913th Airlift Wing

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dates= 15 January 1963 — 30 September 2007
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role= Airlift
size= 1,300 personnel
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The 913th Airlift Wing (913 AW) was a wing of the United States Air Force based out of the Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania. The 913th Airlift Wing trains and equips reservists to perform the combat mission of aerial re-suppply.

History

The 913th has performed air transportation for airborne forces, airdrops, airlandings, and extraction delivery of equipment and supplies, as well as airlift of personnel and cargo since 1963. During the Vietnam War the group helped train Vietnamese Air Force C-119 aircrews in 1967 and ferried aircraft to Southeast Asia in March 1968 and to Taiwan in January 1969. Beginning in 1977 the 913th participated in "rotation" operations in the Panama Canal Zone flying airlift in support of U.S. Southern Command. In addition it has performed humanitarian airlift and supported contingency operations worldwide, including operations in Southwest Asia and the Balkans.

Operations

*Vietnam War

Previous designations

*913th Troop Carrier Group (1963 – 1967)
*913th Tactical Airlift Group (1967 – 1992)
*913th Airlift Group (1992 – 1994)
*913th Airlift Wing (1994 – 2007)

Assignments

Major command

*Continental Air Command (1963)
*Air Force Reserve Command (1994 – 2007)

Numbered Air Force

*10th Air Force (1994 – 1997)
*22nd Air Force (1997 – 2007)

Wing

*512th Troop Carrier Wing (1963 – 1965)
*302d Troop Carrier Wing (1965 – 1966)
*514th Military Airlift Wing (1966 – 1970)
*302d Special Operations Wing (1970 – 1971)
*403d Tactical Airlift Wing (1971 – 1976)
*459th Airlift Wing (1976 – 1992)
*403d Wing (1992 – 1994)

ubordinate organizations

913th Operations Group (913 OG)
*327th Airlift Squadron (327 AS)
*913th Operations Support Flight (913 OSF)

913th Maintenance Group (913 MXG)
*913th Maintenance Squadron (913 MXS)
*913th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (913 AMXS)
*913th Maintenance Operations Squadron (913 MOS)

913th Mission Support Group (913 MSG)
*31st Aerial Port Squadron (31 APS)
*92d Aerial Port Squadron (92 APS)
*913th Civil Engineering Squadron (913 CES)
*913th Communications Flight (913 CF)
*913th Contracting Flight (913 CONF)
*913th Mission Support Squadron (913 MSS)
*913th Security Forces Squadron (913 SFS)
*913th Services Flight (913 SVF)
*913th Logistics Readiness Squadron (913 LRS)

913th Medical Squadron (913 MDS)

Aircraft operated

*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1963 – 1971)
*C-130 Hercules (1970 – 2007)

External links

* [http://www.willowgrove.afrc.af.mil/ Willow Grove Air Reserve Station Home Page]