The 374th Airlift Wing is a unit of the
United States Air Force
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assigned to
Fifth Air Force
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. It is stationed at
Yokota Air Base
, is a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and United States Air Force (USAF) base in the Tama Area, or Western Tokyo.
It occupies portions of Akishima, Fussa, Hamura, Mizuho, Musashimurayama, and Tachikawa.
The base houses 14,000 perso ...
, Japan. It is part of
Pacific Air Forces
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. The 374th Airlift Wing is the only airlift wing in PACAF and provides airlift support to all
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agencies in the Pacific theater of operation. It also provides transport for people and equipment throughout the
Kantō Plain
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and the
Tokyo metropolitan area
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.
The Wing participates in operations involving air, land and airdrop of troops, equipment, supplies, and support or augment special operations forces, when appropriate. It fields a provisional airlift wing or group headquarters (when required) to command airlift resources as units in support of contingencies or exercises. It also supports assigned, attached, and associate units on Yokota Air Base and satellite installations according to higher headquarters' direction.
The 374th Airlift Wing has never been stationed in the United States.
Mission
The mission of the 374th Airlift Wing is to provide command and control of subordinate units for the execution of troop, cargo, military equipment, passengers, mail, and aeromedical evacuation/airlift to and from areas requiring such airlift.
Units
*
374th Operations Group
The 374th Operations Group (374 OG) is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 374th Airlift Wing. It is stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
The unit's World War II predecessor unit, the 374th Troop Carrier Group opera ...
:
36th Airlift Squadron (
C-130J
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) (YJ)
: 374th Operations Support Squadron
:
459th Airlift Squadron (
UH-1N
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,
C-12)
* 374th Maintenance Group
* 374th Mission Support Group
* 374th Medical Group
History
The 374th Troop Carrier Wing was established on 10 August 1948 and activated on 17 August. It operated
Harmon Field
Harmon Air Force Base is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield, and postwar United States Air Force Base on Guam in the Mariana Islands. Originally named "Depot Field", it was renamed in honor of Lieutenant General Millard ...
, Guam, until March 1949, and provided troop carrier operations in the Pacific and Far East. It moved to Japan in March 1949, and assumed control over
Tachikawa Air Base
is an airfield in the city of Tachikawa, the western part of Tokyo, Japan. Currently under the administration of the Ministry of Defense, it has also served as the civil aviation with Japan's first scheduled air service.
History
Origins
Tach ...
, operating this facility until 1 January 1956.
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Korean War
When the Korean War
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broke out in June 1950, the 374th was the only air transport group in the Far East. During the war, the combat components of the unit were:
* 1st Troop Carrier Group (Provisional): attached 26 August 1950 – 10 January 1951.
* 21st Troop Carrier Squadron: attached 29 June 1951 – 28 March 1952.
* 47th Troop Carrier Squadron, Provisional: attached 10–26 January 1951.
* 6142d Air Transport Unit: attached 1 August – 1 October 1950.
* 6143d Air Transport Unit: attached 26 July – 1 October 1950.
* 6144th Air Transport Unit: attached 26 July – 1 October 1950.
The Wing's assigned and attached components flew a variety of aircraft, including C-54s, C-46
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s, C-47
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s, C-119
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s, and C-124
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The C-124 was the primary heavy-lift transport for United States Air Force (USAF ...
s, performing combat airlift, airdrops, and aeromedical evacuation in Korea throughout the war.
The Wing performed routine transport operations. With assigned and attached components, the wing performed combat airlift, airdrops, and aeromedical evacuation in Korea throughout the war. For its work between 27 June and 15 September 1950, transporting vital cargo, personnel and evacuating wounded men, the 374th earned its fourth DUC.
It also flew courier flights throughout the Pacific area. In April 1953, the 347th transported the first of several groups of repatriated prisoners of war from Korea to Japan (Operation Little Switch
Operation Big Switch was the repatriation of all remaining prisoners of the Korean War. Ceasefire talks had been going on between the North Korean, Chinese and United Nations Command (UNC) forces since 1951, with the main point of contention bein ...
), and subsequently transported United Nations prisoners of war (Operation Big Switch
Operation Big Switch was the repatriation of all remaining prisoners of the Korean War. Ceasefire talks had been going on between the North Korean, Chinese and United Nations Command (UNC) forces since 1951, with the main point of contention bein ...
) from North Korea.
Cold War
Following hostilities, the wing resumed its normal troop carrier and airlift operations in the Far East and Pacific area, including participation in tactical exercises and humanitarian missions.
Beginning in January 1954, the 374th airlifted wounded French troops from Indochina to Japan, en route to France. Principal operations from 1955 until 1958 consisted of numerous mobility exercises, routine theater airlift, and occasional exercises throughout the Western Pacific region. It trained C-46 pilots of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force, from November 1954 through May 1955.
Vietnam War
Nine years later, in August 1966, the 374th Troop Carrier Wing was reactivated at Naha Air Base
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, Okinawa as part of the 315th Air Division, and assumed a mission of airlift to Southeast Asia
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, as well as intra-theater airlift for elements of the Pacific Command. In addition, the wing supported Army Special Forces training, participated in tactical exercises, and flew search and rescue and humanitarian missions as needed.
The wing controlled four troop carrier squadrons, the 21st, 35th, 41st and 817th. The 21st included a special flight which supplied aircraft for CIA
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operations. The Wing also known as the "Blind Bats" supported several special missions, including psy-ops, flare support, HALO and other missions, some of which were highly classified. In 1967 the troop carrier designation was replaced by "tactical airlift" throughout the Air Force. During the Vietnam War the 374th received the Presidential Unit Citation and the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
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.
On 12 May 1968 airlifters in Vietnam as they were called upon to evacuate the camp at Kham Duc. Although two C-130s, one of which was from the 374th, were shot down and others were damaged, they managed to bring out about half of the camps defenders while US Army and USMC helicopters brought out the remainder who did not exfiltrate out on the ground. Lt. Col. Daryl D. Cole was awarded the prestigious MacKay Trophy for the most meritorious flight of the year for flying his badly damaged C-130A out of Kham Duc. Lt. Col. John Delmore's crew crash landed at Kham Duc but were quickly rescued by US Army personnel.
The wing had no aircraft from 27 April to 31 May 1971. It was revived with new resources at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base
Ching Chuan Kang Air Base ( zh, t=清泉崗空軍基地, CCK) is a Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) base located in Taichung, Taiwan. It is the home to the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, with three squadrons of AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo fi ...
Taichung, Taiwan
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and remained heavily committed in support of operations in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, and also continued routine airlift in other areas. One of the wing's humanitarian missions-flood relief in the Philippines-earned it a Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
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in 1972.
In the spring of 1972, after most American ground forces had been withdrawn, the North Vietnam
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ese Communists launched a major offensive as they invaded South Vietnam during Easter
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. Communist troops supported by tanks and artillery rolled down Highway 13 toward Saigon
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, only to be halted after passing the town of An Lộc, which fell under siege. Airlift forces in Southeast Asia had been withdrawn, with only the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing remaining of what had been several wings of C-130s, C-123s and C-7s. Vietnamese C-123s attempted to supply the besieged garrison at An Lộc, but were unsuccessful in the face of the heaviest ground fire yet encountered in the Vietnam War. Helicopter resupply was impossible due to the proliferation of automatic weapons in the area. In desperation, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
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, ordered the 374th to begin a resupply effort of the camp.
The wing provided support in March 1973 for Operation Homecoming
Operation Homecoming was the return of 591 American prisoners of war (POWs) held by North Vietnam following the Paris Peace Accords that ended U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
Operation
On January 27, 1973, Henry Kissinger (then assistant ...
, the repatriation of American prisoners from Hanoi
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, North Vietnam. In February 1973, the POWs, some of whom had been held since 1965, were finally released. Military Airlift Command
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(MAC) was given the honor of bringing the POW
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Belligerents hold prisoners of war ...
s home, but the MAC Lockheed C-141 Starlifter
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crews were upstaged by C-130 crewmen from the 374th. In preparation for the release, several C-130 flights transported members of the negotiating team into Hanoi. On the day of the release two C-130 crews flew into Gia Lam Airport
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with members of the release team and an Air Force combat control team who brought in homing devices to help the MAC crews find the airfield. When the prisoners were released, the two C-130 crews were standing with nothing to do. Seeing that the first prisoners were the most badly injured, SSgt Ron Zogoda, a loadmaster, took the initiative as he stepped forward and took the arm of the first prisoner to be released, then escorted him across more than 100 feet of tarmac to where the MAC "freedom birds" waited. (The MAC C-141 crews were under strict instructions not to leave their airplanes.) The other members of the two crews followed Zgoda's lead. When the POWs got to their first stop at Clark Air Base
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, Philippines, they told Gen. William Moore, commander of Thirteenth Air Force
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, how they appreciated the fact that the first Americans they talked too were combat crewmembers like themselves. Consequently, on subsequent releases, the C-130 crews were assigned escort duty with the returning prisoners.
The 374th maintained a forward operating location at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base
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Thailand until 1976. While American combat participation in the Vietnam War ceased with the 1973 ceasefire, airlift continued to play a role in the ongoing war in nearby Laos and Cambodia. Throughout 1974 and into 1975 the United States maintained a major airlift of supplies to the besieged Cambodian city of Phnom Penh
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from the U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield
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. Fearful of the loss of an Air Force crew, the United States turned to the use of civilian contract crews, as they had done during the French IndoChina War. A company known as BirdAir recruited former military airlifters to fly USAF C-130s provided "on loan" from the Air Force for the resupply effort. In spite of the airlift effort, Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge on 17 April 1975, only a few days before Saigon also fell, bringing the Vietnam War to a final conclusion.
The unit participated in Operation Baby Lift (evacuation of Vietnam orphans) and Operation New Life (evacuation of Vietnamese refugees) in April 1975. During the recovery of the SS ''Mayaguez'' from the Khmer Rouge in May 1975, a wing aircraft dropped a 15,000-lb bomb on Koh Tang Island.
On 31 March 1975, the 374th gained an aeromedical airlift mission in the Far East. In October 1978, it added a tactical airlift group to control the wing's units in Japan and South Korea, and continued controlling aerial port facilities in South Korea until November 1983, and then in the Philippines
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and Japan.
It began supporting US Navy elements in the Indian Ocean area in 1980. From 30 December 1990 through 6 July 1991, the wing deployed C-130
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s and associated aircrews and support personnel for operations in Southwest Asia, and from 8 June through 1 July 1991 provided airlift and aeromedical airlift for the evacuation of Clark Air Base, Philippines, after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
Modern era
On 1 April 1992 the 374th absorbed the personnel and mission of 475th Air Base Wing
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A non-flying wing, the wing's mission at Yokota was to perform host unit missi ...
, which was inactivated under the objective wing organizational concept and became the host unit at Yokota Air Base
, is a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and United States Air Force (USAF) base in the Tama Area, or Western Tokyo.
It occupies portions of Akishima, Fussa, Hamura, Mizuho, Musashimurayama, and Tachikawa.
The base houses 14,000 perso ...
. From 1992 to present, the 374th Airlift Wing conducted special operations, aeromedical evacuations, search and rescue operations, humanitarian relief and theater airlift missions in support of US and UN security interests throughout the Far East.
In 1996, the 374th deployed portions of the Air Transportable Hospital to Andersen AFB, Guam
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to assist in Operation Pacific Haven, transportation of more than 2000 Kurdish nationals. Deployed to U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand from 28 December 2004 though 26 January 2005 as part of Operation Unified Assistance
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, distributing humanitarian supplies to people and eleven nations devastated by an earthquake triggered tsunami
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.
Building Partnerships: In 2022 USAF and Bangladesh Air Force
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BAF conducted tactical airlift exercise Cope South 22.
Approximately 77 U.S. Airmen along with two U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules from the 36th Airlift Squadron (AS) of 374th Airlift Wing joined approximately 300 Bangladesh armed forces personnel and 2 BAF C-130Js for the exercise.
Lineage
* Established as the 374th Troop Carrier Wing, Heavy on 10 August 1948
: Activated on 17 August 1948
: Inactivated on 1 July 1957
* Redesignated 374th Troop Carrier Wing and activated, on 27 June 1966 (not organized
: Organized on 8 August 1966
: Redesignated 374th Tactical Airlift Wing on 1 August 1967
: Redesignated 374th Airlift Wing on 1 April 1992[
]
Assignments
* Marianas Air Materiel Area (Provisional), 17 August 1948 (attached to Twentieth Air Force
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20 AF's primary mission is Interco ...
)
* Marianas Air Materiel Area, 1 February 1949 (remained attached to Twentieth Air Force)
* Fifth Air Force
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, 5 March 1949 (attached to: 1 Troop Carrier Task Force (Provisional), 5–9 September 1950, Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command, Provisional after 10 September 1950)
* 314th Air Division
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The unit's origins lie with the World War II 314th Bombardm ...
, 1 December 1950 (remained attached to Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command, Provisional)
* 315th Air Division, 25 January 1951 – 1 July 1957
* Pacific Air Forces
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, 27 June 1966 (not organized)
* 315th Air Division, 8 August 1966
* 313th Air Division, 1 November 1968
* 327th Air Division, 31 May 1971
* Thirteenth Air Force, 15 November 1973
* Twenty-Second Air Force
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In the event of mobilization, some of the Twenty- ...
, 31 March 1975
* 834th Airlift Division, 1 October 1978
* Fifth Air Force, 1 April 1992 – present[
]
Components
; Groups
* 1st Troop Carrier Group, Medium (Provisional) (later Troop Carrier Group (Medium), No. 1, Provisional): attached 26 August 1950 – 10 January 1951
* 316th Tactical Airlift Group: 1 October 1978 – 1 October 1989
* 374th Troop Carrier Group (later 374th Operations Group): 17 August 1948 – 1 July 1957; 1 April 1992 – present[
; Squadrons
:: Korean War through 1957
* ]6th Troop Carrier Squadron
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: attached 3 February 1956 – 1 July 1957
* 21st Troop Carrier Squadron
021 is:
* in Brazil, the telephone area code for the city of Rio de Janeiro and surrounding cities (Greater Rio de Janeiro)
* in China, the telephone area code for the city of Shanghai.
* in Indonesia, the area code for the city of Jakarta and ...
: attached 29 June 1951 – 28 March 1952, 3 February 1956 – 1 July 1957
* Troop Carrier Squadron (Medium), No. 47, Provisional: attached 10–26 January 1951
* 6475th Flying Training Squadron (later 6037th Flying Training Squadron): attached 25 November 1954 – 18 May 1955
* 6485th Operations Squadron: attached 17 September 1956 – 1 July 1957[
:: Assigned during Vietnam War
* 21st Troop Carrier Squadron (later 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, 21st Airlift Squadron): 8 August 1966 – 1 April 1992
* 35th Tactical Airlift Squadron: 8 August 1966 – 31 March 1971
* ]41st Tactical Airlift Squadron
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The 41st AS became Air Mobilit ...
: 8 August 1966 – 28 February 1971
* 50th Tactical Airlift Squadron
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: 31 May 1971 – 15 August 1973
* 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron
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: 31 May 1971 – 1 October 1978
* 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron
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The squadron was first acti ...
: 31 May 1971 – 31 October 1975
* 815th Tactical Airlift Squadron: 1 November 1968 – 15 December 1969 (detached until 1 April 1969)
* 817th Tactical Airlift Squadron: 8 August 1966 – 15 June 1970[
:: Attached during Vietnam War
* 22d Troop Carrier Squadron: 3 February 1956 – 1 July 1957
* 36th Tactical Airlift Squadron: 16 May – 1 September 1972
* 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron: 29 November 1972 – 28 February 1973
* 38th Tactical Airlift Squadron: 1 September – 29 November 1972
* ]61st Tactical Airlift Squadron
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Histor ...
: 16 May – 1 September 1972
* 772d Tactical Airlift Squadron: c. 10 May – 6 June 1973
* 773d Tactical Airlift Squadron
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The squadron (aviation), squadron was ...
: 28 February – c. 10 May 1973[
:: Post-Vietnam War
* ]7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron
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: 22 May 1974 – 31 March 1975 (attached to Thirteenth Air Force)
* 13th Military Airlift Squadron: 1 October 1987 – 1 April 1992
* 20th Operations Squadron (later 20th Aeromedical Airlift Squadron): 31 March 1975 – 1 April 1992
* 50th Tactical Airlift Squadron: attached 28 April – c. 6 June 1975
* 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron: 1 October 1989 – 1 April 1992
* 1403d Military Airlift Squadron: 1 October 1989 – 1 April 1992[
; Units
* 6142d Air Transport Unit: attached 1 August – 1 October 1950
* 6143d Air Transport Unit: attached 26 July – 1 October 1950
* 6144th Air Transport Unit: attached 26 July – 1 October 1950][
; Flight
* 22d Helicopter Flight: 1 April – 1 July 1992
Detachments
* Royal Thai Air Force Detachment: attached 1953 – 1 July 1957][
]
Stations
* Harmon Field (later Harmon AFB
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), Guam, Marianas Islands
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, 17 August 1948
* Tachikawa (later, Tachikawa AB), Japan, 5 March 1949 – 1 July 1957
* Naha Air Base, Okinawa
is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi).
Naha is the capital and largest city ...
, 8 August 1966
* Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, Taiwan, 31 May 1971
* Clark Air Base, Philippines, 15 November 1973
* Yokota Air Base, Japan, 1 October 1989 – present
Aircraft
The 374th AW aircrews have flown a variety of aircraft, including the Douglas C-47 Skytrain
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF, and SAAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remained in ...
, Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando
The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a twin-engine transport aircraft derived from the Curtiss CW-20 pressurised high-altitude airliner design. Early press reports used the name "Condor III" but the Commando name was in use by early 1942 in company pub ...
, 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 ...
, C-124 Globemaster II
The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", is an American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California.
The C-124 was the primary heavy-lift transport for United States Air Force (USAF ...
, Fairchild C-119 "Flying Boxcar", 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 ...
, McDonnell Douglas C-9
The McDonnell Douglas C-9 was a military version of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 airliner. It was produced as the C-9A Nightingale for the United States Air Force, and the C-9B Skytrain II for the United States Navy, U.S. Navy and United States Ma ...
, C-12 Huron
The Beechcraft C-12 Huron is the military designation for a series of twin-engine turboprop aircraft based on the Beechcraft Super King Air and Beechcraft 1900. C-12 variants are used by the United States Air Force, United States Army, United ...
, C-21A
The Learjet Model 35 and Model 36 are a series of United States, American multi-role business jets and military transport aircraft manufactured by Learjet. When used by the United States Air Force they carry the designation C-21A.
The aircraft ...
, and Bell Helicopter Textron UH-1 Huey
See also
* United States Army Air Forces in Australia
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces established a series of airfields in Australia for the collective defense of the country, as well as for conducting offensive operations against the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy. From thes ...
References
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Bibliography
* Imparato, Edward. ''374th Troop Carrier Group''. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, 1998.
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Yokota Air Base factsheet
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