302nd Airlift Wing, US Air Force
302ND AIRLIFT WING, US AIR FORCE
History: Established as 302 Troop Carrier Wing, Medium, on 16 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 27 June 1949. Redesignated as 302 Troop Carrier Wing, Heavy on 28 January 1950. Ordered to active service on 1 June 1951. Inactivated on 8 June 1951. Redesignated as 302 Troop Carrier Wing, Medium on 26 May 1952. Activated in the Reserve on 14 June 1952. Ordered to active service on 28 October 1962. Relieved from active duty on 28 November 1962. Redesignated as: 302 Tactical Airlift Wing on 1 July 1967; 302 Special Operations Wing on 1 July 1970; 302 Tactical Airlift Wing on 2 August 1971. Inactivated on 1 April 1981. Activated in the Reserve on 1 April 1985. Redesignated as 302 Airlift Wing on 1 February 1992. Reserve corollary of 62 Troop Carrier Wing, June 1949-May 1950, and of 325 Fighter-All Weather (later, 325 Fighter-Interceptor) Wing, May 1950-June 1951. Trained as a Reserve troop carrier wing from June 1952. Began flying airlift operations in the United States and overseas in the mid-1950s. On active duty during Cuban missile crisis of 1962. From April 1968 to March 1973, provided C-119 gunship training for pilots, navigators, flight engineers, and mechanics of USAF active units and similar personnel from Jordan, Morocco, Ethiopia, and South Vietnam. By the mid-1960s, wing aircraft and crews performed worldwide airlift missions and participated in numerous tactical exercises. In April 1973, the wing assumed a rotational airlift task in support of USAF Southern Command, continuing this mission through January 1976. Also in April 1973, the wing assumed a UC-123 aerial spraying mission, which frequently took wing crews to Central America, the Caribbean, the Azores, North Africa, islands of the Pacific, and to many U.S. points for insect-spraying missions. Beginning in April 1985, trained to airlift troops, equipment, and supplies by landing or by parachute to wherever they were needed in a tactical theater. Took part in numerous training and mobility exercises, both within the United States and to foreign countries such as Britain and Panama. Practiced for aeromedical evacuation missions. During the late 1980s and 1990s, the wing participated in numerous humanitarian airlift missions such as transporting fire fighters and their equipment and supplies to fight forest fires in western states and delivering relief supplies to hurricane victims. It also took part in various global contingency operations. Supported the Global War on Terrorism by providing resources for rotational deployments of other organizations to Southwest Asia, beginning in 2002.
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Origin/meaning
The Emblem was approved on 23 April 1954.
Literature: Wikimedia Commons
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