423d Air Base Group

Emblem of the 423 ABG

Patch of the 423rd ABS

The 423d Air Base Group (423 ABG) is a United States Air Force unit located at RAF Alconbury near the town of Huntingdon in the United Kingdom. Its mission is to support operations at RAF Alconbury and the nearby base of RAF Molesworth. Its primary customer is the Joint Analysis Center located at RAF Molesworth.

The 423 ABG began life as the 423d Air Base Squadron when it was activated on 12 July 1995 at RAF Molesworth. The 423 ABS replaced the inactivated 710th Air Base Wing. Exactly 10 years later, the 423d ABS was reorganized as the 423d Air Base Group. This was part of a larger reorganization of many geographically separated units within the United Kingdom as components of the 501st Combat Support Wing also located at RAF Alconbury. At this time, 423 ABG headquarters officially moved to RAF Alconbury.

As of 2006 the 423 ABG employed approximately 350 military personnel as well as several hundred US and British civilians.

Organization

The group is organized into a group staff and six squadrons. The squadrons include the 423rd Communications Squadron, 423rd Medical Squadron, 423rd Security Forces Squadron, 423rd Force Support Squadron, and 423rd Civil Engineer Squadron. The 426th Air Base Squadron is also under the 423rd Air Base Group but is geographically separated and physically located at Stavanger Air Base, Norway.^[1]

References

↑ 423rd Air Base Group Fact Sheet

http://www.426stavanger.com/ - 426th Air Base Squadron site

United States Air Force in the United Kingdom

Bases

Active

USAFE	RAF Alconbury RAF Barford St John RAF Blenheim Crescent RAF Croughton RAF Fairford RAF Feltwell RAF Welford RAF Lakenheath RAF Molesworth RAF Mildenhall

Other	RAF Menwith Hill (AFISR) RAF Digby

Inactive

USAFE	RAF Bentwaters RAF Shepherds Grove RAF Wethersfield RAF Upwood

SAC / USAFE	RAF Bassingbourn RAF Brize Norton RAF Bruntingthorpe RAF Chelveston RAF Greenham Common RAF Upper Heyford RAF Daws Hill RAF Little Rissington RAF Manston RAF Scampton RAF Sculthorpe RAF Waddington RAF Woodbridge RAF Wyton

Other	RAF Burtonwood (AFMC) RAF Chicksands (USAFSS)

Organizations

Active	United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) 48th Fighter Wing 100th Air Refueling Wing 501st Combat Support Wing Headquarters Air Command Europe Third Air Force

Former	Sixteenth Air Force

Part of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)

United States Air Force

Leadership

Structure

Commands	Reserve Air National Guard Field Operating Agencies Installations

Direct Reporting Units	District of Washington Operational Test and Evaluation Center USAF Academy

Major Commands	Air Combat Air Education and Training Air Mobility Global Strike Materiel Reserve Space Special Operations Europe & Africa Pacific

Numbered Air Forces	First Second Third Fourth Fifth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth Seventeenth Eighteenth Nineteenth Twentieth Twenty-Second Twenty-Third Twenty-Fourth Twenty-Fifth

Wings (ANG) Groups (ANG) Squadrons (ANG) Civilian auxiliary: Civil Air Patrol

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training

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equipment

History and
traditions

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