463rd Airlift Group
| 463rd Airlift Group | |
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A C-130 Hercules from Little Rock AFB lands at McChord AFB for Rodeo 2007 on 21 July 2007 | |
| Active | 1953–1971; 1972–1993; 1997–2008 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Role | Airlift |
| Engagements | Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada) Operation Just Cause (Panama) |
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| 463rd Airlift Groupemblem | |
The United States Air Force's 463rd Airlift Group was a theater airlift unit last stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. It was activated in 1997 and was inactivated in October 2008.
It had over 1,200 Airmen. The unit employed 30 C-130 aircraft that perform airlift missions worldwide. It provided direct support to warfighting combatant commanders with theater combat aerial delivery of personnel and their resupply worldwide.