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513th Air Control Group
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The 513th Air Control Group is an Air Reserve Component unit of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the Tenth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, and is stationed at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
513th Air Control Group | |
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![]() 513th Air Control Group - Boeing E-3C Sentry 82-0007 | |
Active | 1944-1946; 1948-1949; 1955-1957; 1957-1958; 1966-1992; 1996-present |
Country | ![]() |
Branch | ![]() |
Type | Group |
Role | Air Control |
Part of | ![]() |
Garrison/HQ | Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma |
Motto(s) | Subsidia Ferimus Latin We Fly Men and Materiel (1955-1988) |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Col. James Mattey |
Insignia | |
513th Air Control Group emblem (Approved 24 October 1988)[1] | ![]() |
513th Troop Carrier Wing emblem(Approved 3 April 1957 for group, 8 April 1958 for wing)[2] | ![]() |
Unofficial 3d Combat Cargo Group emblem | ![]() |
Tail Code | OK |
Aircraft flown | |
Electronic warfare | E-3 Sentry |
The group's mission is to provide theater and Air Force commanders with trained aircrews and maintenance personnel and systems for airborne surveillance, warning and control of U.S. and allied military aircraft.
The 513th is an associate unit of the 552d Air Control Wing, Air Combat Command (ACC) and if mobilized, the group is gained by ACC.
Its World War II predecessor, the 3d Combat Cargo Group was a United States Army Air Forces combat organization. It served primarily in the China Burma India Theater and Pacific Ocean Theater of World War II. In 1948, the group was redesignated as the 513th Troop Carrier Group.