The unit employs
unmanned aerial vehicles to support operational needs worldwide and deploys assets globally. This includes combat command and control, tactics development, intelligence support, weather support, and standardization and evaluation oversight for units of United States Air Force's
Air Combat Command,
Air Forces Central,
Air Force Materiel Command,
Air National Guard,
Air Force Reserve Command, as well as remotely piloted aircraft unit of the
Royal Air Force. The unit is also responsible for air traffic control, airfield management, and weather services at Creech Air Force Base.[2]
Units
The 432nd Operations Group consists of the following units as of 2022[update]:[2]
The unit was activated in 1991 as the 432nd Operations Group under the
432nd Fighter Wing.[1] Controlled two squadrons of
F-16 Falcon tactical fighters at
Misawa AB,
Japan, from 1991 to 1994.[3][4][1] Unit inactivated along with parent organization when
35th Fighter Wing was assigned to Misawa and 432nd Wing and component organizations were redesignated.[1]
^Gaggle consists of (clockwise from top left): 15th Reconnaissance Squadron, 42nd Attack Squadron, 11th Reconnaissance Squadron, 17th Reconnaissance Squadron, 30th Reconnaissance Squadron, 432nd Operations Support Squadron and 432nd Operations Group (center).
^As of 2022[update], the 42nd Attack Squadron is in dormant status and part of the 25th Attack Group.
^The U.S. Air Force has retired the MQ-1 Predator as of 9 March 2018.[10]
^The RQ-170 Sentinel is operated by the 30th and 44th Reconnaissance Squadrons, both of which are part of the 432nd Operations Group as of 2022[update].