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It engaged in combat in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Since World War II, it has provided air defense in the Far East, primarily the Philippines, until the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo forced the closure of Clark AB. Numerous Thirteenth Air Force organizations participated in Southeast Asia combat operations in the 1960s and 1970s.
Headquarters, Thirteenth Air Force (23 September – 29 October 1944) 309th Bombardment Wing (28 July – 9 November 1944) 5th Bomb Group (13th AF) (22 September – October 1944) 417th Bombardment Group (9 September – 6 December 1944) 58th Fighter Group (30 August 1944 – 3 April 1944) 348th Fighter Group (26 August 1944 – 16 November 1944)
Redesignated Fifth Air Force 1 April – 30 June 1945 V Bomber Command, – 4 March August 1945 V Fighter Command, – 4 March August 1945 Headquarters, 13th Air Force, 1 January – 20 May 1946 475th Fighter Group, 28 February – 20 April 1945 (P-38) 22d Bombardment Group, 12 March – 4 August 1945 (B-24)
Groups. 5th Bombardment Group, 13 January 1943 – 15 December 1945 [3]; 11th Bombardment Group, 9 November 1943 – 15 March 1946; 42d Bombardment Group, 22 April 1943 – 25 December 1945 (attached to 308th Bombardment Wing, c. 24 August 1944; 310th Bombardment Wing, 3 September 1944; Thirteenth Air Task Force, c. 15 September 1944; XIII Fighter Command, 1 October 1944; XIII Bomber Command ...
The group was converted to provisional status, redesignated the 13th Air Expeditionary Group and assigned to Pacific Air Forces to activate or inactivate as needed. It has been used primarily to control operations or exercises for Thirteenth Air Force .
The Army Air Forces also employed two composite groups with their own TO&Es: the 28th Bomb Group (15 B-24 and 30 B-25), and the 509th Composite Group (15 B-29 and 5 C-54). 19 heavy groups and one light bomb group were to be converted to very heavy groups for duty against Japan, but the war ended before the plan was carried out.
C-130 Hercules of the 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base [d]. In March 1946, the 313th was reassigned to Thirteenth Air Force in the Philippines. In the Philippines, the wing was assigned the 5th Bombardment Group [1] from Seventh Air Force "where it conducted bombardment training, aerial reconnaissance and mapping and construction projects."
United States Army Air Forces. 13th Air Force 42nd Bombardment Group (North American B-25 Mitchell) 69, 70, 75, 100, 390 Bombardment Squadrons (Palawan Island) 5th Bombardment Group (Consolidated B-24 Liberator) 23, 31, 72, 394 Bombardment Squadrons (Samar Island) 307th Bombardment Group (Consolidated B-24 Liberator)