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Computer made/mounted on velcro 3.5 inch-90mm
165th AIRLIFT WING
Lineage. Constituted as 165 Fighter-Interceptor Group, allotted to Georgia ANG and extended federal recognition and activated on 10 Jul 1958. Redesignated as 165 Air Transport Group on 1 Jul 1962; 165 Military Airlift Group on 3 Jan 1966; 165 Tactical Airlift Group on 8 Aug 1975; 165 Airlift Group on 16 Mar 1992. Status changed from Group to Wing and redesignated 165 Airlift Wing on 1 Oct 1995-.
Assignments. Georgia Air National Guard, 10 Jul 1958-. 165 Operations Group, 1 Oct 1995-. (Gained by: 35 Air Division, Air Defense Command; Eastern Transport Air Force, Military Air Transport Service, 1 Jul 1962; Twenty-First Air Force, Military Airlift Command, 3 Jan 1966; Air Combat Command, 1 Jun 1992; Air Mobility Command, 1 Apr 1997-.
Components. Groups. 165 Operations Group, 1 Oct 1995-. Squadrons. 158 Fighter-Interceptor (later Air Transport, Military Airlift, Tactical Airlift, Airlift), 10 Jul 1958-1 Oct 1995.
Stations. Travis Field (later Savannah Int Apt; Savannah ANGB), 10 Jul 1958-.
Aircraft. F-86L, 1958-1962; C-97F, 1962-1965; C-124C, 1965-1975; C-130E/H, 1975-.
Operations. Provided day/night/all-weather air defense of Southeast US. Integrated into the ADC SAGE interceptor direction and control system. Assigned to the MATS Eastern Transport Air Force, (EASTAF), and the squadron flew long-distance transport missions in support of Air Force requirements, frequently sending aircraft to the Caribbean, Europe Greenland, and the Middle East in support of Air Force requirements. Due to requirements generated by the Vietnam War, missions were flown across the Pacific to Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, South Vietnam, Okinawa and Thailand. Deployed aircraft and more than 100 personnel to Karshi-Khanabad, Uzbekistan in 2005 for 11 months while airlifting more than 35,660 tons of cargo in support of the Global War on Terror. Deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2009. Provided airlift in support of the War on Terror from 2001-.