483rd Troop Carrier Wing

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unit_name= 483rd Troop Carrier Wing


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anniversaries=The 483rd Troop Carrier Wing, Medium was a United States Air Force unit that fought in the Korean War. The unit was attached to Far East Air Forces Fifth Air Force

Operational Units: (January - July 1953)
* 314th Troop Carrier Group
** 50th Troop Carrier Squadron
** 61st Troop Carrier Squadron
** 62d Troop Carrier Squadron
* 483rd Troop Carrier Group
** 815th Troop Carrier Squadron
** 816th Troop Carrier Squadron
** 817th Troop Carrier Squadron
* 6461st Troop Carrier Squadron

Activated on January 1, 1953 to replace the 403rd TCW, 483rd TCW controlled the 314th TCG as well as its own 483rd TCG. It assumed responsibility for C-119 troop carrier and air transport operations in a large area of the Far East. Using virtually every pilot and aircraft of both groups, it moved approximately 4,000 paratroopers and their equipment from southern Japan to Korea in June-early July 1953.

Stations:
* Ashiya AB, Japan (January - July 1953)

Aircraft Flown:
* Douglas C-47 Skytrain
* Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar

ee also

* Pacific Air Forces
* Fifth Air Force

References

* Futrell, Robert Frank (1983) The United States Air Force In Korea, 1950-1953, Maxwell AFB, Alabama Office of Air Force History, ISBN 0912799714
* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.
* Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell
* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/rso_index.html] Air Force Historical Research Agency

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