305th Air Mobility Wing, US Air Force
305TH AIR MOBILITY WING, US AIR FORCE
History:Established as 305 Bombardment Wing, Medium, on 20 December 1950. Activated on 2 January 1951. Redesignated as: 305 Air Refueling Wing on 1 January 1970; 305 Air Refueling Wing, Heavy, on 1 February 1978; 305 Air Refueling Wing on 1 September 1991; 305 Air Mobility Wing on 1 October 1994. Conducted strategic bombardment training, February 1951-February 1953. Added a refueling mission in July 1951. Converted to jet bombers in late 1952. Deployed overseas three times, once to England (September-December 1953) and twice to North Africa (November 1955-January 1956 and January-March 1957), in keeping with its mission of global bombardment and air refueling operations. Two wing B-47s set speed records on 28 July l953 when one flew from Goose Bay, Labrador, to Fairford RAF Station, England, in 4:14 hours and the other flew from Limestone AFB, ME, to Fairford RAF Station in 4:45 hours. Converted to jet tankers in 1959 and supersonic bombers in 1961. A wing B-58 set a new speed record on 16 October 1963 by flying from Tokyo, Japan, to London, England (via Alaska and Greenland), in 8:35 hours at an average speed of 938 mph. The wing operated a B-58 combat crew training school, August 1965-December 1969, and gained a post-attack command control system (PACCS) mission in mid-1966. The wing from January 1970 concentrated on air refueling and PACCS support. From the early 1970s, supported worldwide task forces by deploying tankers to Europe, Alaska, Greenland, and the Pacific. Provided air-refueling support to units involved in the invasion of Grenada (October 1983). From August 1990 to June 1991 deployed personnel and aircraft to provide refueling support for air operations to and in Southwest Asia. Wing also delivered food to the Kurds in Northern Iraq, April-May 1991. Lost its PACCS mission in May 1992. No flying operations, October 1993-October 1994. On 1 October 1994, replaced 438 Airlift Wing and absorbed that wing's personnel and aircraft. Trained for and conducted global strategic airlift, airdrop, and air refueling missions. Deployed personnel, tankers, and transports to support combat operations in Afghanistan (2001-) and Iraq (2003-). In 2005, the wing supported humanitarian relief operations for the victims of a tsunami in the Indian Ocean and Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
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The Emblem was approved on 15 June 1994; latest rendering, 20 November 2018. Literature: Wikimedia Commons
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