928th Airlift Wing
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928th Airlift Wing | |
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C-130 Hercules approaches a drop zone during Airlift Rodeo '90 | |
Active | 1963-1997 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | Airlift |
Part of | Air Force Reserve Command |
Insignia | |
928th Airlift Wing emblem |
O'Hare Air Reserve Station | |
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Part of United States Air Force Reserves | |
Coordinates | 41°59′24″N 87°53′42″W / 41.99000°N 87.89500°W [1] |
The 928th Airlift Wing is an inactive
History
Need for reserve troop carrier groups
After May 1959, the Air Force Reserve flying force consisted of 45 troop carrier squadrons assigned to 15 troop carrier wings.
However, under this concept, all support organizations were located with the wing headquarters.[3] Although this was not a problem when the entire wing was called to active service, mobilizing a single flying squadron and elements to support it proved difficult. This weakness was demonstrated in the partial mobilization of reserve units during the Berlin Crisis of 1961. To resolve this, at the start of 1962, Continental Air Command, (ConAC) determined to reorganize its reserve wings by establishing groups with support elements for each of its troop carrier squadrons. This reorganization would facilitate mobilization of elements of wings in various combinations when needed.[4]
The unit motto was "Deeds not words."
Activation of the 928th Troop Carrier Group
As a result, the 928th Troop Carrier Group was activated at
If mobilized, the group was gained by Tactical Air Command (TAC), which was also responsible for its training. Its mission was to organize, recruit and train Air Force Reservists in the tactical airlift of airborne forces, their equipment and supplies and delivery of these forces and materials by airdrop, landing or cargo extraction systems. The group was equipped with Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars for TAC airlift operations.
The group was one of three C-119 groups assigned to the
In 1963, the group moved US troops to the Dominican Republic and airlifted Christmas gifts destined for US servicemen in Vietnam. After a period of uncertainty in 1970, the unit was redesignated as a Tactical Airlift Group and later reassigned to the
The 928 TAG was upgraded to first-line C-130H transports during the 1980s, retiring the first-generation C-130As. Elements of the group were part of Operations
In 1992, with inactivation of Military Airlift Command (MAC), operational claimancy for the 928th shifted to the newly-established Air Mobility Command (AMC) and the unit was redesignated the 928th Airlift Group.
In 1994, the 928th was expanded to a
BRAC 93 shut down the Air Force Reserve presence at O'Hare in 1997 and the 928th's aircraft were reassigned to Air Force Reserve C-130 units at
Lineage
- Established as the 928th Troop Carrier Group, Medium and activated on 15 January 1963 (not organized)
- Organized in the Reserve on 11 February 1963
- Redesignated 928th Tactical Airlift Group on 1 July 1967
- Redesignated 928th Airlift Group on 1 February 1992
- Redesignated 928th Airlift Wing on 1 October 1994
- Inactivated on 1 July 1997
Assignments
- Continental Air Command, 15 January 1963 (not organized)
- 403d Troop Carrier Wing (later 403d Tactical Airlift Wing), 11 February 1963
- Eastern Air Force Reserve Region, 1 December 1969
- 440th Tactical Airlift Wing (later 440th Airlift Wing), 17 September 1970
- Twenty-Second Air Force, 1 October 1994 - 1 July 1997
Components
- 928th Operations Group, 1 October 1994 - 1 July 1997
- 64th Troop Carrier Squadron (later 64th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 64th Airlift Squadron), 11 February 1963 - 1 October 1994
Stations
- O'Hare International Airport (later O'Hare Air Reserve Station), Illinois, 11 February 1963 - 1 July 1997
Aircraft
- Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1963-1970
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules, 1970-1997
References
- Notes
- ^ There were an additional four rescue squadrons not assigned to the wings. Cantwell, p. 156
- Citations
Bibliography
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Cantwell, Gerald T. (1997). Citizen Airmen: a History of the Air Force Reserve, 1946-1994. Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program. ISBN 0-16049-269-6. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. OCLC 72556.
- Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.