130 Combat Group

Mission

The Group’s mission is the appropriate personnel training and maintenance of the means and systems, so as to maintain a high level of readiness and fighting efficiency, in order to assume and successfully carry out Air Operations whenever required.

Organization

The unit is organized according to the typical Combat Group organization.

History

1959	The first runway was constructed from PSP (Pierced Steel Planking) in 1959. At the same time period the first personnel detachment was also established, as the Lemnos Air Detachment, which was subordinated to the 112 Combat Wing.
1960-1970	Between 1960 and 1970 a 10.000 ft landing strip with a 140 ft wide parallel taxiway was constructed.
1970-1971	In 1970-71 the maintenance hangar and the fuel installations were constructed.
1974	In September 1974 the Lemnos Air Detachment was renamed to 130 Combat Group and came under the 111 Combat Wing command.
1975	In March 1975, six F-5 aircraft were redeployed to the unit and on January 1st 1977, as an independent unit, came under the Tactical Air Force Headquarters.
1977-1983	From 1977 to 1983 reconstruction works took place to the airport, in order to cover the necessary specifications for the civilian and military airplane support.