18th Air Support Operations Group
Active	1943–1944; 1945-1946; 1992–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Air Operations Group
Part of	Ninth Air Force
Garrison/HQ	Pope Field, North Carolina
Engagements	Mediterranean Theater of Operations European Theater of Operations
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
18th Air Support Operations Group emblem (approved 15 February 1996)[1]

The 18th Air Support Operations Group is a combat support group of the United States Air Force. It is located at Pope Field, North Carolina. The group was originally the 18th Air Support Communications Squadron and served in the Mediterranean and European Theaters of Operations during World War II as an air communications squadron.

The 18th ASOG provides tactical command and control of air power assets for the U.S. Army's XVIII Airborne Corps. In this role its subordinate squadrons provide tactical combat command and control to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander.

The organization was originally activated in April 1943 as the 18th Air Support Communication Squadron. The squadron trained in the southeastern United States under Third Air Force until February 1944, when it deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations and was assigned to XII Air Support Command. The unit was redesignated the 18th Tactical Air Communications Squadron and moved to Italy in April. It was disbanded in Italy in June 1944.^[1]

The squadron was reconstituted and activated in Germany on 15 April 1945, where it became part of Ninth Air Force. It returned to the United States in July and was inactivated in the summer of 1946. The squadron was disbanded while inactive in October 1948.^[1]

In June 1992, the unit was reconstituted and redesignated as the 18th Air Support Group. It assumed much of the responsibilities of the inactivating 507th Air Control Wing. It was redesignated 18th Air Support Operations Group on 1 July 1994.^[1]

In addition to group headquarters, the 18th ASOG includes a number of subordinate squadrons. These units are located at Pope Field except as indicated and include the following.^[2]

14th Air Support Operations Squadron (supports 82nd Airborne Division)

15th Air Support Operations Squadron

Fort Stewart, Georgia (supports 1st, 2nd & 4th Brigade Combat Teams, 3rd Infantry Division)

Fort Moore, Georgia (supports 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division)

18th Combat Weather Squadron

Simmons Army Airfield, Fort Liberty, North Carolina (supports 82nd Airborne Division and XVIII Airborne Corps)

Detachment 1, Fort Drum, New York (supports 10th Mountain Division)

Detachment 2, Fort Johnson, Louisiana (supports 10th Mountain Division)

Detachment 3, Fort Stewart, Georgia (supports 3rd Infantry Division)

Detachment 3 - Operating Location A, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia (supports 3rd Infantry Division)

Detachment 4, Fort Campbell, Kentucky (supports 101st Airborne Division)

Operating Location A, Shaw AFB, South Carolina (supports US Army Central Command)

Operating Location B, Fort Belvoir, Virginia (supports The Army Aviation Brigade)

Operating Location C, Fort Novosel, Alabama (supports United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence)

Operating Location D, Fort Moore, Georgia (supports United States Army Maneuver Center of Excellence)

19th Air Support Operations Squadron

Fort Campbell, Kentucky (supports 101st Airborne Division) (Air Assault)

20th Air Support Operations Squadron

Fort Drum, New York (supports 1st, 2nd & 3rd Brigade Combat Teams, 10th Mountain Division)

Detachment. 1 Fort Polk, Louisiana (supports 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division)

818th Operations Support Squadron

• Constituted as the 18th Air Support Communication Squadron on 24 March 1943

Activated on 1 April 1943

• Redesignated 18th Tactical Air Communications Squadron on 1 April 1944
• Disbanded on 10 June 1944
• Reconstituted on 19 March 1945

Activated on 15 April 1945

Inactivated on 12 August 1946

• Disbanded on 8 October 1948
• Reconstituted, redesignated 18th Air Support Group, and activated on 15 June 1992
• Redesignated 18th Air Support Operations Group on 1 July 1994^[1]

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