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The 64th Flying Training Wing is an inactive
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unit. It was last active at
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, Texas, where it conducted pilot training for twenty-five years before it was inactivated in September 1997. The wing was first activated in as the 64th Troop Carrier Wing in 1952 at
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, South Carolina, but was inactivated within two years. It was again active twice as an
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unit in the 1960s. In 1972,
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replaced its four digit Major Command controlled flying training units with units whose heritage could be continued and the wing was activated at Reese, where it conducted pilot training until it was inactivated.


History


Airlift


Donaldson Air Force Base operations

The 64th Troop Carrier Wing was activated at
Donaldson Air Force Base Donaldson Air Force Base is a former facility of the United States Air Force located south of Greenville, South Carolina. It was founded in 1942 as Greenville Army Air Base; it was deactivated in 1963 and converted into a civilian airport. It ...
, South Carolina on 14 July 1952, taking over the personnel, mission and
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s of the inactivating 375th Troop Carrier Wing, a
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unit that had been called to active duty for the
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. It performed
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and
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/airlanding of troops and cargo, routinely and during frequent maneuvers. From January 1953, when the reserve 443d Troop Carrier Wing was relieved from active duty, until February 1953, when that wing's operational component, the
443rd Troop Carrier Group The 443d Airlift Wing is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force. Its last assignment was with Air Mobility Command, being stationed at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It was inactivated on October 1, 1992. History : ''For additional ...
was inactivated, the 443rd Group was attached to the 64th Wing. The 443rd Group was replaced by the regular 465th Troop Carrier Group, which was attached to the
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until the fall of 1953, as the
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prepared for movement to France. The wing then began phasing down for inactivation in mid-October 1953, when it was attached to the 63d Troop Carrier Wing, which took over its tactical operations. In February 1954, however, the wing began building up again with
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s in preparation for an overseas movement, but the movement was cancelled and it was inactivated in July 1954 instead.


Dyess Air Force Base operations

The 64th was activated at
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, Texas on 8 February 1961 and began to organize with
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aircraft. Its primary mission was as a troop carrier/tactical airlift unit, but it also conducted resupply of
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sites on the Greenland
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, flying its first mission on 8 May. Elements of the wing deployed to the Indian Ocean area to support
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space missions. It also provided airlift support for
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's 1962 visit to
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. In the fall of 1962, the wing was engaged in developing procedures for C-130s for
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, retrieving personnel or cargo by engaging a cable attached to a balloon. During the
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, the wing flew 107 missions to support American forces, mostly in Florida. Shortly thereafter, on 1 January 1963, the wing was inactivated and transferred its mission, personnel and C-130s to the
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, which was simultaneously activated.


Sewart Air Force Base operations

On 1 December 1965, in anticipation of the forthcoming move of the 314th Troop Carrier Wing to Taiwan,
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activated the Troop Carrier Wing, Provisional, 4413th at
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, Tennessee. When the 314th Wing moved, it assumed control of squadrons already on Taiwan,Ravenstein, pp. 161-163 and two of its squadrons, the 61st and
62d Troop Carrier Squadron 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...
s remained at Sewart and were attached to the 4413th. On 1 July 1966, the 64th was activated to replace the provisional unit and took command of the former 314th squadrons. The wing provided global airlift and
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. It also provided C-130 Hercules combat crew training for other units while at Sewart, with crew training being the wing's primary activity from 9 August 1968 to 6 March 1970. On 1 May 1967, the wing was redesignated the 64th Tactical Airlift Wing. In March 1970, it moved to
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, Arkansas, where, in May 1971, the wing inactivated and was replaced by the
314th Tactical Airlift Wing The 314th Airlift Wing (314 AW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based at Little Rock Air Force Base in Little Rock, Arkansas. Its mission is to carry out Lockheed C-130 Hercules combat airlift training. The wing was activated in Novem ...
, which had returned from the Pacific on paper.


Flying training


Background

The
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reopened
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, Texas as a pilot training base, moving the 3500th Flying Training Wing there on 1 October 1949 from
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, Louisiana, where it had been formed on 28 August 1948, to make room for tactical flying units of
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, which assume control of Barksdale. The 3500th initially conducted advanced multi-engine training using
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s. In 1957, the wing began using
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s, graduating its last B-25 class in January 1959.This was the last class to graduate from multi-engine pilot school and to use the B--25 as a trainer. ''A History of Air Education and Training Command'', p. 158 When
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(ATC) discontinued its separate primary
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units, it added
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s. In the late 1960s, the wing replaced its T-Birds with
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s.


Training at Reese Air Force Base

The 64th was renamed the 64th Flying Training Wing and replaced the 3500th Pilot Training Wing in October 1972, assuming the mission of undergraduate pilot training and operation and maintenance of
Reese Air Force Base Reese Technology Center is a research and business park located on the grounds of former Reese Air Force Base in western Lubbock at the unincorporated community of Reese Center. History Reese Technology Center began as the Lubbock Army Air Corp ...
, Texas. This was part of a program to preserve the lineage of units that had served in combat.Although the 64th Wing was not formed until 1952, it carried the bestowed history of the
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64th Troop Carrier Group.
In 1974, ATC let contracts for the installation of four instrument flight simulator complexes for the wing. It was intended that these simulators would replace instrument flying training missions with the exception of validation flights. The system became operational in 1978 In 1988, ATC determined that the implementation of Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training could require reorganization of its flying training wings. Following a test at
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, Arizona, second squadrons were activated In 1990 for the wing's T-37s and its T-38s. At Reese, a fifth squadron provided operational support. At the same time, the wing inactivated its maintenance squadrons, and maintenance of its aircraft was performed by contractors. With the implementation of the Objective Wing organization in late 1991, the fifth squadron was replaced by an operations support squadron, and all were assigned to the newly activated 64th Operations Group. It supported
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's Accelerated Copilot Enrichment Program through operating locations at
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, North Dakota;
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, South Dakota; and
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, North Dakota from 1976 until 1991. The 64th began specialized undergraduate pilot training in July 1992, using Beech T–1A Jayhawk to prepare students for airlift tanker/transport training and the
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aircraft for students in fighter/bomber track. Earlier in 1992, a provisional flying training squadron had been formed and attached to the wing's operations group to develop training techniques and qualify the initial instructors for the new T-1. In September the provisional squadron was discontinued and the 52d Flying Training Squadron, one of the wing's T-38 squadrons, took over its T-1s.''A History of Air Education and Training Command'', p. 341 The requirements for new pilots in the Air Force dropped dramatically in the early 1990s. After a review, ATC decided to inactivate the
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, one of the wing's T-37 squadrons, leaving the wing with one squadron flying each of its three trainers. With the implementation of Joint Specialized Undergraduate Piot Training in 1993, three naval instructor pilots were assigned to the wing in September, while three of the wing's instructors were assigned to
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in December.''A History of Air Education and Training Command'', p. 353 The first
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s to participate in the program began their training the following September. In December 1993, the wing began the Introduction to Bomber Fundamentals course, training not only pilots, by also
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s and
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s in crew coordination and low level flying procedures. The
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announced that Reese would be closed in 1997. The wing inactivated on 30 September 1997, the day before Reese Air Force Base closed.''A History of Air Education and Training Command'', p. 376


Involvement in international politics

In 1978,
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. the
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of Iran began pilot training with the 64th Wing. Following the 1979
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, his training was accelerated and he graduated from pilot training in March 1979.''A History of Air Education and Training Command'', p. 312 While the new government in Iran cancelled further entries of Iranian military into training programs in the USA, those already enrolled were permitted to complete their training. This included the Crown Prince, and he was able to remain in the United States after graduation.


Lineage

* Established as the 64th Troop Carrier Wing, Medium on 3 July 1952 : Activated on 14 July 1952 : Inactivated on 21 July 1954 : Activated on 24 October 1960 (not organized) : Organized on 8 February 1961 : Discontinued and inactivated, on 1 January 1963 * Redesignated 64th Troop Carrier Wing and activated on 7 March 1966 (not organized) : Organized on 1 July 1966 : Redesignated 64th Tactical Airlift Wing on 1 May 1967 : Inactivated on 31 May 1971 * Redesignated 64th Flying Training Wing on 14 April 1972 : Activated on 1 October 1972Lineage, including assignments, stations and aircraft through 1977 in Ravenstein : Inactivated on 30 September 1997 * Redesignated 64th Air Expeditionary Wing and converted to provisional status on 4 December 2001Department of the Air Force/XPM Letter, 4 December 2001, Subject: Air Combat Command Expeditionary Units.


Assignments

*
Eighteenth Air Force Eighteenth Air Force (Air Forces Transportation) (18 AF) is the only Numbered Air Force (NAF) in Air Mobility Command (AMC) and one of the largest NAFs in the United States Air Force. 18 AF was activated on 28 March 1951, inactivated on 1 Janu ...
, 14 July 1952 – 21 July 1954 (attached to 63d Troop Carrier Wing, 15 October 1953 – 1 March 1954) * Tactical Air Command, 24 October 1960 (not organized) *
Ninth Air Force The Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It is the Air Force Service Component of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), a joint De ...
, 8 February 1961 *
Twelfth Air Force The Twelfth Air Force (12 AF; Air Forces Southern, (AFSOUTH)) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. The command is the air component to U ...
, 1 January 1962 – 1 January 1963 * Tactical Air Command, 7 March 1966 (not organized) *
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, 1 July 1966 * Twelfth Air Force, 9 March 1970 – 31 May 1971 * Air Training Command (later Air Education and Training Command), 1 October 1972 *
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, 1 July 1993 – 30 September 1997 *
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to activate or inactivate any time after 4 December 2001


Stations

* Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina, 14 July 1952 – 21 July 1954 * Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, 8 February 1961 – 1 January 1963 * Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee, 1 July 1966 * Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, 9 March 1970 – 31 May 1971 * Reese Air Force Base, Texas, 1 October 1972 - 30 September 1997


Components

; Groups * 64th Air Base Group (later 64th Support Group): 14 July 1952 – 21 July 1954, 9 March 1970 – 30 September 1997 * 64th Maintenance & Supply Group: 14 July 1952 – 21 July 1954 * 64th Troop Carrier Group (later 64th Operations Group): 14 July 1952 – 21 July 1954, 15 Dec 1991 – 30 September 1997 * 443d Troop Carrier Group: attached 8 January – 1 February 1953 * 465th Troop Carrier Group: attached 1 February – 15 October 1953 ; Operational Squadrons * 4th Liaison Squadron: attached 22 July 1952 – 23 January 1953 * 7th Liaison Squadron: attached 20 October 1952 – 9 January 1953 * 17th Troop Carrier Squadron: 8 February 1961 – 1 January 1963 *
18th Troop Carrier Squadron 18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19. In mathematics * Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. ...
: 8 January 1962 – 1 January 1963 * 33d Flying Training Squadron: 11 May 1990 – 15 December 1991 * 35th Flying Training Squadron: 1 October 1972 – 15 December 1991 *
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: 10 January 1990 – 15 May 1991 * 52d Flying Training Squadron: 11 May 1990 – 15 December 1991 * 54th Flying Training Squadron: 1 October 1972 – 15 December 1991 * 61st Troop Carrier Squadron (later 61st Tactical Airlift Squadron): 1 July 1966 – 31 May 1971 (detached 5 May – 14 August 1967; 28 March – 29 June 1968; 28 May – 7 July 1970, 12 October – 19 December 1970) * 62d Troop Carrier Squadron (later 62d Tactical Airlift Squadron): 1 July 1966 – 31 May 1971 (detached 13 December 1967 – c. 28 March 1968; 1 July – 2 October 1968; 5 November 1969 – 17 January 1970; 2 July – 31 August 1970; 2 April – 31 May 1971)


Aircraft

* Fairchild C-82 Packet (1952–1953) *
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(1952–1953) * Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (1953–1954) * Lockheed C-130 Hercules (1961–1963, 1966–1971) *
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(1972–1973) * Cessna T-37 Tweet (1972–1997) * Northrop T-38 Talon (1972–1997) * Beech (later Raytheon) T-1 Jayhawk (1992–1997)


Awards


See also

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References


Notes

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Bibliography

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