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834th Airlift Division
Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Gen William G. Moore Jr.
Lt Gen Robert F. Coverdale[a]
Insignia
834th Airlift Division emblem[b][1]

The 834th Airlift Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Military Airlift Command, assigned to Twenty-Second Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, where it was inactivated on 1 April 1992.

The

401st Tactical Fighter Wing
.

The division was activated again in 1964, when England once again supported two fighter wings. However, by 1966, the division's units had deployed overseas, primarily to support the

Tan Son Nhut Airport, where it assumed responsibility for controlling all airlift
in South Viet Nam.

The 834th was assigned two wings flying

combat control team left behind when an airfield being overrun by the Viet Cong
was evacuated.

As American forces were being withdrawn from Vietnam, the division moved to Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas and assumed command of tactical airlift wings located in the western portion of the United States. In December 1974, the division was transferred to Military Airlift Command (MAC) along with other theater airlift units. One month later, it was inactivated and its units transferred to Twenty-Second Air Force.

The division returned to the Pacific in 1978 as the 834th Airlift Division when it assumed responsibility for MAC assets in the Pacific and acted as the airlift adviser for

Desert Storm
its commander acted as the commander of airlift forces in Saudi Arabia. The 834th was inactivated when PACAF assumed responsibility for airlift in the Pacific from MAC.

History

England Air Force Base

F-100D of the 401st Tactical Fighter Wing[c]
F-101A of the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing[d]

The

air defense capability.[6]

The division was only active at England for a little more than eighteen months, inactivating in April 1959 when the 366th Wing inactivated, leaving only a single wing at England. However, as

27th Tactical Fighter Wing, flying McDonnell F-101 Voodoos from Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas was attached to the division. The 27th was winding up operations as the tactical fighter version of the Voodoo was leaving TAC's inventory and TAC was transferring Bergstrom to the control of Strategic Air Command. In February 1959, the 27th was relieved from this attachment when it ceased operations at Bergstrom and transferred on paper to Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico.[1][7][8]

In 1965, TAC began forming the

War in Vietnam. All three wings deployed squadrons to Vietnam, and in November, the 3d Wing moved to Bien Hoa Air Base to conduct combat operations.[1][4][9][10]

In late April 1966, the remaining fighter wing at England, the 401st, was transferred to

1st Air Commando Wing, which had moved to England in January, leaving the 834th without a mission.[4][10][11]

Vietnam War

C-7B of the 483d Tactical Airlift Wing[e]

On 15 October 1966 the 834th moved without personnel or equipment to

Tachikawa Air Base, Japan.[12]

UC-123B Ranch Hand aircraft

In addition, 834th had operational control over

Vietnamese Air Force and a squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force (No. 35 Squadron RAAF).[g] The 834th's 315th Wing also performed defoliation missions.[1]

About one third of the division's strength was in the 2d Aerial Port Group, which had three subordinate squadrons with cargo handling detachments at 42 locations in Vietnam[15] The 2d Aerial Port Group also contained combat control teams and mobility teams that could be deployed to remote locations as needed.[16][h] Prior to the movement of the 834th to Vietnam, the 315th Wing had been performing the aerial port mission.[17]

In early 1967, C-130s under the division's control participated in the largest American airborne assault of the war, Operation Junction City, an assault on Viet Cong forces in War Zone C. On 22 February 1967, C-130s massed at Bien Hoa Air Base[18] onloaded troopers and equipment of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and parachuted them into drop zones near Ca Tum, close to the Cambodian border.[19]

The division's C-130s participated in Operation Banish Beach in 1967. In this operation, the transports performed free-fall airdrops of drums of diesel fuel or JP-4 The fuel was then ignited by fighters dropping napalm or by the C-130s dropping smoke grenades on the fuel to clear large forested areas. The Banish Beach technique was practiced operationally at the request of the Marine Corps to support Operation Allen Brook.[14]

Siege of Khe Sanh

Main article: Battle of Khe Sanh
C-130 Hercules taking off from Khe Sanh

The division earned a

Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES). The improved field was suitable for use by the division's C-7s, C-123s and C-130s.[21] When the attack began, the division had 240 transports available to it to meet airlift demands.[15][i]

The initial attack by the

North Vietnam Army on 21 January 1968 gouged holes in the runway, but Seabees began to repair the runway damage. However, airlift aircraft landing or taking off at Khe Sanh could now routinely expect to encounter enemy fire and, once landed, attempts by the enemy to destroy them by mortar fire. Additionally, the lighting system for night landings had been destroyed.[22]

The most critical initial need was replenishment of the base's stored munitions, 98% of which had been destroyed in the initial attack. The division diverted C-123s (the largest airlift aircraft capable of using the damaged runway) to meet this need. On return flights, division planes flew out refugees[22] and casualties.[15] In the first two days, the division was able to replenish 120 tons of munitions, conducting night operations by the light of flares. By the end of the month, runway repairs permitted C-130 operations to resume.[23] Division aircraft landing at Khe Sanh were referred to as "mortar magnets" because of their attractiveness as targets for enemy fire. The transports used a technique called "speed offloading" to deliver their cargo. Runners were fixed to the planes' rear ramps and onboard pallets, and as the planes taxied, the pallets were released and rolled off the planes impelled by the planes' motion and "vigorous kicks" by their loadmasters.[24] Even adding in additional time to onload passengers, a typical C-123K sortie was on the ground for only three minutes.[25]

On 5 February, a division-controlled C-130 from the

345th Tactical Airlift Squadron transporting ammunition and a medical evacuation team to Khe Sanh was hit by a shell that ignited ammunition boxes in the cargo compartment. The crew fought the fire while the pilot Lt. Col. Howard Dallman, backed up the plane to an area at the far end of the runway, where, if the ammunition exploded, it would not destroy the runway and support facilities nearby. The crew extinguished the fire and helped offload the ammo boxes without further damage. Lt. Col Dallman, received the Air Force Cross for his actions.[26]

C-130 using LAPES in Vietnam

By 7 February, seven C-130s had received battle damage approaching or on the ground at Khe Sanh. Seventh Air Force decided the Hercules was too valuable an asset to risk in landings there, except for four high priority missions. Although air drops by the planes continued, for the next month, missions requiring landings were limited to those carried out by the 315th Wing's Providers or the 483d Wing's Caribous.[27] Hercules aircraft continued to deliver cargo using the Container Delivery System and LAPES. LAPES deliveries, however damaged the runway, although the damage was limited to the far end of the runway and did not impede C-123s.[28] When equipment for LAPES ran into short supply, the 834th was able to scrounge ten sets of the abandoned Ground Proximity Extraction System, which used cables and arresting hooks to extract cargo from low flying cargo planes, and installed them at Khe Sanh.[29]

Division losses at Khe Sanh amounted to three C-123s, plus one C-130 lost after the siege had been officially lifted.[30]

Later actions

On 10 May 1968, The special forces camp at

combat control team, in charge of directing the evacuation, was still on the ground searching for survivors.[31]

Informed that three men remained behind, Lt Col

122 mm rocket, fired from just outside the perimeter stopped only 10 meters from the plane. It did not explode. Jackson taxied around the shell and took off under heavy fire from the hills on either side of the camp. For this rescue, he was awarded the Medal of Honor[31]

As American participation in the War in Vietnam lessened, the division saw changes to its mission. During the summer of 1971, its 315th Wing began training

Republic of Vietnam Air Force crews on the C-123, preparing them to assume an expanded airlift mission.[17] As other wings inactivated, their squadrons that remained in country were transferred to the 315th and 483d Wings and the division found itself performing close air support, interdiction, electronic warfare and psychological warfare missions in 1971.[17][32][k] During its last few months, the 834th worked toward passing combat airlift control to Seventh Air Force.[1]

Return to the United States

The division returned to the United States and TAC as part of the US withdrawal from South Vietnam on 31 January 1972, although it was not manned at

463d Tactical Airlift Wing in the Philippines shut down its operations and moved to replace the 516th Wing at Dyess in June.[33][34]

From 1972 until it was inactivated, "the division supervised . . . C-130 tactical airlift operations and participated in a series of tactical airlift exercises and joint training missions with United States Army units. Squadrons and detachment-size elements frequently deployed to points in Europe, the Panama Canal Zone, Africa, Thailand, and elsewhere. The 834th flew many humanitarian missions to such widespread places as Africa, the Philippines, Colombia, and Honduras."[1]

The division was transferred to Military Airlift Command (MAC) on 1 December 1974 as part of TAC's turnover of the theater airlift mission to MAC. However, MAC inactivated the 834th on 31 December 1974,[1] and transferred its assigned airlift wings to Twenty-Second Air Force.[35]

Pacific airlift

HC-9A medical evacuation aircraft
Local inhabitants in front of a C-141 Starlifter on the ice runway at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

The division was renamed the 834th Airlift Division and reactivated at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii in October 1978. It assumed responsibility for managing all MAC resources in the Pacific area.[1] The 834th provided a single commander for MAC airlift units in the Pacific theater and its commander also served Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) as the special assistant for airlift.[36] It commanded theater airlift forces for PACAF; performed airlift war planning and exercise planning and operated aerial ports for the air movement of personnel, cargo, equipment, patients, and mail.[1]

C5 in Antarctica

The division's

Douglas HC-9A Nightingales performed aeromedical evacuation missions to locations as far away as Guam and Diego Garcia. It controlled attached aircraft participating in Operation Deep Freeze, the seasonal resupply of outposts in Antarctica.[36] 1989 saw the first air drops by Lockheed C-141 Starlifters and the first landings of Lockheed C-5 Galaxys in Antarctica to support Deep Freeze.[37]

The division originally exercised its airlift management function through the Pacific Airlift Center, while its airlift support units spread throughout the Pacific were controlled by the

61st Military Airlift Support Wing. However, reorganizations in 1980 and 1981 eliminated this intermediate level of command and airlift support units were assigned directly to the division, as were airlift managers.[38]

The division's C-130 fleet was reduced in 1989 by the removal of aircraft from

316th Tactical Airlift Group, which was inactivated.[37] In 1990 the division's area of responsibility was further expanded when MAC units in Alaska were assigned to it.[39]

During

Operation Desert Storm, the division commander, Brig Gen James F. Hinkel, served as the commander of airlift forces in Saudi Arabia. Shortly after the end of that operation, in June 1991, the eruption of Mount Pinatubo required the evacuation of military and dependents from Clark Air Base. The division directed the evacuation in what was termed Operation Fiery Vigil. The commander of the division's 374th Wing acted as the commander, Airlift Forces, Joint Task Force Fiery Vigil. Operations were conducted from Naval Air Station Cubi Point and continued through July.[40][41]

When the decision was made not to return forces to Clark, the division's 624th Military Airlift Support Group was inactivated in November 1991.[40] The division was inactivated in April 1992 and its remaining units were inactivated or transferred as PACAF assumed responsibility for theater airlift in the Pacific area.[1][40][42]

Lineage

  • Established as the 834 Air Division on 30 August 1957
Activated on 25 September 1957
Inactivated on 1 April 1959
  • Activated on 24 June 1964 (not organized)
Organized on 1 July 1964
Inactivated on 1 December 1971
  • Activated on 31 January 1972
Inactivated on 31 December 1974
  • Redesignated 834 Airlift Division on 23 August 1978
Activated on 1 October 1978
Inactivated on 1 April 1992[1]

Assignments

  • Ninth Air Force, 25 September 1957
  • Eighteenth Air Force, 1 October 1957
  • Twelfth Air Force, 1 January 1958 – 1 April 1959
  • Tactical Air Command, 24 June 1964 (not organized)
  • Ninth Air Force, 1 July 1964
  • Seventh Air Force, 15 October 1966 – 1 December 1971
  • Twelfth Air Force, 31 January 1972
  • Twenty-Second Air Force, 1 – 31 December 1974
  • Twenty-Second Air Force, 1 October 1978 – 1 April 1992[1]

Stations

  • England Air Force Base, Louisiana, 25 September 1957 – 1 April 1959
  • England Air Force Base, Louisiana, 1 July 1964 – 15 October 1966
  • Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam, 15 October 1966 – 1 December 1971
  • Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, 31 January 1972 – 31 December 1974
  • Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, 1 October 1978 – 1 April 1992[1]

Components

Wings

  • 3d Tactical Fighter Wing: 1 July 1964 – 8 November 1965
  • 27th Tactical Fighter Wing: attached 15 July 1958 – 18 February 1959
Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas[7]
  • 31st Tactical Fighter Wing: 1 January 1965 – 1 August 1966
Homestead Air Force Base, Florida[10]
  • 61st Military Airlift Support Wing: 1 October 1978 – 1 October 1980[43]
  • 313th Tactical Airlift Wing: 15 March 1972 – 30 September 1973
Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas[44]
  • 314th Tactical Airlift Wing: 15 March 1972 – 31 December 1974
  • 315th Air Commando Wing (later 315th Special Operations Wing, 315th Tactical Airlift Wing): 15 October 1966 – 1 December 1971
Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam after 15 June 1967[17]
  • 366th Fighter-Bomber Wing (later 366th Tactical Fighter Wing): 25 September 1957 – 1 April 1959
  • 374th Tactical Airlift Wing: 1 October 1978 – 1 April 1992
Clark Air Base, Philippines until 8 October 1989, Yokota Air Base, Japan
  • 401st Fighter-Bomber Wing (later 401st Tactical Fighter Wing): 25 September 1957 – 1 April 1959; 1 July 1964 – 27 April 1966
  • 463d Tactical Airlift Wing
    : 1 June 1972 – 31 December 1974
Dyess Air Force Base, Texas[33]
  • 483d Troop Carrier Wing (later 483 Tactical Airlift Wing): 15 October 1966 – 1 December 1971 (Not operational until 3 November 1966)
Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, South Vietnam[32]
  • 516th Tactical Airlift Wing: 15 March – 1 June 1972[1]
Dyess Air Force Base, Texas[34]

Groups

  • 2d Aerial Port Group: 8 November 1966 – 1 December 1971[12]
  • 316th Tactical Airlift Group: 1 October 1978 – 8 October 1989[37][45]
Yokota Air Base, Japan[45]
  • 603d Military Airlift Support Group: 1 January 1986 – 1 April 1992[46]
Kadena Air Base, Okinawa
  • 611th Military Airlift Support Group: (see 611th Military Airlift Support Squadron)
  • 616th Military Airlift Group: 9 August 1990 – 1 April 1992
Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
  • 624th Military Airlift Support Group: 1 October 1989 – 15 November 1991[37][40]
Clark Air Base, Philippines
  • 834th Air Base Group (later 834th Combat Support Group): 25 September 1957 – 1 April 1959, 1 July 1964 – 1 August 1966[1][5]
Squadrons
  • 9th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron: 9 August 1990 – 1 April 1992[39]
Yokota Air Base, Japan
  • No. 35 Squadron RAAF, 15 October 1966 – 1 December 1971[47]
Vung Tau Air Base, Viet Nam.
  • 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron: 1 April 1980 – 1 April 1992[48]
Anderson Air Force Base, Guam[48]
  • 611th Military Airlift Support Squadron (later 611th Military Airlift Support Group): 1 November 1983 – 1 April 1992[49]
Osan Air Base, South Korea[49]
  • 619th Military Airlift Support Squadron: 1 April 1980 – 1 April 1992[50]
Other
  • Pacific Airlift Center: 1 October 1978 – 15 January 1981[51]
  • 834th Tactical Hospital: 1 July 1964 – 1 August 1966[52]
  • 4458th USAF Hospital: 25 September 1957 – 1 April 1959[6]

Aircraft

  • Republic F-84 Thunderstreak, 1957
  • North American F-100 Super Sabre, 1957–1959; 1964–1966
  • McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, 1958–1959
  • Douglas C-47 Skytrain, 1966–1971
  • Douglas EC-47 Skytrain, 1966–1971
  • Fairchild C-123 Provider, 1966–1971
  • Fairchild UC-123 Provider, 1966–1971
  • Lockheed C-130 Hercules, 1966–1971, 1972–1974, 1978–1992
  • de Havilland Canada C-7 Caribou, 1967–1971, 1972
  • Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, 1970–1971, 1978–1992
  • Cessna A-37 Dragonfly, 1971
  • Cessna O-2 Skymaster, 1971
  • Douglas HC-9A Nightingale, 1978–1992
  • Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, 1978–1992[1]

Commanders

Awards and campaigns

Award streamer Award Dates Notes
Presidential Unit Citation 21 January 1968-12 May 1968 834th Air Division, Vietnam[1]
Presidential Unit Citation 1 April 1970-30 June 1970 834th Air Division, Vietnam[1]
Combat "V" Device
 15 October 1966-30 April 1967 834th Air Division[1]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 1983-30 June 1985 834th Airlift Division[1]
Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm
 [15] October 1966-30 October 1971 834th Air Division[1]
Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm 15 October 1966-1 December 1971 834th Air Division[1]
Campaign Streamer Campaign Dates Notes
Vietnam Air Offensive 15 October 1966 – 8 March 1967 834th Air Division[1]
Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase II 9 March 1967 – 31 March 1968 834th Air Division[1]
Vietnam Air/Ground 22 January 1968 – 7 July 1968 834th Air Division[1]
Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase III 1 April 1968 – 31 October 1968 834th Air Division[1]
Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase IV 1 November 1968 – 22 February 1969 834th Air Division[1]
Tet 1969/Counteroffensive 23 February 1969 – 8 June 1969 834th Air Division[1]
Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 9 June 1969 – 31 October 1969 834th Air Division[1]
Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 3 November 1969 – 30 April 1970 834th Air Division[1]
Sanctuary Counteroffensive 1 May 1970 – 30 June 1970 834th Air Division[1]
Southwest Monsoon 1 July 1970 – 30 November 1970 834th Air Division[1]
Commando Hunt V 1 December 1970 – 14 May 1971 834th Air Division[1]
Commando Hunt VI 15 May 1971 – 31 July 1971 834th Air Division[1]
Commando Hunt VII 1 November 1971 – 1 December 1971 834th Air Division[1]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ In addition, Brig Gens Mears and Kondra and Col Trzaskoma all later reached the rank of lieutenant general.
  2. ^ Approved 30 March 1965. Description: On a field divided azure and vert, a bend nebuly checky sable and argent fimbriated of the last [color mentioned] between a griffin rampant or garnished brown grasping in dexter talon a sword bend sinister wise of the fourth [color mentioned] garnished of the third [color mentioned], and two fleurs de lis in bend of the fifth [color mentioned] garnished of the sixth [color mentioned], all within a diminished bordure of the fourth [color mentioned].
  3. Torrejon Air Base on 16 May 1967.[2]
  4. McDonnell Aircraft factory on 25 August 1958. Baugher, Joe (5 August 2023). "1953 USAF Serial Numbers". Joe Baugher. Retrieved 13 August 2023. It is shown carrying a Mk-7
    nuclear weapon.
  5. ^ Aircraft is De Havilland Canada CV-2B (later C-7B) Caribou, serial 63-9725 of the 535th Tactical Airlift Squadron at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, South Vietnam, taken in October 1971. This aircraft was later transferred to the South Vietnamese 427th Transport Squadron.
  6. Mactan Island Airfield
    until July 1968, when it moved to Clark Air Base, Philippines. Ravenstein, pp. 162, 197, 257.
  7. ^ The Australians operated six A-4 Wallaby transports, the Australian model of the C-7 Caribou.
  8. ^ See Nalty, pp. 53–55 for the use of these teams during the Siege of Khe Sanh.
  9. ^ An additional twenty-one UC-123s of the 12th Special Operations Squadron could be readily converted for transport use if needed. Nalty, p. 42. These planes were called on for airlift duty during the peak demand for airlift during the Tet Offensive. Abstract, Vol. 1, History 834 Air Division Jul 1967 – Jun 1968.
  10. ^ Reversing the propellers on the C-123K shut off the two jet engines. They would have to be restarted before the aircraft could begin to take off again.
  11. 361st and 362d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadrons
    . Maurer, pp. 165, 269.

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am "Factsheet 834 Air Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 11 October 2007. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  2. ^ Baugher, Joe (25 July 2023). "1955 USAF Serial Numbers". Joe Baugher. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  3. ^ Ravenstein, pp. 194–195
  4. ^ a b c Ravenstein, pp. 214–215
  5. ^ a b c See Mueller, pp. 168–169 (list of units at England Air Force Base.)
  6. ^ a b "Abstract, History 834 Air Division Sep–Dec 1957". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b Ravenstein, pp. 49–52
  8. ^ Mueller, p. 30
  9. ^ a b Ravenstein, pp. 9–12
  10. ^ a b c Ravenstein, pp. 54–57
  11. ^ Ravenstein, pp. 2–5
  12. ^ a b "Abstract, History 2 Aerial Port Group Jul 55 – Sep 67". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  13. ^ Nalty, p. 12
  14. ^ a b "Abstract, Vol. 1, History 834 Air Division Jul 1967 – Jun 1968". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  15. ^ a b c Nalty, p. 42
  16. ^ Nalty, pp. 53–55
  17. ^ a b c d Ravenstein, pp. 163–165
  18. ^ Lorenz, et al., pp. 19–20
  19. ^ Wilbanks, p. 104
  20. ^ Nalty, pp. 5–6
  21. ^ Nalty, p. 8-9
  22. ^ a b Nalty, p. 25
  23. ^ Nalty, pp. 25–26
  24. ^ Nalty, pp. 43–44
  25. ^ Nalty, p. 46
  26. ^ Frisbee, John L. (July 1989). "Valor:Airlift to Khe Sanh". Air Force Magazine. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  27. ^ Nalty, pp. 35–38
  28. ^ Nalty, p. 51
  29. ^ Nalty, pp. 50–52
  30. ^ Nalty, pp. 45–46
  31. ^ a b "Biography, Colonel Joe M. Jackson". United States Air Force. Archived from the original on 19 February 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  32. ^ a b Ravenstein, pp. 268–269
  33. ^ a b Ravenstein, pp. 256–258
  34. ^ a b Ravenstein, pp. 283–284
  35. ^ Kane, Robert B. (10 May 2011). "Factsheet Twenty-Second Air Force (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  36. ^ a b "Abstract (Unclassified), History 834 Airlift Division 1988 (Secret)". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  37. ^ a b c d "Abstract (Unclassified), History 834 Airlift Division 1989 (Secret)". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  38. ^ "Abstract (Unclassified), Vol. 1 History 834 Airlift Division Jan–Jun 1980 (Confidential)". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  39. ^ a b "Abstract (Unclassified), Vol. 1 History 834 Airlift Division 1990 (Secret)". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  40. ^ a b c d "Abstract (Unclassified), Vol. 1 History 834 Airlift Division 1991 to inactivation (Secret)". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  41. ^ "Abstract, After Action Report Joint Task Force Fiery Vigil 8 Jun-1 Jul 1991". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  42. ^ "Abstract, Vol. 2 History 834 Airlift Division 1991 to inactivation". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  43. ^ Robertson, Patsy (29 October 2009). "Factsheet 61 Air Base Wing (AFSPC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  44. ^ Ravenstein, pp. 160–161
  45. ^ a b "Abstract (Unclassified), Vol. 1 History 834 Airlift Division activation to Jun 1979 (Confidential)". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  46. ^ "Abstract, History 603 Military Airlift Support Group Jan–Jun 1986". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  47. ^ "35 Squadron RAAF, Vietnam". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  48. ^ a b "Abstract, History 605 Military Airlift Support Squadron Jul–Dec 1991". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  49. ^ a b "Abstract, History 616 Military Airlift Support Group Jul–Dec 1986". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 14 July 2015. (redesignation of squadron as group)
  50. ^ See "Abstract, History 619 Military Airlift Support Squadron Jan–Mar 1985". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  51. ^ Components are listed in AFHRA Factsheet, 834th Airlift Division and stationed with division headquarters except as noted.
  52. ^ "Abstract, History 834 Tactical Hospital Jul–Dec 1964". Air Force History Index. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

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