Andrews AFB 89th Operations Group

Andrews AFB 89th Operations Group poster art.

The 89th Operations Group (89 OG) is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force, 89th Airlift Wing base at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland and operates C-37As, C-32As and C-40Bs for executive airlift support. The mission of the 89 Operations Group is “Enabling national interests through global transportation for America’s senior leaders… ‘Safe, comfortable, reliable, connected and protected!’”

Its World War II predecessor unit, the 89th Troop Carrier Group was a First Air Force training unit providing transition training for pilots, 1942–1944, then briefly became a replacement training unit (RTU) during 1944 when it was inactivated. It trained in the Air Force Reserve for troop carrier operations, June 1949-May 1951, when it was briefly called into active service in May 1951 to provide personnel to other units during the Korean War. Reactivated in 1952 and trained in the Reserve for Tactical Air Command fighter-bomber operations until being inactivated in 1957.