Description
Computer made 3.5 inch-90mm
913th AIRLIFT GROUP (AFRC)
Lineage. Constituted as the 913th Troop Carrier Group, (Medium) and activated on 15 Jan 1963. Redesignated: 913th Tactical Airlift Group on 1 Jul 1967; 913th Airlift Group on 1 Feb 1992; 913th Airlift Wing on 1 Oct 1994. Inactivated on 1 Oct 2007. Redesignated 913th Airlift Group on 13 Jul 2014.
Assignments. Continental Air Command, 15 Jan 1963; 512th Troop Carrier Wing, 11 Feb 1963; 302nd Troop Carrier Wing, 8 Jan 1965; 514th Troop Carrier (later Tactical Airlift; Military Airlift) Wing, 1 Jul 1966; 302nd Special Operations Wing, 16 Sep 1970; 403rd Composite (later Tactical Airlift) Wing, 21 Apr 1971; 459th Tactical Airlift (later 459th Airlift Wing) Wing, 8 Jan 1976; 403rd Airlift Wing (later, 403rd Wing), 1 Aug 1992; Tenth Air Force, 1 Oct 1994; Twenty-Second Air Force, 1 Apr 1997-1 Octr 2007. Twenty-Second Air Force, c. 13 Jul 2014-.
Components. Group: 913th Maintenance, 1 Aug 1992-30 Sep 2007; 913th Operations, 1 Aug 1992-30 Sep 2007; 913th Support (later Mission Support), 1 Aug 1992-30 Sep 2007. Squadrons: 31st Mobile Aerial Port, 1 Oct 1983-1 Aug 1992; 96th Aerial Port, 13 July 2014-; 327th Tactical Airlift (later Airlift), 11 Feb 1963-1 Aug 1992, 13 Jul 2014-; 913th Operations Support, 13 Jul 2014-; 913th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance (later Maintenance), 11 Feb 1963-1 Aug 1992, 13 Jul 2014-; 913th Combat Support (later Force Support), 11 Feb 1963-1 Aug 1992, 13 Jul 2104-; 913th Aerospace Medical, 13 Jul 2014-; 913th Aerial Port Flight (later Mobile Aerial Port Flight), 15 Feb 1964-30 Jun 1971, 1 Dec 1972-1 Oct 1983.
Stations. Willow Grove ARF (later, Station), PA, 11 Feb 1963-30 Sep 2007. Little Rock AFB, AR, 13 Jul 2014-.
Aircraft. C-119, 1963-1971; C-130, 1970-2007, 2014-.
Operations. Called to active duty for the Berlin Crisis, 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Organize, recruit and train Air Force Reserve personnel in the tactical airlift of airborne forces, equipment, supplies and delivery of these forces and materials by airdrop, landing or cargo extraction systems. Train Vietnamese Air Force C-119 Flying Boxcar aircrews in 1967 and ferried aircraft to Southeast Asia in Mar 1968 and to Taiwan in Jan 1969. Participated in rotational “Coronet Oak” operations in the Panama Canal Zone flying airlift in support of U.S. Southern Command at Howard AFB. Also, performed humanitarian airlift and supported contingency operations worldwide, including operations in Southwest Asia and the Balkans.
Service Streamers. None
Campaign Streamers. None
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, 1992; 1994.
Emblem. Approved on ??. Motto: OMNES PROSPERANT = Everyone Prospers.