Lineage. Established as 307 Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 15 Apr 1942. Redesignated as 307 Bombardment Group, Heavy, on 20 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 18 Jan 1946. Redesignated as 307 Bombardment Group, Very Heavy, on 15 Jul 1946. Activated on 4 Aug 1946. Redesignated as 307 Bombardment Group, Medium, on 28 May 1948. Inactivated on 16 Jun 1952. Redesignated as 307 Air Refueling Group, Heavy, on 14 Jun 1977. Activated on 1 Jul 1977. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1983. Redesignated as 307 Operations Group on 8 Dec 2010. Activated on 1 Jan 2011.
Assignments. Second Air Force, 15 Apr 1942; VII Bomber Command, 1 Nov 1942; XIII Bomber Command, 9 Feb 1943-15 Dec 1945; San Francisco Port of Embarkation, 16-18 Jan 1946. Fifteenth Air Force, 4 Aug 1946; Strategic Air Command, 1 Apr 1947; 307 Bombardment Wing, 15 Aug 1947-16 Jun 1952 (attached to 3 Air Division, 16 Jul-3 Nov 1948; Far East Air Forces Bomber Command, Provisional, 8 Aug 1950-9 Feb 1951). 14 Air Division, 1 Jul 1977-1 Oct 1983. 307 Bomb Wing, 1 Jan 2011-.
Operational Components. Squadrons: 35 Reconnaissance (later, 424 Bombardment):15 Apr 1942-26 Dec 1945. 93 Bomb: 1 Jan 2011-. 307 Air Refueling: 16 Jun 1950-16 Jun 1952 (detached c. 1 Jul 1950-16 Jun 1952). 343 Bomb: 1 Jan 2011-. 370 Bombardment: 15 Apr 1942-18 Jan 1946; 4 Aug 1946-16 Jun 1952 (detached 10 Feb 1951-16 Jun 1952). 371 Bombardment: 15 Apr 1942-18 Jan 1946; 4 Aug 1946-16 Jun 1952 (detached 10 Feb 1951-16 Jun 1952). 372 Bombardment: 15 Apr 1942-18 Jan 1946; 4 Aug 1946-16 Jun 1952 (detached 10 Feb 1951-16 Jun 1952). 916 Air Refueling: 1 Jul 1977-1 Oct 1983.
Stations. Geiger Field, WA, 15 Apr 1942; Ephrata, WA, 28 May 1942; Sioux City AAB, IA, 30 Sep-20 Oct 1942; Hickam Field, TH, 1 Nov 1942; Guadalcanal, Feb 1943; New Georgia, 28 Jan 1944; Los Negros, c. 29 Apr 1944; Wakde, 24 Aug 1944; Morotai, c. 18 Oct 1944; Clark Field, Luzon, Sep-Dec 1945; Camp Stoneman, CA, 16-18 Jan 1946. MacDill Field (later, AFB), FL, 4 Aug 1946-16 Jun 1952 (deployed at Waddington and Marham RAF Stations, England, 18 Jul-3 Nov 1948, elements at RAF Lakenheath and Marham RAF Station, England, 17 Feb-1 May 1949; deployed at Kadena AB, Okinawa, 8 Aug 1950-16 Jun 1952). Travis AFB, CA, 1 Jul 1977-1 Oct 1983. Barksdale AFB, LA, 1 Jan 2011-.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: Central Pacific; Guadalcanal; New Guinea; Northern Solomons; Eastern Mandates; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines; China Offensive. Korea: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention: First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea Summer-Fall, 1952.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: (Truk), 29 Mar 1944; (Borneo), 3 Oct 1944. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul 1978-30 Jun 1980; 1 Jan 2015-31 Dec 2016. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation: 7 Jul 1950-[16 Jun 1952]. Philippines Presidential Unit Citation: 7 Dec 1941-10 May 1942.
Lineage, Assignments, Components, Stations, and Honors through 25 Oct 2022.
Supersedes statement prepared in Apr 2011.
Emblem. Approved on 4 Apr 2022.
Prepared by James Musser.
Reviewed by Margaret Ream.