433rd Airlift Wing, US Air Force
433RD AIRLIFT WING, US AIR FORCE
History: Established as 433 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 18 May 1955. Redesignated as: 433 Tactical Airlift Wing on 1 July 1967; 433 Military Airlift Wing on 25 July 1969; 433 Tactical Airlift Wing on 29 June 1971; 433 Military Airlift Wing on 1 April 1985; 433 Airlift Wing on 1 February 1992. Trained in the Reserve, June 1949-October 1950. Ordered to active service and served Tactical Air Command for several months before moving to Europe to serve United States Air Forces in Europe, primarily by participating in tactical exercises and special missions. Inactive, mid-1952-1955. Replaced a pilot training wing in 1955. Until 1958, depended upon an active Air Reserve Flying Center for assistance, then became self-supporting under the Air Reserve Technician (ART) program. Flew airlift missions and participated in numerous training exercises, sometimes with special forces. By the mid-1960s, the wing was flying global airlift missions. One component delivered sterile screwworms to Puerto Rico for several years to suppress a pestilence there. Another component conducted the USAF’s C-130A pilot and flight engineer school. Between 1971 and 1985, the wing trained for tactical airlift missions, participating in joint training exercises. It provided airlift as needed for movement of Department of Defense personnel, supplies, and equipment worldwide. Assisted the U.S. Forest Service with use of the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS). It airlifted other units overseas for deployments and conducted humanitarian airlift operations. Between 1977 and 1985, rotated personnel and aircraft periodically to the Panama Canal Zone. In 1985, it became the first Air Force Reserve wing to fly the C-5 Galaxy, the largest USAF operational aircraft, and changed from tactical to strategic airlift missions. That year it also began training for aerial refueling. It tested a C-5 modified to transport space vehicles and in 1989 airlifted the Hubble Space Telescope from California to Florida for launch. The wing’s personnel and aircraft took part in Operation JUST CAUSE in 1989-1990, flying medical supplies, rations, and tanks to Panama. The wing also supported operations in 1990 and 1991 to defend Saudi Arabia and liberate Kuwait by airlifting men and materiel from the United States to Europe, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. In 1995 the wing transported United Nations personnel and equipment to the Balkans for peacekeeping operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina. During the 1990s, it flew channel, contingency, and humanitarian airlift operations and trained for such missions, sometimes by taking part in joint exercises. Airlifted cargo to foreign nations according to terms of the Denton Amendment, which allowed the free transportation of donated cargo on training missions. Supported Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-; and Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003-.
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The Emblem was approved on 4 August 1995.
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