582nd Air Resupply Group

The **582nd Air Resupply Group** was a United States Air Force unit established during the early years of the Cold War. Activated in 1951, the group was assigned to the Air Resupply and Communications Service (ARCS) and stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Its primary mission centered on unconventional warfare support, including psychological operations, airdrop of supplies, and insertion and extraction of special operations forces behind enemy lines. The group operated a variety of aircraft, including B-29 Superfortresses and C-119 Flying Boxcars, before it was inactivated in 1956 as the Air Force restructured its special operations capabilities.