Talk:56th Operations Group

Proposed merge

Favor. This article was originally a single article covering the entire group history. It was arbitrarily separated without discussion into two articles without any attendant reason (prob. because there is none). I have no problem going back to the original set-up and calling it "56th Operations Group." Made sense to me when I wrote it that way. I am, however, opposed to going to the stiff prose taken from rote from Air Force sites, and am absolutely against any attempt to merge it with 56th Fighter Wing. (A good article on the 9th Ops Group became a wretched mess when this same young editor unilaterally decided he knew best and merged it with 9th Recon Wing. Anybody with the requisite skill to recover those previous articles and separate them back to their originals would be greatly appreciated, but I am too emotionally involved to attempt it myself any time soon.)--Reedmalloy (talk) 13:19, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

What I suggest is going to this [version] of the 56th FG article, then revise it to being the 56th Operations Group, with the 56th Fighter Group as the major part of the history section. It is one and the same organization, the current 56th operations group being a training unit, while the 56th Fighter Group being one of the most notable combat fighter groups of World War II. We don't want to merge this with the 56th FW page, as the Wing's history during the Vietnam War is sufficiently notable to justify its own page. Combining them would make a very large, unmanageable article anyway. Bwmoll3 (talk) 13:38, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Merge completed, left #redirect at 56th Fighter Group article Bwmoll3 (talk) 16:59, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Dead link

During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!

• http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/numbered_studies/1039707.pdf
  • In Fred J. Christensen on 2011-03-19 13:18:00, 404 Not Found
  • In Gabby Gabreski on 2011-03-19 16:56:39, 404 Not Found
  • In 1st Operations Group on 2011-05-25 06:53:34, 404 Not Found
  • In 1st Operations Group on 2011-06-10 04:09:12, 404 Not Found
  • In 56th Operations Group on 2011-06-19 20:15:52, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 20:16, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

New link to study made--Lineagegeek (talk) 16:05, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

References

This article is the result of the merger of two articles. One piece of housekeeping seems to have been omitted. In the History Section is a statement that except as noted Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. is the source for all materiel not otherwised referenced. However, in the portions of the history concerning the group's activities prior to moving overseas for World War II, and on its return to the US in 1945, there is material that is not in Combat Units that does not have references. Can this material be referenced to keep this as a B Class Article without deleting the material? (some specific instances include the source of cadre, transfer of group aircraft to depot and sailing for return to US).--Lineagegeek (talk) 16:28, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

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