| abstract | - The 445th Airlift Wing (445 AW) is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the Fourth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. If mobilized, the Wing is gained by the Air Mobility Command. During World War II, its predecessor unit, the 445th Bombardment Group was a VIII Bomber Command B-24 Liberator unit stationed in England. Assigned to RAF Tibenham in late 1943, the group earned a Distinguished Unit Citation on 24 February 1944 for attacking an aircraft assembly plant at Gotha, in Central Germany, losing thirteen aircraft. The 445th was Jimmy Stewart's original bomb group.
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