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64<br />

<strong>56th</strong> Operations Group<br />

Col John T. Hanna<br />

Lineage.<br />

Established as <strong>56th</strong> Pursuit Group (Interceptor) on 20 November 1940.<br />

Activated on 15 January 1941.<br />

Redesignated <strong>56th</strong> <strong>Fighter</strong> Group on 15 May 1942.<br />

Inactivated on 18 October 1945.<br />

Activated on 1 May 1946.<br />

Redesignated <strong>56th</strong> <strong>Fighter</strong>-Interceptor Group on 20 January 1950.<br />

Inactivated on 6 February 1952.<br />

Redesignated <strong>56th</strong> <strong>Fighter</strong> Group (<strong>Air</strong> Defense) on 20 June 1955.<br />

Activated on 18 August 1955.<br />

Discontinued, <strong>and</strong> inactivated, on 1 February 1961. 125<br />

Redesignated <strong>56th</strong> Tactical <strong>Fighter</strong> Group on 31 July 1985.<br />

Redesignated <strong>56th</strong> Operations Group on 28 October 1991.<br />

Activated on 1 November 1991.<br />

Inactivated on 4 January 1994.<br />

Activated on 1 April 1994. 126<br />

Honors.<br />

Service Streamers.<br />

World War II American Theater<br />

125<br />

AFOMO 536m, 28 December 1960<br />

126<br />

AETC SO G-34, 25 March 1994

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