The 302d Airlift Wing is an Air Reserve Component of the
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...
. It is assigned to
Twenty-Second Air Force
Twenty-Second Air Force (22 AF) is a Numbered Air Force component of Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). It was activated on 1 July 1993 and is headquartered at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia.
In the event of mobilization, some of the Twenty- ...
,
Air Force Reserve Command
The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, with its headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. It is the federal Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the U.S. Air Force, consisting of commiss ...
, stationed at
Peterson Air Force Base
Peterson Space Force Base, previously Peterson Air Force Base, Peterson Field, and Army Air Base, Colorado Springs, is a U.S. Space Force Base that shares an airfield with the adjacent Colorado Springs Municipal Airport and is home to the Nor ...
, Colorado.
The wing's mission is tactical
airlift
An airlift is the organized delivery of supplies or personnel primarily via military transport aircraft.
Airlifting consists of two distinct types: strategic and tactical. Typically, strategic airlifting involves moving material long distanc ...
and
airdrop
An airdrop is a type of airlift in which items including weapons, equipment, humanitarian aid or leaflets are delivered by military or civilian aircraft without their landing. Developed during World War II to resupply otherwise inaccessible tro ...
. The wing also has the specialized mission of
Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System
The Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) is a self-contained unit used for aerial firefighting that can be loaded onto both military cargo transport Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Embraer C-390 Millennium, which then allows the aircraft to b ...
, as well as an aeromedical evacuation mission, which was added in April 2008. It is assigned to
Air Force Reserve Command
The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, with its headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. It is the federal Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the U.S. Air Force, consisting of commiss ...
, headquartered at
Robins Air Force Base
Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation located in Houston County, Georgia, United States. The base is located just east of the city of Warner Robins, south-southeast of Macon and approximately south-southeast ...
, Georgia. If it is called to active duty, the wing would become part of
Air Mobility Command
Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the U.S. Air Force. It is headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, east of St. Louis, Missouri.
Air Mobility Command was established on 1 June 1992, and was formed from elements ...
at
Scott Air Force Base
Scott Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in St. Clair County, Illinois, near Belleville and O'Fallon, east-southeast of downtown St. Louis. Scott Field was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the U ...
, Illinois.
History
Corollary unit and Korean War mobilization
The May 1949 Air Force Reserve program called for a new type of unit, the Corollary unit, which was a reserve unit integrated with an active duty unit. The plan called for corollary units at 107 locations and was viewed as the best method to train reservists by mixing them with an existing regular unit to perform duties alongside the regular unit. The
wing
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was activated at
McChord Air Force Base
McChord Field is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord Field is the home of the 62d Airlift Wing, Air Mobility Command, the field's primary mission being world ...
, Washington in June as the 302d Troop Carrier Wing and conducted airlift training as a
reserve
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corollary unit of the
62d Troop Carrier Wing until May 1950, when McChord transferred to
Air Defense Command
Aerospace Defense Command was a major command (military formation), command of the United States Air Force, responsible for continental air defense. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air Defense Command, was est ...
(ADC) and then the wing became a corollary of the
325th Fighter-Interceptor Wing
The 325th Fighter Wing (325 FW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based in Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
Mission
The 325th Fighter Wing's primary mission is to provide air dominance training for F-22 Raptor pilots and maintenance per ...
, the new host wing at McChord.
[ In August 1950, ]Continental Air Command
Continental Air Command (ConAC) (1948–1968) was a Major Command of the United States Air Force (USAF) responsible primarily for administering the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve.
During the Korean War, ConAC provided the necessary au ...
(ConAC) transferred control of corollary units to the commands training the units and the wing was reassigned to ADC's Western Air Defense Force
The Western Air Defense Force (WADF) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command being stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on July 1, 1960.
History
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.[
The wing, along with all reserve corollary units was mobilized for the ]Korean war
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. The 302d was mobilized on 1 June 1951. Its personnel were used as fillers for other units, and it was inactivated a week later.[
]
Troop carrier operations
The wing was again activated in June 1952 at Clinton County Air Force Base
Wilmington Air Park, effective 2009-08-27. is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Wilmington, a city in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. While DHL had privately owned ...
, Ohio,[ when it replaced the 910th Reserve Training Wing and absorbed the 910th's personnel. The reserve mobilization for the Korean war had left the reserves without aircraft, and the unit did not receive aircraft until July 1952. Once it began to receive ]Curtiss C-46 Commando
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s, it trained as a reserve troop carrier wing.[
The 302d began flying airlift operations in the mid-1950s.][ In the summer of 1956, the wing participated in Operation Sixteen Ton during its two weeks of active duty training. Sixteen Ton was performed entirely by reserve troop carrier units and moved ]United States Coast Guard
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equipment From Naval Air Station New York / Floyd Bennett Field to Isla Grande Airport
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in Puerto Rico and San Salvador
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in the Bahamas. After the success of this operation, the wing began to use inactive duty training periods for Operation Swift Lift, transporting high priority cargo for the Air Force and Operation Ready Swap, transporting aircraft engines between Air Materiel Command
Air Materiel Command (AMC) was a United States Army Air Forces and United States Air Force command. Its headquarters was located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. In 1961, the command was redesignated the Air Force Logistics Command wi ...
's depots.
Training for the wing was supervised by the active duty 2252d Air Reserve Flying Center. In 1958, the 2252d Center was inactivated and some of its personnel were absorbed by the wing. In place of active duty support for reserve units, ConAC adopted the Air Reserve Technician program, in which a cadre
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*Cadre (military), a group of officers or NCOs around whom a unit is formed, or a training staff
*Cadre (politics), a politically controlled appointment to an institution in order to circumvent the state and bring control to th ...
of the unit consisted of full-time personnel who were simultaneously civilian employees of the Air Force and also held military rank as members of the reserves.
In April 1959, the wing reorganized under the Dual Deputy system. Its 302d Troop Carrier Group was inactivated and the 355th and 356th Troop Carrier Squadron 356th may refer to:
*356th Airlift Squadron (356 AS), part of the 433d Airlift Wing at Kelly Field Annex, Texas
*356th Fighter Group, inactive United States Air Force organization
*356th Tactical Fighter Squadron, inactive United States Air Force f ...
s were assigned directly to the wing.[
]
Dispersed squadrons
Starting in late 1955, ConAC began to disperse some of its reserve flying squadrons to separate bases in order to improve recruiting and avoid public objection to entire wings of aircraft being stationed near large population centers under what was called the Detached Squadron Concept. Although the wing's 355th and 356th Troop Carrier Squadrons remained with the wing headquarters
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at Clinton County, when a third squadron, the 357th Troop Carrier Squadron 357th may refer to:
*357th Air & Missile Defense Detachment, brigade level Air Defense unit of the United States Army
*357th Airlift Squadron (357 AS), part of the 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
*357th Fighter Group, air comb ...
, was activated in 1961 and assigned to the wing, it was stationed at Bates Field
Mobile Regional Airport is a public/military airport west of Mobile, in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The airport is owned and operated by the Mobile Airport Authority, a self-funded entity that receives no local tax dollars.
The Na ...
, Alabama.[Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 440–441][Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 442–443]
Activation of groups under the wing
Although the dispersal of flying units was not a problem when the entire wing was called to active service, mobilizing a single flying squadron and elements to support it proved difficult. This weakness was demonstrated in the partial mobilization of reserve units during the Berlin Crisis of 1961
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To resolve this, at the start of 1962, ConAC determined to reorganize its reserve wings by establishing groups
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Groups of people
* Cultural group, a group whose members share the same cultural identity
* Ethnic group, a group whose members share the same ethnic iden ...
with support elements for each of its troop carrier squadrons. This reorganization would facilitate mobilization of elements of wings in various combinations when needed. However, as this plan was entering its implementation phase, another partial mobilization, which included the 302d Wing, occurred for the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (of 1962) ( es, Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, the Caribbean Crisis () in Russia, or the Missile Scare, was a 35-day (16 October – 20 November 1962) confrontation between the United S ...
. The formation of troop carrier groups was delayed until February 1963 for wings that had been mobilized. The 906th and 907th Troop Carrier Group at Clinton County, and the 908th Troop Carrier Group
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at Bates Field were all assigned to the wing on 11 February.[
]
Airlift operations
By the mid-1960s, wing aircraft and crews performed worldwide airlift missions and participated in numerous tactical exercises
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It is performed for various reasons, to aid growth and improve strength, develop muscles and the cardiovascular system, hone athletic s ...
.
From April 1968 to March 1973 the wing provided AC-119
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gunship training for pilots
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, navigators
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, flight engineer
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s, and mechanic
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Duties
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s of USAF active units and personnel from Jordan
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, Morocco
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, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
, and South Vietnam
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. The wing assumed a rotational airlift task in support of USAF Southern Command from April 1973 through January 1976. Also in April 1973, the wing assumed an aerial spraying mission with UC-123
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aircraft, which frequently took wing crews to Central America
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, the Caribbean
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, the Azores
)
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, North Africa
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, island
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s of the Pacific
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, and to many U.S. points for insect
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-spraying missions.
Beginning in April 1985, the wing trained to airlift and airdrop
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troops, equipment, and supplies in a tactical theater. It took part in training and mobility exercises within the United States and to Britain
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and Panama
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. It practiced for aeromedical evacuation
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missions. During the late 1980s and 1990s, the wing transported fire fighter
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s and their equipment and supplies to fight wildfire
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s in western states, delivered relief supplies to hurricane
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victims, and participated in other humanitarian
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airlifts and various global contingency operations. The 302d was most recently activated in support of U.S. Central Command operations in Southwest Asia in 2005–2006. In the summer of 2008, two C-130 aircraft and aircrews deployed to Southwest Asia. Other units within the 302d have also deployed, including the 302d Security Forces Squadron, which deployed Airmen in the summer of 2008. Later in the spring of 2009, members of the 302d Civil Engineer Squadron deployed as well. Both units were deployed to Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq.
In October 2009, the 52d Airlift Squadron
The 52d Airlift Squadron is a Regular Component United States Air Force unit. Its currently assigned to the 19th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, but is based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. There, the squadron flies ...
stood up as an Active-Associate unit under the 302d Operations Group. The unit, a regular Air Force squadron consisting of Active-Duty Airmen, is assigned to the 19th Airlift Wing
The 19th Airlift Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Mobility Command's Eighteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. The wing is also the host unit at Little Rock.
The Wing provides the ...
at Little Rock Air Force Base
Little Rock Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Little Rock AFB is the primary C-130 Hercules training base for the Department of Defense, training C-130 pilots, naviga ...
, Arkansas. Personnel are integrated with reserve members to fly and maintain the wing's assigned aircraft.
Fire Fighting Mission
The 302d also provides training, crews, and aircraft in cooperation with the US Forest Service
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages of land. Major divisions of the agency inc ...
to operate Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System
The Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) is a self-contained unit used for aerial firefighting that can be loaded onto both military cargo transport Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Embraer C-390 Millennium, which then allows the aircraft to b ...
-equipped C-130s to combat wildfires
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. Two of the unit's C-130H3 are on standby with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System
The Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) is a self-contained unit used for aerial firefighting that can be loaded onto both military cargo transport Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Embraer C-390 Millennium, which then allows the aircraft to b ...
installed and have another two empty C-130H3 aircraft are in reserve. It is the only reserve unit that maintains this capability.
Notable incidents
On 13 May 1995, aircraft 62-1838, callsign "Sumit 38", with six people aboard, caught fire approximately 45 miles east of Mountain Home Air Force Base
Mountain Home Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation in the western United States. Located in southwestern Idaho in Elmore County, the base is southwest of Mountain Home, which is southeast of Boise via Interstate ...
, Idaho, after ferrying firefighters to Gowen Field
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.
The number two engine incorrectly signaled an under temperature reading, causing the flight engineer to enrich the fuel mixture to that engine, leading to an actual over temperature situation. The engine caught fire, and after two attempts by one of the flight crew to quench the fire, the engine reignited causing SUMIT38 to fall 26,000 feet to the ground, killing its six crew members.
The six crew members of SUMIT38 were:
Lieutenant Colonel Robert "Bob" Buckout, Aircraft Commander
First Lieutenant Lance Dougherty, Pilot
Captain Geoff Boyd, Navigator
Chief Master Sergeant Jimmie Vail, Flight Engineer
Master Sergeant Jay Kemp, Loadmaster
Staff Sergeant Michael Lynn Scheideman, Loadmaster
A memorial at Peterson AFB, Colorado, was dedicated to the crew on the 10th anniversary of the crash in May 2005. Several stones, placards and flags are occasionally replaced at the actual crash site, near Bliss, Idaho, by well-wishers, recovery crew, and family members of the crew.
Units in the late 2010s
* 302d Operations Group[
* ]731st Airlift Squadron
The 731st Airlift Squadron is a flying unit of the United States Air Force assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command and part of the 302d Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. It operates Lockheed C-130H Hercules aircraft providing ...
* 34th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron
* 302d Maintenance Group
* 302d Mission Support Group
* 302d Aeromedical Staging Squadron
Lineage
* Established as the 302d Troop Carrier Wing, Medium on 16 May 1949
: Activated in the reserve on 27 June 1949
: Redesignated 302d Troop Carrier Wing, Heavy on 28 January 1950
: Ordered to active service on 1 June 1951
: Inactivated on 8 June 1951
* Redesignated 302d Troop Carrier Wing, Medium on 26 May 1952
: Activated in the reserve on 14 June 1952
: Ordered to active service on 28 October 1962
: Relieved from active service on 28 November 1962
: Redesignated 302d Tactical Airlift Wing on 1 July 1967
: Redesignated 302d Special Operations Wing on 1 July 1970
: Redesignated 302d Tactical Airlift Wing on 2 August 1971
: Inactivated on 1 April 1981
* Activated in the reserve on 1 April 1985
: Redesignated 302d Airlift Wing on 1 February 1992.[
]
Assignments
* Fourth Air Force
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4 AF directs the activities and supervises the training of more than 30,000 Air Force Reser ...
, 27 June 1949 (attached to 62d Troop Carrier Wing until 5 May 1950, then to 325th Fighter-All Weather Wing)
* Western Air Defense Force, 1 August 1950 – 8 June 1951 (remained attached to 325th Fighter-All Weather Wing (later 325th Fighter-Interceptor Wing))
* First Air Force
The First Air Force (Air Forces Northern; 1 AF-AFNORTH) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Its primary mission is the air defense of the Co ...
, 14 June 1952
* Fourteenth Air Force
The Fourteenth Air Force (14 AF; Air Forces Strategic) was a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). It was headquartered at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
The command was responsible for the organizatio ...
, 25 March 1958
* Second Air Force Reserve Region, 15 August 1960
* Ninth Air Force
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, 28 October 1962
* Second Air Force Reserve Region, 28 November 1962
* First Air Force Reserve Region, 24 January 1966
* Eastern Air Force Reserve Region, 31 December 1969
* Fourteenth Air Force, 8 October 1976 – 1 April 1981
* Fourth Air Force, 1 April 1985
* Tenth Air Force
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, 1 July 1994
* Twenty-Second Air Force
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In the event of mobilization, some of the Twenty- ...
, 1 April 1997 – present[
]
Components
Groups
* 302d Troop Carrier Group (later 302d Operations Group): 27 June 1949 – 8 June 1951; 14 June 1952 – 14 April 1959; 1 August 1992 – present
* 901st Military Airlift Group
The 901st Tactical Airlift Group is an inactive United States Air Force Reserve unit. It was last active with the 433d Airlift Wing, based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, where it was inactivated on 1 April 1985.
The group (military aviat ...
(later 901st Tactical Airlift Group): 1 July 1972 – 1 April 1974
* 906th Troop Carrier Group (later 906th Tactical Airlift Group) 11 February 1963 – 1 September 1975
* 907th Troop Carrier Group (later 907th Tactical Airlift Group): 11 February 1963 – 1 September 1975
* 908th Troop Carrier Group (later 908th Tactical Airlift Group): 11 February – 18 Mar 1963; attached 1 – 24 October 1971, assigned 25 October 1971 – 1 July 1972
* 910th Troop Carrier Group 91 may refer to:
Years
* 91 BC
* AD 91
* 1991
* 2091
* etc.
Transportation
* List of highways numbered
* 91 Line, a rail line
* Saab 91, an aircraft
Other uses
* 91 (number)
* '' 91:an'', a Swedish comic
* ''91'', a 2017 album by Jamie Grace
* ...
(later 910th Tactical Airlift Group, 910 Tactical Air Support Group): 1 July 1966 – 15 February 1970
* 911th Military Airlift Group
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Overview
The 911th Airlift Wing's mission ...
(later 911th Tactical Airlift Group): 25 February 1972 – 1 October 1980
* 912th Troop Carrier Group 91 may refer to:
Years
* 91 BC
* AD 91
* 1991
* 2091
* etc.
Transportation
* List of highways numbered
* 91 Line, a rail line
* Saab 91, an aircraft
Other uses
* 91 (number)
* '' 91:an'', a Swedish comic
* ''91'', a 2017 album by Jamie Grace
* ...
: 8 January 1965 – 1 July 1966
* 913th Troop Carrier Group (later 913th Tactical Airlift Group): 8 January 1965 – 1 July 1966; attached 30 June-16 Sep 1970, assigned 17 September 1970 – 21 April 1971 (detached after 1 April 1971)
* 914th Troop Carrier Group (later 914th Tactical Airlift Group): 1 July 1966 – 1 September 1969 (detached after 31 July 1969)
* 930th Special Operations Group 93 may refer to:
* 93 (number)
* one of the years 93 BC, AD 93, 1993, 2093, etc.
* 93 Seine-Saint-Denis, French department, Paris, Île-de-France
* Atomic number 93: neptunium
* ''Ninety-Three'', English title of ''Quatrevingt-treize'' (same meanin ...
: 31 December 1969 – 1 June 1970
* 934th Tactical Airlift Group
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Missio ...
(later 934th Airlift Group): 1 April 1985 – 31 December 1987; 1 August 1992 – 1 October 1994
* 943d Tactical Airlift Group
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: 1 April 1985 – 1 February 1992[
Squadrons
* 1st Combat Crew Training Squadron (later 1st Tactical Airlift Training Squadron): 1 July 1968 – 25 March 1973
* ]7th Space Operations Squadron
The United States Air Force's 7th Space Operations Squadron is an Air Force reserve space operations unit located at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado.
Mission
The 7th Space Operations Squadron is a reserve associate unit that is integrated w ...
: 1 January – 1 May 1993
* Combat Crew Training Squadron Provisional, 302d: attached 1 April – 1 August 1968 (not operational after 1 July 1968)
* 355th Troop Carrier Squadron (later 355th Tactical Airlift Squadron): 14 April 1959 – 11 February 1963; 1 September 1975 – 1 April 1981
* 356th Troop Carrier Squadron (later 356th Tactical Airlift Squadron): 14 April 1959 – 11 February 1963; 1 September 1975 – 1 April 1981
* 357th Troop Carrier Squadron: 8 May 1961 – 11 February 1963
* 731st Tactical Airlift Squadron (later 731st Airlift Squadron): 1 April 1985 – 1 August 1992[
]
Stations
* McChord Air Force Base, Washington, 27 June 1949 – 8 June 1951
* Clinton County Air Force Base, Ohio 14 June 1952 – 2 August 1971
* Lockbourne Air Force Base
Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base is an Ohio Air National Guard installation located near Lockbourne in southern Franklin County. The base was named for the famous early aviator and Columbus native Eddie Rickenbacker. It is the home of t ...
(later Rickenbacker Air Force Base), Ohio, 2 August 1971 – 1 April 1981
* Peterson Air Force Base
Peterson Space Force Base, previously Peterson Air Force Base, Peterson Field, and Army Air Base, Colorado Springs, is a U.S. Space Force Base that shares an airfield with the adjacent Colorado Springs Municipal Airport and is home to the Nor ...
(later Peterson Space Force Base), Colorado, 1 April 1985 – present[
]
Aircraft
* Fairchild C-82 Packet
The C-82 Packet is a twin-engine, twin-boom cargo aircraft designed and built by Fairchild Aircraft. It was used briefly by the United States Army Air Forces and the successor United States Air Force following World War II.
Design and develop ...
, 1949
* Douglas C-54 Skymaster
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War. Like the Douglas C-47 Skytrain derived from the DC-3, the C-54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian a ...
, 1949–1950
* Curtiss C-46 Commando, 1952–1957
* Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) was an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechani ...
, 1956–1973
* Cessna U-3 Blue Canoe
The Cessna 310 is an American four-to-six-seat, low-wing, twin-engine monoplane produced by Cessna between 1954 and 1980. It was the first twin-engine aircraft that Cessna put into production after World War II.
Development
The 310 first fle ...
, 1970, 1971–1972
* Lockheed C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally design ...
, 1970–1971, 1985–present
* Cessna A-37 Dragonfly
The Cessna A-37 Dragonfly, or Super Tweet, is an American light attack aircraft developed from the T-37 Tweet basic trainer in the 1960s and 1970s by Cessna of Wichita, Kansas. The A-37 was introduced during the Vietnam War and remained in pe ...
, 1970
* Fairchild C-123 Provider
The Fairchild C-123 Provider is an American military transport aircraft designed by Chase Aircraft and then built by Fairchild Aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. In addition to its USAF service, which included later service with the Air Force Re ...
, 1971–1981
* De Haviland Canada C-7 Caribou
The de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou (designated by the United States military as the CV-2 and later C-7 Caribou) is a Canadian specialized cargo aircraft with short takeoff and landing (STOL) capability. The Caribou was first flown in 1958 a ...
, 1972
* Fairchild UC-123 Provider, 1973–1981[
]
References
Bibliography
*
*
; Further reading
* Maguire, Jon A. and the men of the 27th ATG. ''Gooney Birds and Ferry Tales: The 27th Air Transport Group in World War II''. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 1998. .
External links
*
Official 302d Airlift Wing website
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