724th Special Tactics Group

724th Special Tactics Group

Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Special Operations Forces
Part of	24th Special Operations Wing
Garrison/HQ	Pope Field
Engagements	War in Afghanistan Iraq War

Then-Commander Colonel Michael Martin at a dedication ceremony honoring 24th STS Staff Sgt. Andrew Harvell who was killed in Afghanistan the previous year.

The 724th Special Tactics Group is one of the special operations ground components of the 24th Special Operations Wing, assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). The Group is headquartered at Pope Field, North Carolina. The Group is composed of four squadrons, also located on Pope Field.

Overview

The Group's Special Tactics Squadron is made up of Special Tactics Officers, Combat Controllers, Combat Rescue Officers, Pararescuemen, Special Operations Weather Technicians, Air Liaison Officers, Tactical Air Control Party operators, and a number of combat support airmen which comprise 58 Air Force specialties.^[1]

Special Tactics Squadrons are organized, trained and equipped specifically for various special operations missions facilitating air operations on the battlefield. They conduct combat search and rescue missions, collect intelligence, as well as call in close air support or airstrikes against enemy combatants and are often parterned with other U.S. special operations forces overseas.

Subordinate units

24th Special Tactics Squadron, Pope Field, North Carolina 29 April 2011 - Present^[1]
724th Operations Support Squadron, Pope Field, North Carolina 29 April 2011 - Present^[1]
724th Intelligence Squadron, Pope Field, North Carolina 29 April 2011 - Present^[1]
724th Special Tactics Support Squadron, Pope Field, North Carolina 29 April 2011 - Present^[1]

Lineage

Established as the 724 Training Group on 22 January 1943 and activated on 28 February 1943. Disbanded on 30 April 1944.
Reestablished, and redesignated as, 724th Special Tactics Group on 1 March 2011 and activated on 29 April 2011.

Assignments

Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, 28 Feb 1943 - 25 September 1943
76 Training Wing, 25 September 1943 - 30 April 1944
Air Force Special Operations Command, 29 April 2011 - Present

Stations

Army Air Force Training Center #7, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 28 February 1943 - 16 June 1943
Seymour-Johnson Field, North Carolina, 16 June 1943 - 30 April 1944
Pope Air Force Base (later Pope Field), North Carolina 29 April 2011 - Present

Commanders

April 2011 – June 2012, Col. Matthew 'Wolfe' Davidson^[2]
June 2012 - unknown, Col. Michael Martin^[3]

References

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Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)

Bases

Wings

Groups

Squadrons

Operations	1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 15th 16th 17th 19th 20th 21st 22d 33d 34th 43d 49th 67th 71st 73d 193d 318th 319th 427th 512th 522d 524th 550th 551st 711th 919th

Special Tactics	17th 21st 22d 23d 24th 26th 123d 125th 320th 321st

other	18th Flight Test 23d Weather Squadron

United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM)

Portal:Military of the United States

United States Army USASOC	Units U.S. Army Special Forces Command U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School 75th Ranger Regiment 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment 4th Military Information Support Group 8th Military Information Support Group 95th Civil Affairs Brigade 528th Sustainment Brigade Types Special Forces Rangers Psychological Operations

United States Marine Corps MARSOC	Units Marine Raider Regiment Marine Raider Support Group Marine Special Operations School Types United States Marine Corps Critical Skills Operator

United States Navy NAVSPECWARCOM	Units Naval Special Warfare Group 1 Naval Special Warfare Group 2 Naval Special Warfare Group 3 Naval Special Warfare Group 4 Naval Special Warfare Group 10 Naval Special Warfare Group 11 Naval Special Warfare Center Types Navy SEALs Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen

United States Air Force AFSOC	Units 1st Special Operations Wing 24th Special Operations Wing 27th Special Operations Wing 352d Special Operations Wing 353d Special Operations Group Types Pararescue Combat Control Team Special Operations Weather Technician Combat Rescue Officer Special Tactics Officer

Special Mission Units JSOC	DoD Joint Communications Unit Army 1st SFOD - Delta (Delta Force) Intelligence Support Activity Navy Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU / SEAL Team Six) Air Force 24th Special Tactics Squadron

Theater Special Operations Commands	SOCAFRICA SOCCENT SOCEUR SOCKOR SOCPAC SOCSOUTH

Source: SOCOM 2013 Fact Book

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