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624th Regional Support Group

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ4641838 ↗
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The 624th Regional Support Group, headquartered at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, is one of two Air Force Reserve groups stationed in the Pacific Area of Responsibility and reports directly to the headquarters of the Fourth Air Force at March Air Reserve Base, California.

Units

The group is composed of a headquarters, four squadrons, and one flight at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.

The group Directorate of Personnel Management provides military personnel flight services, to both reserve members and the retired military community.

The 44th Aerial Port Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, processes and loads personnel and cargo on any aircraft in the U.S. Air Force or Civil Air Reserve Fleet.

The 48th Aerial Port Squadron deploys personnel to augment fixed port facilities and provide stand-alone air terminal operations worldwide in support of the long war, exercises or contingency operations, unit moves, foreign humanitarian relief or disaster response operations. The unit works in port operations including aircraft loading, cargo processing and inspection, passenger services, aircraft fleet servicing and aerial port command and control.

The 624th Aeromedical Staging Squadron provides medical support and oversight for the entire 624th RSG. Peacetime missions include training to maintain competency and preparedness for both war and peacetime activities. It deploys qualified medical personnel to augment air staging facilities. The function of an aeromedical staging facility is to provide personnel and equipment necessary for the patient movement required worldwide. Squadron personnel support operations worldwide, including the long war, exercises, humanitarian relief and disaster response operations.

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