The 375th Air Mobility Wing (375 AMW) is a unit of the

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stationed at Scott Air Force Base,

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and assigned to Eighteenth Air Force under

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 ...

(AMC). The wing has four primary missions. It supports aeromedical evacuation within the United States. It provides operational support airlift for government officials. It offers direct security for U.S. community and nation. And it provides support for U.S. host units—making possible the command and control of the United States' entire military transportation effort.

Units

375th Operations Group The 375th Operations Group (375 OG) is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 375th Air Mobility Wing. It is stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. The unit's World War II predecessor unit, the 375th Troop Carrier ...

(375 OG) *

54th Airlift Squadron The 54th Airlift Squadron is a United States Air Force squadron stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. The squadron is an active duty associate unit aiding the 932d Airlift Wing in performance of its airlift mission. The first predecessor ...

(54 AS) ( Scott Air Force Base,

) C-40 *

458th Airlift Squadron The 458th Airlift Squadron is part of the 375th Airlift Wing at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. It operates C-21 aircraft providing executive airlift and aeromedical evacuation. It has performed its current mission since activating in 1975 ...

(458 AS) ( Scott Air Force Base,

) C-21 * 906th Air Refueling Squadron (906 ARS) ( Scott Air Force Base,

) KC-135R * 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (375 AES) ( Scott Air Force Base,

) * 375th Operations Support Squadron (375 OSS) ( Scott Air Force Base,

) * 375th Operations Group Detachment 1 (375 OG/Det 1) ( Will Rogers World Airport,

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) * 375th Operations Group Detachment 4 (375 OG/Det 4) ( Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,

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) 375th Communications Group (375 CG) * 375th Communications Squadron (375 CS) * 375th Communications Support Squadron (375 CSPTS)

375th Mission Support Group 375th may refer to: *375th Air Mobility Wing, unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Eighteenth Air Forcestationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois *375th Bombardment Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit * 375th Fighter Squadro ...

(375 MSG) * 375th Civil Engineer Squadron (375 CES) * 375th Contracting Squadron (375 CONS) *

375th Force Support Squadron 375th may refer to: *375th Air Mobility Wing, unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Eighteenth Air Forcestationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois *375th Bombardment Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit *375th Fighter Squadron ...

(375 FSS) * 375th Logistics Readiness Squadron (375 LRS) * 375th Security Forces Squadron (375 SFS) 375th Medical Group (375 MDG) * 375th Aerospace Medicine Squadron (375 AMDS) * 375th Dental Squadron (375 DS) * 375th Medical Operations Squadron (375 MDOS) * 375th Medical Support Squadron (375 MDSS)

History

: ''For additional lineage and history, see

'' The 375 Troop Carrier Wing, Medium was activated at Greater Pittsburgh Airport,

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and trained in the Reserve from May 1949 until it was called to active duty in October 1950. After a period of intensive training, now as a wing, it participated in troop carrier and airlift operations,

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drops, and other exercises, October 1950 – July 1952. The wing was again allotted to the Reserve for training from July 1952 – November 1957. It conducted domestic aeromedical airlift and evacuation operations in the continental United States,

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, and off-shore areas of the

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and the

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from January 1966 for the Air Force, other

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(DoD) agencies, the

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, and the

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(VA), augmented by aircraft of the

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and other Military Airlift Command units. Between January 1966 and April 1975 the wing maintained and scheduled support aircraft at Scott Air Force Base,

, generally using aircrews provided by other Scott-based units to provide scheduled air shuttle and courier service to the east and west coasts. From January 1966 to September 1968 and since June 1973, the wing operated and maintained Scott AFB. It airlifted more than 700 VA

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patients from Biloxi and Gulfport,

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, to safety during Hurricane Camille in August 1969; during Project Homecoming in early 1973 the wing flew 119 sorties to airlift some 350 U.S. prisoners of war to 26

s in the United States. In October 1973, it served as an aeromedical evacuation center established under wing control at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, assumed the functions previously handled by smaller centers at Scott,

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, and Travis Air Force Base,

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. In April 1975, when the aeromedical evacuation support units in

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and the

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came under the wing's control, it became the single-point manager for worldwide DoD aeromedical evacuation services. It evacuated wounded during the

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, 24 October – 9 November 1983. It transported 350 wounded

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citizens to hospitals in the United States, May–December 1987. It controlled the 1467th Facility Checking Squadron from October 1987 – September 1991, which inspected DoD

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aids and

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facilities worldwide. The wing operated and maintained an aeromedical evacuation system on a rotational basis in Southwest Asia, September 1990 – April 1991. It deployed an aeromedical evacuation element to support Operation Allied Force in 1999.

Lineage

* Established as 375 Troop Carrier Wing, Medium, on 10 May 1949. : Activated in the Reserve on 27 June 1949 : Ordered to active service on 15 October 1950 : Inactivated on 14 July 1952 * Activated in the Reserve on 14 July 1952 : Inactivated on 16 November 1957 * Redesignated 375 Aeromedical Airlift Wing, and activated, on 27 December 1965 : Organized on 12 January 1966 : Redesignated: 375 Military Airlift Wing on 30 March 1990 : Redesignated: 375 Airlift Wing on 1 December 1991. : Redesignated: 375 Air Mobility Wing on 1 October 2009.

Assignments

* Ninth Air Force, 23 February 1949 *

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, 1 August 1950 *

Tactical Air Command Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 and headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. It was inactivated on 1 J ...

, 16 October 1950 * Eighteenth Air Force, 1 June 1951 – 14 July 1952 * 1 Air Reserve District, 14 July 1952 *

, 14 January 1954 – 16 November 1957 *

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(later, Military Airlift Command), 27 December 1965 * Twenty-Third Air Force, 1 January 1984 * Twenty-Second Air Force, 1 February 1990 *

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, 1 July 1993 * Eighteenth Air Force, 1 October 2003–present

Components

* 171 Aeromedical Airlift Group: 13 May – 12 December 1968 * 375 Troop Carrier (later, 375 Operations) Group: 27 June 1949 – 14 July 1952; 14 July 1952 – 16 November 1957; 1 December 1991–present * 10th Aeromedical Airlift Squadron: 12 January 1966 – 8 March 1969. * 11th Aeromedical Airlift Squadron (later 11th Airlift Squadron): 1 December 1991 – 30 September 2003 *

12th Aeromedical Airlift Squadron The 12th Aeromedical Airlift Squadron in an inactive United States Air Force unit. From 1956 through 1969, it flew aeromedical evacuation missions from McGuire Air Force Base. In 1985, the squadron was consolidated with two World War II units, b ...

: 12 January 1966 – 8 June 1969 * 13th Aeromedical Airlift Squadron: 12 January 1966 – 8 December 1968. * 54 Airlift: 30 September 2004–present * 55 Troop Carrier: 18 November 1942 – 25 March 1946; 9 August 1947 – 16 November 1957 * 56 Troop Carrier: 18 November 1942 – 25 March 1946; 3 August 1947 – 16 November 1957 * 57 Troop Carrier: 18 November 1942 – 25 March 1946; 3 August 1947 – 1 April 1954 * 58 Troop Carrier: 18 November 1942 – 25 March 1946; 30 September 1947 – 3 October 1950 * 311 Airlift: 15 June 2005–present * 375 Flying Training: 1 December 1991 – 1 July 1994 * 457 Airlift: 1 December 1991 – 1 April 1993; 1 April 1997–present * 458 Airlift: 1 December 1991–present * 459 Airlift: 1 December 1991 – 1 April 1993 * 906 Air Refueling: 2 October 2009–present * 1375 Flying Training: 1 May 1984 – 1 December 1991 * 1400th Military Airlift Squadron: 15 March 1978 – 1 December 1991 * 1401st Military Airlift Squadron: 15 March 1978 – 1 December 1991 *

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: 15 March 1978 – 1 December 1991 * 1467 Facility Checking: 1 October 1987 – 1 October 1991.

Stations

* Greater Pittsburgh Airport,

(1949–1950) * Donaldson Air Force Base,

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(1950–1952) *Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Pennsylvania (1952–1957) * Scott Air Force Base,

(1966 – present)

Aircraft

C-47 Skytrain The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (Royal Air Force, RAF, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, Royal Canadian Air Force, RCAF, Royal New Zealand Air Force, RNZAF, and South African Air Force, SAAF designation) is a airlift, military transport ai ...

(1942–1946) *

B-17 Flying Fortress The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Relatively fast and high-flying for a bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater ...

(1944) * C-46 Commando (1944–1946, 1948–1950, 1952–1955) * T-6 Texan (1947–1950) *T-11 (1948–1951) *T-7 (1949–1951) * C-82 Packet (1950–1952) *

C-45 Expeditor The Beechcraft Model 18 (or "Twin Beech", as it is also known) is a 6- to 11-seat, twin-engined, low-wing, tailwheel light aircraft manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. Continuously produced from 1937 to November ...

(1951) *

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 mechaniz ...

(1954–1957) * C-118 Liftmaster (1966–1969) *

C-131 Samaritan The Convair C-131 Samaritan is an American twin-engined military transport produced from 1954 to 1956 by Convair. It is the military version of the Convair CV-240 family of airliners.Gradidge 1997, p. 20–21. Design and development The design ...

(1966–1969) *

C-121 Constellation The Lockheed C-121 Constellation is a military transport version of the Lockheed Constellation. A total of 332 aircraft were constructed for both the United States Air Force and United States Navy for various purposes. Numerous airborne early wa ...

(1968) *

C-9 Nightingale 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 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The final flight of th ...

(1968–2003) * CT-39 Sabreliner (1978–1985) *

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 ...

(1984–1994) * C-21 (1984 – present) * C-140 (1976–1990) * C-29 (1990–1991) * C-40 Clipper (2005–present) *

KC-135 Stratotanker The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside the Boeing 707 airliner. It is the predominant variant of the C-135 Stratolifter family of transpo ...

(2009–present)

Notes

References

* Finneran, John P., and Sam J. Commell (eds.). ''The History of the Tokyo Trolley: 375th Troop Carrier Group, June 1942 – January 1946''. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Company, 1946.

External links

Scott AFB Home Page
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