94th Airlift Wing

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The 94th Airlift Wing (94 AW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Marietta, Georgia.

Mission

Train C-130H aircrews for the United States Air Force – active duty, guard and reserve components, maintain combat ready units to deploy on short notice to support contingencies anywhere in the world, and support all agencies and tenants at Dobbins Air Reserve Base.

History

From is creation the 94th trained at various bases in the United States for heavy bombardment missions before moving to England in April and May 1943. It entered combat on 13 May. The group attacked strategic enemy targets such as ports, shipyards, factories, marshalling yards, oil facilities, and ball-bearing works in Germany and France. It participated in a famous but costly raid on Regensburg, Germany, on 17 August 1943, for which the group earned a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC). It earned a second DUC for an 11 January 1944 mission against an aircraft parts factory at Braunschweig, Germany. The 94th also took part in heavy bombardment campaign against German aircraft industry during Big Week (February 1944). Before Operation Overlord, the group bombed V-weapon sites, airfields, and other military installations along the northern coast of France. It flew ground support and interdiction missions to support the invasion of Normandy (June 1944) and the breakout of Allied troops at Saint-Lô (July 1944) in France. The group supported airborne attacks in the Netherlands in September. During the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944-January 1945, the group struck marshalling yards, airfields, and strong enemy positions. It bombed transportation, communication, and fuel targets during the Allied crossing of the Rhine and the advance of U.S. and British armies into Germany. The 94th returned to the United States and inactivated in December 1945.

Between 1947 and 1951, the group trained as an Air Force Reserve bombardment group, converting from heavy to light bombers in 1949. The wing was activated in 1949 and trained in the Reserve as a light bombardment wing from, June 1949-March 1951.

The 94th was called to active service during the Korean War, wing personnel augmented other USAF organizations. It trained in the Reserve from June 1952, in turn, as a tactical reconnaissance, bombardment, troop carrier, and airlift wing. It activated again in May 1955 as a tactical bombardment group, but became a troop carrier group in July 1957 before inactivation in April 1959. It served briefly on active duty during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. By 1958, wing personnel began taking part in regular airlift missions and exercises, both in the United States and overseas, including contingency operations in the Dominican Republic in 1965.

After converting to C-124s in 1966, the wing flew strategic airlift including troop and cargo-carrying missions to Southeast Asia until 1971, augmenting normal airlift resources of Military Airlift Command and Tactical Air Command. After converting to C-7 aircraft in mid-1972, the wing's primary operations involved support of U.S. Army airborne forces, tactical cargo airlift, and air evacuation missions. From July 1973 to May 1975, the wing flew missions in Puerto Rico, airdropping 1.2 billion sterile screwworm flies as part of a project to eradicate the screwworm menace to Puerto Rico's livestock. It controlled the 907 Tactical Airlift Group with an aerial spraying mission between 1981 and 1989. In 1981, the 94th became the second largest wing in the Air Force Reserve, flying three different types of transport aircraft. By 1987, it had given up C-7 and C-123 aircraft, retaining only C-130s. In 1990-1991, wing personnel transported passengers and materiel between the United States and Southwest Asia. Elements of the wing rotated regularly to Panama during the 1980s and 1990s. The wing participated in numerous humanitarian airlift and contingency operations worldwide, especially in the areas of Southwest Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean Sea. In the spring of 1996, wing personnel and aircraft deployed to Europe in support of peacekeeping operations in Bosnia. Since August 1992, the wing trained reservists for missions as part of the Air Force's Total Force concept.

Operations

*World War II

Previous designations

*94th Bombardment Group (1942 – 1949)
*94th Bombardment Wing (1949 – 1952)
*94th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (1952 – 1955)
*94th Bombardment Wing (1955 – 1957)
*94th Troop Carrier Wing (1957 – 1966)
*94th Military Airlift Wing (1966 – 1972)
*94th Tactical Airlift Wing (1972 – 1992)
*94th Airlift Wing (1992 – Present)

Assignments

Major command

*Air Force Reserve Command

Numbered Air Force

*8th Air Force (1943 – 1947)
*14th Air Force (1949 – 1951, 1958 – 1962, 1976 – 1993)
*10th Air Force (1955 – 1957, 1994 – 1997)
*1st Air Force (1957 – 1958)
*9th Air Force (1962 – 1976)
*22nd Air Force (1993 – 1994, 1997 – Present)

ubordinate organizations

94th Operations Group (94 OG)
*700th Airlift Squadron (700 AS)
*94th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (94 AES)
*94th Operations Support Squadron (94 OSS)
*94th Air Control Flight (94 ACF)

94th Maintenance Group (94 MXG)
*94th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (94 AMXS)
*94th Maintenance Squadron (94 MXS)
*94th Maintenance Operations Squadron (94 MOS)

94th Mission Support Group (94 MSG)
*94th Mission Support Squadron (94 MSS)
*94th Security Forces Squadron (94 SFS)
*94th Logistics Readiness Squadron (94 LRS)
*94th Civil Engineering Squadron (94 CES)
*94th Services Squadron (94 SVS)
*80th Aerial Port Squadron (80 APS)
*94th Communications Flight (94 CF)

94th Aeromedical Staging Squadron (94 AMDSS)

Bases stationed

*MacDill Field, Florida (1942)
*Pendleton, Oregon (1942)
*Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona (1942)
*Biggs Field, Texas (1942 – 1943)
*Pueblo Army Airfield, Colorado (1943)
*Earls Colne, England (1943)
*Bury St. Edmunds, England (1943 – 1945)
*Camp Kilmer, New Jersey (1945)
*Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia (1947 – 1955)
*Scott Air Force Base, Illinois (1955 – 1957)
*Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts (1957 – 1972)
*Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia (1972 – Present)

Aircraft operated

*B-17 Flying Fortress (1942 – 1945)
*B-29 Superfortress (1947 – 1949)
*B-26 Marauder (1949 – 1951, 1953 – 1957)
*T-6 Texan (1949 – 1950)
*T-7 (1949 – 1951)
*T-11 (1949 – 1951)
*AT-6 Texan (1952 – 1954)
*C-46 Commando (1952 – 1955)
*P-51 Mustang (1953 – 1954)
*T-28 Trojan (1953 – 1955)
*C-45 Expeditor (1953 – 1955)
*T-33 Shooting Star (1954 – 1955)
*P-80 Shooting Star (1954 – 1955)
*RB-26 Invader (1954 – 1955)
*F-84 Thunderjet (1954 – 1955)
*C-47 Skytrain (1955)
*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1957 – 1966)
*C-124 Globemaster II (1966 – 1972)
*C-7 Caribou (1972 – 1983)
*C-123 Provider (1981 – 1986)
*C-130 Hercules (1981 – Present)

Unit shields

References

External links

* [http://www.dobbins.afrc.af.mil/index.asp Dobbins ARB Home Page]