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413th Flight Test Group
413th Flight Test Group Emblem
Active	1944–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Flight Testing
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command Air Force Materiel Command
Garrison/HQ	Robins Air Force Base,Georgia
Motto	Siva
Engagements	World War II Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (1944–1945)

The 413th Flight Test Group (413 FTG) is aUnited States Air ForceAir Force Reserve Command unit. It is stationed atRobins Air Force Base,Georgia as a tenant unit.

The 413 FTG conducts flight tests on aircraft after the programmed depot maintenance is completed. Its history goes back to 1944 when the413th Fighter Group flew very long range (VLR) escort missions ofTwentieth Air ForceB-29 Superfortress bombardment groups against Japan. During theCold War, the unit was aStrategic Air Command fighter-escort wing and laterTactical Air Command tactical fighter group in the 1950s.

Today, the group's units are stationed throughout the United States to help conduct functional flight tests. The group is a partnership between theAir Force Materiel Command and theAir Force Reserve Command and is the operational supervisor of all the depot flight test units. The group manages five squadrons and two flights is made up of 140 full-time Airmen, 78 traditional reservist and nine civil servants. Once PDM is completed, members of the flight crew begin a variety of ground checks to make sure the aircraft is ready for a functional test flight. Once the aircraft is deemed airworthy, then the airplane is delivered to the home station and is configured to fly whatever mission it is assigned to fly.

10th Flight Test Squadron (Tinker AFB, OK) B-1, B-52, E-3, KC-135, RC-135, KC-46
313th Flight Test Flight (Lackland AFB, TX) KC-135, C-17 (2001–2013)
339th Flight Test Squadron (Robins AFB, GA) C-5, C-130, F-15
370th Flight Test Squadron (Edwards AFB, CA) C-12, KC-10, KC-135
415th Flight Test Flight (Randolph AFB, TX) T-38, T-6
514th Flight Test Squadron (Hill AFB, UT) A-10, F-16, F-22, F-35, C-130
413th Force Support Flight (Robins AFB, GA)
413th Aeromedical Staging Squadron (Robins AFB, GA)

The unit served primarily in thePacific Ocean theater of World War II as part ofTwentieth Air Force. The 413th Fighter Group's aircraft flew very long range (VLR) escort missions ofB-29 Superfortress bombardment groups against Japan.

Constituted as413th Fighter Group on 5 October 1944 and activated on 15 October. Trained for very-long-range operations withP-47N Thunderbolts.

Moved to theSouth West Pacific Area, April–June 1945. The group was assigned to theTwentieth Air Force VII Fighter Command,301st Fighter Wing. Was reassigned to theSeventh Air Force early in August 1945. Flew a few strafing missions fromSaipan to theTruk Islands in May before beginning operations fromIe Shima in June. Engaged in dive-bombing and strafing attacks on factories, radar stations, airfields, small ships, and other targets in Japan. Made several attacks on shipping and airfields in China during July. Flew its only escort mission on 8 August 1945 when it covered B-29's during a raid againstYawata, Kyoto, Japan.

Served as a part of the air defense and occupation force for theRyukyu Islands after the war. Inactivated onOkinawa on 15 October 1946.

Activated as part ofTactical Air Command in 1954. Trained to achieve and maintain combat readiness by participation in tactical exercises, firepower demonstrations, joint training with US Army and US Marine Corps units, and tactical evaluations. Provided augmentation ofSixteenth Air Force in Spain, through deployment of assigned squadrons on a rotational basis, 1958–1959.

• Established as413th Fighter Group, Single Engine on 5 October 1944

Activated on 15 October 1944

Inactivated on 15 October 1946

• Redesignated413th Fighter-Day Group on 27 October 1954

Activated on 11 November 1954

Inactivated on 8 October 1957

• Consolidated (31 January 1984) with the413th Strategic Fighter Wing, which was established on 23 March 1953.

Redesignated413th Fighter-Day Wing on 26 September 1957

Activated on 8 October 1957

Redesignated413th Tactical Fighter Wing on 1 July 1958

Inactivated on 15 March 1959

• Redesignated413th Flight Test Group on 18 July 2003

Activated in the Reserve on 1 October 2003.

• 1st Fighter (later, 1st Fighter-Day; 1st Tactical Fighter) Squadron: 15 October 1944 – 15 October 1946; 11 November 1954 – 15 March 1959 (detached 27 June – c. 12 November 1958)
• 10th Flight Test Squadron: 1 October 2003–present
• 21st Fighter (later, 21st Fighter-Day; 21st Tactical Fighter) Squadron: 15 October 1944 – 15 October 1946; 11 November 1954 – 15 March 1959 (detached 14–15 March 1959)
• 34th Fighter (later 34th Fighter-Day; 34th Tactical Fighter) Squadron: 15 October 1944 – 15 October 1946; 11 November 1954 – 15 March 1959
• 339th Flight Test Squadron: 1 October 2003–present
• 370th Flight Test Squadron: 1 October 2003–present
• 474th Fighter-Day Squadron (later, 474th Tactical Fighter Squadron): 8 October 1957 – 15 March 1959 (detached 11 November 1958 – 15 March 1959)
• 514th Flight Test Squadron: 1 October 2003–present
• 413th Aeromedical Staging Squadron

Flights

• 313th Flight Test Flight: 1 October 2003 – 2013
• 415th Flight Test Flight: 1 October 2003–present
• 420th Flight Test Flight: 1 October 2003 – 1 September 2007
• 413th Force Support Flight:

• P-47 Thunderbolt 1944–1946
• F-86 Sabre, 1954–1956
• F-100 Super Sabre, 1955–1959

 This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969].Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II(PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-405-12194-6.LCCN 70605402.OCLC 72556. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 20 December 2016.
• Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984).Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
• Robins AFB press release about 413th Flight Test Group

• 413th Fighter Group Website

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