Editing 20th Air Base Group (section)

==Lineage==
; Squadron A, Eberts Field
* Organized on 26 April 1918 as '''66th Aero Squadron'''<ref name=Clay1421/>
: Redesignated '''Squadron A, Eberts Field''' c. 1 July 1918
* Demobilized 15 November 1918<ref name=Clay1421/>
: Reconstituted and consolidated with '''66th Service Squadron''' on 16 October 1936<ref name=Clay1421/><ref name=Clay1639/>

; 20th Air Base Group
* Authorized as '''Air Park No. 11''' and organized on 2 June 1921
: Redesignated '''66th Service Squadron''' on 25 January 1923
: Consolidated with '''Squadron A, Eberts Field''' on 16 October 1936<ref name=Clay1421/>
: Consolidated with '''Station Complement, Nichols Field''' as the  '''Base Headquarters & 20th Air Base Squadron''' on 25 May 1938<ref name=Clay1639/>
: Redesignated '''Base Headquarters & 20th Air Base Squadron''' (1 Group) on 6 December 1939
: Redesignated '''Base Headquarters & 20th Air Base Squadron''' (Single) on 1 February 1940
: Redesignated Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron '''20th Air Base Group''' (Reinforced) on 1 September 1940<ref name=Clay1639/>
: Inactivated on 2 April 1946
* Disbanded on 27 September 1984<ref name=DAFMPM575q>Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 575q, 27 Sep 1984, Subject: Disbandment of Units</ref>

; Station Complement, Nichols Field
* Activated c. 1 March 1935 as '''Station Complement, Nichols Field'''
: Consolidated with '''66th Service Squadron''' as '''Base Headquarters & 20th Air Base Squadron''' on 25 May 1938<ref name=Clay1421/>

===Assignments===
* Primary Flying School, Eberts Field, 26 April 1918 – 15 November 1918
* 1st Group (Composite) (later 4th Composite Group), 2 June 1921<ref name=Clay1421/>
* [[Philippine Department]], 1 September 1936
* [[Philippine Department Air Force]] (later Far East Air Force), 20 September 1941
* Far East Air Service Command (later 5th Air Force Base Command, 5th Air Force Service Command, V Air Force Service Command), 16 November 1942 – 2 April 1946<ref>''See'' Williams, p. 11 (organization of the service command).</ref>

===Stations===
* Kelly Field, Texas, 26 April 1918
* Eberts Field, Arkansas, ''ca''. 1 May 1918 – 15 November 1918
* Clark Field, Philippines, 2 June 1921<ref name=Clay1421/>
* Camp Nichols (later Nichols Field), Philippines, 21 December 1921<ref name=Clay1421/> – 1942

===Components===
* Air Base Squadron, 20th Air Base Group (later 19th Air Base Squadron), 1 September 1940 – 2 April 1946
* 1st Materiel Squadron, 20th Air Base Group (later 27th Material Squadron), 1 September 1940 – 2 April 1946
* 2d Materiel Squadron, 20th Air Base Group (later 28th Material Squadron), 1 September 1940 – 2 April 1946
* 745th Ordnance Company, Aviation (Air Base), attached, c. May 1941 – 2 April 1946
* Air Corps Detachment, Weather, Philippines, 2 January–20 September 1941<ref>Markus, ''et al''., p. 114</ref>

===Awards and campaigns===
{{unit awards table
|award_image1=AF PUC
|award_name1=[[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Distinguished Unit Citation]]
|award_date1=7 December 1941-10 May 1942,
|award_notes1=20th Air Base Group<ref name=AFP9002>AF Pamphlet 900-2, 15 June 1971, p. 134</ref>
|award_image2=AF PUC
|award_name2=Distinguished Unit Citation
|award_date2=8 December 1941–22 December 1941
|award_notes2=20th Air Base Group<ref name=AFP9002/>
|award_image3=AF PUC
|award_name3=Distinguished Unit Citation
|award_date3=6 January 1942-8 March 1942
|award_notes3=20th Air Base Group<ref name=AFP9002/>
|award_image4=PPUC
|award_name4=[[Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation]]
|award_date4=7 December 1941 – 10 May 1942
|award_notes4=20th Air Base Group<ref name=AFP9002/>
}}

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