514th AIR MOBILITY WING

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514th AIR MOBILITY WING (AFRC)

Lineage. Established as 514 Troop Carrier Wing, Medium on 10 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 26 Jun 1949. Ordered to active service on 1 May 1951. Inactivated on 1 Feb 1953. Activated in the Reserve on 1 Apr 1953. Redesignated: 514 Tactical Airlift Wing on 1 Jul 1967; 514 Military Airlift Wing (Associate) on 25 Sep 1968; 514 Airlift Wing (Associate) on 1 Feb 1992; 514 Air Mobility Wing on 1 Oct 1994.

Assignments. Fourteenth Air Force, 26 Jun 1949; First Air Force, 10 Oct 1949; Tactical Air Command, 2 May 1951; Eighteenth Air Force, 1 Jun 1951-1 Feb 1953. First Air Force, 1 Apr 1953; Fourteenth Air Force, 25 Mar 1958; First Air Force Reserve Region, 15 Aug 1960; Eastern Air Force Reserve Region, 31 Dec 1969; Fourteenth Air Force, 8 Oct 1976; Twenty-Second Air Force, 1 Jul 1993-.

Components. Group. 98 Air Refueling: 1 Oct 1993-30 Sep 1994. 514 Troop Carrier (later, 514 Operations): 26 Jun 1949-1 Feb 1953; 1 Apr 1953-14 Apr 1959; 1 Aug 1992-. 903: 17 Jan 1963-1 Jul 1973. 904: 17 Jan 1963-1 Jul 1966. 905:17 Jan 1963-1 Jul 1966. 912: 1 Jul 1966-1 Jul 1973. 913: 1 Jul 1966-17 Sep 1970 (detached 1 Jul-17 Sep 1970). 932 Military (later, 932 Aeromedical) Airlift: 1 Apr 1969-1 Jan 1972. 943: 25 Sep 1969-1 Jul 1973.

Squadrons.335: 14 Apr 1959-17 Jan 1963; 1 Jul 1973-1 Aug 1992. 336: 14 Apr 1959-17 Jan 1963. 337: 14 Apr 1959-17 Jan 1963. 702: 1 Jul 1973-1 Aug 1992. 732: 1 Jul 1973-1 Aug 1992.

Stations. Birmingham Muni Aprt, AL, 26 Jun 1949; Mitchel AFB, NY, 10 Oct 1949-1 Feb 1953. Mitchel AFB, NY, 1 Apr 1953; McGuire AFB, NJ, 15 Mar 1961-.

Aircraft. C/TC-46, 1949, 1949-1953; T-6, 1949, 1949-1951; T-7, 1949-1951; T-11, 1949, 1949-1951; C-119, 1952-1953. C-45, 1953; C-46, 1953-1954; C-119, 1954-1970; C-124, 1966, 1969; C-141, 1968-; C-9, 1969-1971; C-5, 1973; KC-10, 1993-.

Operations. First trained at Birmingham, AL, as a Reserve troop carrier organization under supervision of the 2587th Air Force Reserve Training Center but moved without personnel or equipment to Mitchel AFB, NY during its first year. Trained under the 2233d Air Force Reserve Training Center until ordered to active service in May 1951. From then until Feb 1953, the wing performed troop carrier missions in tactical exercises and joint training operations. It operated a C-46 combat crew training school from 15 Sep 1952 to 20 Jan 1953. From Apr until1958, it trained under the 2233d Air Force Reserve Combat Training Center (later, 2233d Air Reserve Flying Center), initially with C-46s but with C-119s by Aug 1954. After 1958, the wing increasingly participated in humanitarian and other airlift missions. By the mid-1960s, it was augmenting Military Air Transport Service (later, Military Airlift Command) airlift operations on a regular basis. The wing trained South Vietnamese aircrews and maintenance personnel and Greek maintenance personnel in C-119 aircraft, 10 Aug to 18 Dec 1967. In 1968, it ferried C-119s to South Vietnam. That same year, two of the wing’s groups began flying C-141s belonging to the 436th Military Airlift Wing at Dover AFB, DE and the 438th Military Airlift Wing at McGuire AFB, NJ. A third C-141 group joined the wing in Sep 1969, associated with the 437th Military Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB, SC. In 1969, the wing gained another group which flew C-9s of the 375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing. A C-119 group remained with the wing until mid-1970. In Jul 1973, its groups at Dover and Charleston were replaced by new Reserve wings, and the 514th Wing absorbed all of the squadrons of what had been its 903d Group at McGuire. Continuing to use C-141 aircraft of the active wing at McGuire AFB (first the 438th and later the 305th), the wing’s crews augmented Military Airlift Command units for strategic airlift missions worldwide, including contingency and humanitarian operations and took part in strategic mobility exercises for training. Operations in which crews participated were Urgent Fury to Grenada in 1983, Just Cause to Panama in 1989, and Restore Hope to Somalia in 1992. In 1993 the wing added aerial refueling to its airlift mission.

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. None.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. Grenada, 1983; Panama, 1989-1990.

Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul 1973-31 Jan 1975; 1 Aug 1977-31 Dec 1978; 1 Jul 1982-30 Jun 1984; 1 Aug 1988-31 Jul 1990; 1 Aug 1990-31 Jul 1992; 1 Oct 1995-30 Sep 1997. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Crosses with Palm: 10 Aug-18 Dec 1967; 25 Aug 1968-28 Jan 1973.

Bestowed Honors. Authorized to display honors earned by the 514th Operations Group prior to 26 Jun 1949. Service Streamers. None. Campaign Streamers. World War II: India-Burma; Central Burma; China Offensive. Decorations. None.

Emblem. Approved on 13 Mar 1995.

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Weight 0.0000 kg
Dimensions 0.00 × 0.00 × 0.00 cm