375th Air Mobility Wing, US Air Force
375TH AIR MOBILITY WING, US AIR FORCE
History: Established as 375 Troop Carrier Wing, Medium, on 10 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 27 June 1949. Ordered to active service on 15 October 1950. Inactivated on 14 July 1952. Activated in the Reserve on 14 July 1952. Inactivated on 16 November 1957. Redesignated as 375 Aeromedical Airlift Wing, and activated, on 27 December 1965. Organized on 12 January 1966. Redesignated as: 375 Military Airlift Wing on 30 March 1990; 375 Airlift Wing on 1 December 1991; 375 Air Mobility Wing on 1 October 2009. Reserve flying training, June 1949–October 1950. On active duty, wing participated in troop carrier/airlift operations, paratroop drops, and other exercises, October 1950–July 1952. Reserve training, July 1952–November 1957. Conducted domestic aeromedical airlift and evacuation operations in the United States, Alaska, and off-shore areas of the North Atlantic and the Caribbean from January 1966 for the Air Force, other Department of Defense agencies, the US Public Health Service, and the Veterans Administration (VA), augmented by aircraft of ANG (1968) and other MAC units. Trained personnel of ANG and Reserve in aeromedical evacuation. Between January 1966 and April 1975 wing maintained and scheduled support aircraft at Scott AFB, IL, and from August 1966 to April 1975, wing used mostly aircrews from other Scott-based units to provide scheduled air shuttle/courier service to the east and west coasts. From January 1966 to September 1968 and since June 1973, wing operated and maintained Scott AFB. Airlifted more than 700 VA hospital patients from Biloxi and Gulfport, MS, to safety during Hurricane Camille in August 1969; during Project Homecoming in early 1973 the wing flew 119 sorties to airlift some 350 US Prisoners of War (POWs) to 26 hospitals in the United States. In October 1973, served as an aeromedical evacuation center established under wing control at Scott AFB, IL, assumed the functions previously handled by smaller centers at Scott, McGuire AFB, NJ, and Travis AFB, CA. In April 1975, when the aeromedical evacuation support units in Germany and the Far East came under wing control, the wing became the single-point manager for worldwide DOD aeromedical evacuation services. Evacuated wounded during the invasion of Grenada, 24 October–9 November 1983. Transported 350 wounded Afghan citizens to hospitals in the United States, May–December 1987. Controlled a Facility Checking Squadron, October 1987–September 1991, which inspected DOD navigation aids and radar facilities worldwide. Operated and maintained an aeromedical evacuation system on a rotational basis in Southwest Asia, September 1990–April 1991. Deployed an aeromedical evacuation element to support Operation ALLIED FORCE in 1999. Provided aeromedical airlift system within the continental United States, 2000-.
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The Emblem was approved on 31 January 1966; latest rendition approved, 29 July 2015
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