished Unit Citation for an unescorted mission against vital oil refineries at Balikpapan , Borneo , on 3 October 1944 . Supported Australian forces on Borneo and bombed targets in French Indochina during the last three months of the war . Two Presidential Unit Citations were awarded to the Group during World War II , one for action in the bombing of the Island of Truk , the most heavily defended and strongly fortified Japanese base in the Pacific . During withdrawal . gunners of the Group destroyed 31 of the 75 attacking aircraft , probably destroyed 12 more and damaged 10 in an air battle that lasted 43 minutes . This daring raid , made on 29 March 1944 , neutralized the Japanese airfields , making possible long range flights without fighter protection , The other Presidential Unit Citation was awarded for the successful strike at the Baltkapapan Oil Refineries in Borneo on 30 September 1944 . The 307th had to fly their B - 24 Liberator bombers 17 1 / 2 hours for a round trip of 2 , 610 miles , the longest mass daylight mission ever flown by this type aircraft . Flew patrol missions along the Asiatic mainland and ferried liberated prisoners from Okinawa to Manila after V - J Day . Returned to the US , December 1945 – January 1946 . Inactivated on 18 January 1946 . Strategic Air Command . Redesignated 307th Bombardment Group ( Very Heavy ) . Activated on 4 August 1946 . Assigned to Strategic Air Command at MacDill AFB . Equipped with B - 29 Superfortress es . Trained and developed antisubmarine tactics . Redesignated 307th Bombardment Group ( Medium ) in May 1948 . It deployed from MacDill AFB on 1 August 1950 to Kadena Air Base on Okinawa for combat during the Korean War . The 307th was the third SAC B - 29 Superfortress group deployed , and was attached to Far East Air Forces . Attacked strategic objectives in North Korea , August – September 1950 . After that , struck interdictory targets , including communications and supply centers , and supported UN ground forces by hitting gun emplacements and troop concentrations . During its combat deployment , the group had flown over 5800 sorties . Twenty - two planes were reported lost . Became non - operational when parent wing adopted Tri - Deputate organization , 10 February 1951 and all assigned squadrons were attached directly to the wing . Inactivated 16 June 1952 Reactivated in 1977 as a KC - 135 Air Refueling group at Travis AFB , California . Inactivated in 1983 due to a SAC reorganization .