349th Air Mobility Wing

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The 349th Air Mobility Wing (349 AMW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Travis Air Force Base, California.

Mission

Recruit, Train and Retain enthusiastic Reservists to provide Global Reach for America.

History

The 349th trained at various bases for troop carrier operations, participating in maneuvers and practicing paratroop drops, glider towing, and flying training, until moving to Europe in March 1945. In western Europe the group transported vehicles, gasoline, and supplies. At the end of the war the 349th evacuated patients and allied former prisoners of war.

It returned to America in July and August 1945. In 1946 the 349th trained Chinese crews to operate C-46 aircraft. Between June 1949 and April 1951, trained reservists in troop carrier operations.

During the Korean War, the wing was called to active service and then inactivated so that its personnel could be used as fillers in other wings.

Between June 1952 and September 1957 the wing trained for fighter-bomber operations, but returned to troop carrier training in September 1957. It was called to active service in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis and in 1968 and 1969 during the Pueblo Crisis, the wing airlifted cargo to the Far East, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Southwest Asia. In 1969 as an associate airlift wing, it began using the aircraft of active duty wings to fly strategic airlift missions in training, humanitarian, and contingency operations. In the 1980s and 1990s, the wing was the largest in the Air Force Reserve. It airlifted supplies to U.S. scientists in Antarctica on a regular basis and flew trans-Pacific channel strategic airlift missions and relief missions in support of natural disaster victims. It also took part in joint training exercises and contingency operations worldwide. In 1994 it acquired an air refueling mission and continued to fly airlift missions.

Operations

*World War II
*Vietnam War
*Operation Just Cause
*Operation Allied Force
*Operation Desert Fox
*Operation Joint Endeavor
*Operation Keiko Lift
*Operation Peace Shield
*Operation Phoenix Banner
*Operation Phoenix Dagger
*Operation Phoenix Onyx
*Operation Phoenix Perch
*Operation Phoenix Sapphire
*Operation Phoenix Scorpion
*Operation Southern Watch
*Operation Uphold Democracy
*Operation Vigilant Warrior
*Operation Desert Shield
*Operation Desert Storm
*Operation Noble Eagle
*Operation Enduring Freedom
*Operation Unified Assistnace
*Operation Iraqi Freedom
*Joint Task Force Katrina

Previous designations

*349th Transport Group (1943 – 1949)
*349th Troop Carrier Wing (1949 – 1952)
*349th Fighter-Bomber Wing (1952 – 1957)
*349th Troop Carrier Wing (1957 – 1966)
*349th Military Airlift Wing (1966 – 1992)
*349th Airlift Wing (1992 – 1994)
*349th Air Mobility Wing (1994 – Present)

Assignments

Major command

*Air Force Reserve Command

Numbered Air Force

*3rd Air Force (1946)
*4th Air Force (1949 – 1962, 1976 – Present)
*12th Air Force (1962 – 1968)
*22nd Air Force (1968 – 1976)

ubordinate organizations

349th Operations Group (349 OG)
*70th Air Refueling Squadron (70 ARS)
*79th Air Refueling Squadron (79 ARS)
*301st Airlift Squadron (301 AS)
*312th Airlift Squadron (312 AS)
*349th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (349 AES)
*349th Operations Support Flight (349 OSF)
*349th Airlift Control Flight (349 ACF)

349th Maintenance Group (349 MXG)
*349th Consolidated Maintenance Squadron (349 CMXS)
*349th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (349 EMXS)
*349th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (349 AMXS)
*749th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (749 AMXS)
*349th Maintenance Operations Flight (349 MOF)
*945th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (945 AMXS)

349th Mission Support Group (349 MSG)
*45th Aerial Port Squadron (45 APS)
*55th Aerial Port Squadron (55 APS)
*82d Aerial Port Squadron (82 APS)
*349th Communications Squadron (349 CS)
*349th Civil Engineering Squadron (349 CES)
*349th Memorial Affairs Squadron (349 MAS)
*349th Mission Support Squadron (349 MSS)
*349th Security Forces Squadron (349 SFS)
*349th Logistics Readiness Squadron (349 LRS)

349th Medical Group (349 MDG)
*349th Aerospace Medicine Squadron (349 AMDS)
*349th Aeromedical Staging Squadron (349 AMDSS)
*349th Medical Squadron (349 MDS)

Bases stationed

*Sedalia Army Airfield, Missouri (1943 – 1944)
*Alliance Army Airfield, Nebraska (1944)
*Pope Field, North Carolina (1944 – 1945)
*Baer Field, Indiana (1945)
*RAF Barkston Heath, England (1945)
*Roye Field, France (1945)
*Bergstrom Army Airfield, Texas (1945 – 1946)
*Hamilton Air Force Base, California (1949 – 1969)
*Travis Air Force Base, California (1969 – Present)

Aircraft operated

*C-53 (1943 – 1944)
*C-47 Skytrain (1943 – 1946, 1955 – 1956)
*L-3 Grasshopper
*C-46 Commando (1943 – 1951)
*CG-4 (1944 – 1946)
*CG-13 (1944 – 1945)
*L-5 Sentinel (1944)
*B-17 Flying Fortress (1944)
*B-24 Liberator (1944)
*L-4 Grasshopper (1945)
*C-109 (1945)
*T-6 Texan (1949 – 1950)
*T-7 Harvard (1949 – 1951)
*T-11 Kansan (1949 – 1951)
*T-28 Trojan (1953 – 1956)
*P-51 Mustang (1953 – 1954)
*T-33 Shooting Star (1953 – 1956)
*C-45 Expeditor (1954 – 1956)
*F-84 Thunderjet (1956 – 1957)
*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1958 – 1966)
*C-124 Globemaster II (1965 – 1969)
*C-141 Starlifter (1969 – 1997)
*C-5 Galaxy (1972 – Present)
*KC-10 Extender (1994 – Present)
*C-17 Globemaster III (2006 – Present)

Unit shields

References

External links

* [http://www.349amw.afrc.af.mil/ 349 AMW Home Page]
* [http://public.travis.amc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3478 349th Air Mobility Wing factsheet] , [http://www.349amw.afrc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3690 Heritage]