4th Air Support Operations Group

4th Air Support Operations Group
Members of the 4th ASOG's 2nd ASOS call in a fire mission during exercise Combined Resolve VII at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Germany in 2016
Active	5 June 1942 – 5 June 1947 15 March 1984 – 1 July 1994 1 August 1996 – present^[1]
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Combat support
Role	Air support operations
Part of	United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa Third Air Force 435th Air Ground Operations Wing
Garrison/HQ	Lucius D. Clay Kaserne, Germany
Engagements	World War II – American Theater World War II – EAME Theater Normandy campaign Northern France campaign Rhineland campaign Ardennes–Alsace campaign Central Europe campaign Iraq War Iraqi National Resolution
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (x7)
Insignia
4th Air Support Operations Group emblem (Approved 6 May 1985)^[1]

The 4th Air Support Operations Group (4 ASOG) is an active unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing. It is stationed at the Lucius D. Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden, Germany. The group's members mainly support United States Army Europe and Africa units by providing Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) airmen to army units, as well as providing weather support in Europe and Africa. Airmen from the 4th ASOG also serve as trainers at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Assigned units

Activated on 5 June 1942

Redesignated 4th Air Support Communication Squadron on 11 January 1943

Redesignated 4th Air Support Control Squadron on 20 August 1943

Redesignated 4th Tactical Air Communications Squadron on 1 April 1944

Inactivated on 5 June 1947

Disbanded on 8 October 1948

Reconstituted and consolidated with the 601st Air Support Operations Group on 8 February 1988

Redesignated 601st Air Support Operations Center Group on 8 March 1984

Activated on 15 March 1984

Redesignated 601st Air Support Operations Group on 1 May 1985

Redesignated 4th Air Support Operations Group on 1 March 1988

Inactivated on 1 July 1994

Activated on 1 August 1996^[1]

IV Ground Air (later, IV Air) Support Command, 5 June 1942
Desert Training Center, 21 January 1943
Fourth Air Force, 7 September 1943
Ninth Air Force, 16 November 1943
IX Fighter Command, 19 November 1943
IX Air Support Command, 12 December 1943
XIX Air Support (later, XIX Tactical Air) Command, 4 March 1944
XII Tactical Air Command, 4 July 1945 – 5 June 1947
601st Tactical Control Wing, 15 March 1984
65th Air Division, 1 June 1985 (attached to Seventeenth Air Force for operational control, 31 October 1985 – 14 March 1986)
Seventeenth Air Force, 15 March 1986 – 1 July 1994
Third Air Force, 1 August 1996
Sixteenth Air Force, 1 November 2005
Third Air Force, 1 December 2006
435th Air Ground Operations Wing, 16 July 2009 – present^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Dollman, David (5 August 2016). "4 Air Support Operations Group (USAFE)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "4th Air Support Operations Group" (PDF). ramstein.af.mil. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ Boyer, Devin (5 October 2020). "4 ASOG, 435 CRG conduct airborne insertion training". DVIDS. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ Rumbaugh, Devin (21 March 2018). "4th ASOG supports Dynamic Front 18". DVIDS. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

v t e United States Air Force Air Support Operations Units
Wings	93 AGOW 435 AGOW
Groups	1 ASOG 3 ASOG 4 ASOG 18 ASOG 194 ASOG 368 ESOG 504 EASOG 607th Air Support Operations Group
Squadrons	1 ASOS 2 ASOS 3 ASOS 4 ASOS 5 ASOS 7 ASOS 8 ASOS 9 ASOS 10 ASOS 11 ASOS 13 ASOS 14 ASOS 15 ASOS 17 ASOS 19 ASOS 20 ASOS 21 ASOS 24 EASOS 25 ASOS 72 EASOS 75 EASOS 82 EASOS 84 EASOS 85 EASOS 111 ASOS 116 ASOS 118 ASOS 116 ASOS 122 ASOS 165 ASOS 169 ASOS 238 ASOS 274 ASOS 604 ASOS 712 ASOS 717 EASOS 730 EASOS 807 EASOS 817 EASOS

v t e United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa
Air Forces	Third (Europe)
Bases	Aviano Air Base Incirlik Air Base RAF Lakenheath RAF Mildenhall Ramstein Air Base Spangdahlem Air Base
Support facilities	Chièvres Air Base Lajes Field Morón Air Base RAF Akrotiri RAF Alconbury RAF Fairford RAF Molesworth RAF Welford Stuttgart Airport
Major units	31st Fighter Wing 39th Air Base Wing 48th Fighter Wing 52nd Fighter Wing 86th Airlift Wing 100th Air Refueling Wing 406th Air Expeditionary Wing 435th Air Ground Operations Wing 501st Combat Support Wing

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Commands	Reserve Air National Guard Field Operating Agencies Installations
Direct Reporting Units	District of Washington Operational Test and Evaluation Center USAF Academy
Major commands	ACC AETC AFGSC AFMC AFRC AFSOC AMC PACAF USAFE–AFAFRICA
Numbered Air Forces	First Second Third Fourth Fifth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Expeditionary Fifteenth Sixteenth Eighteenth Nineteenth Twentieth Twenty-Second
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