437th Airlift Wing, US Air Force

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437TH AIRLIFT WING, US AIR FORCE

History: Established as 437 Troop Carrier Wing, Medium, on 10 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949. Ordered to active service on 10 Aug 1950. Inactivated on 10 Jun 1952. Activated in the Reserve on 15 Jun 1952. Inactivated on 16 Nov 1957. Redesignated as 437 Military Airlift Wing, and activated, on 27 Dec 1965. Organized on 8 Jan 1966. Redesignated as 437 Airlift Wing on 1 Oct 1991.


Coat of arms (crest) of the 437th Airlift Wing, US Air Force
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Emblem approved on 24 Nov 1953; latest rendering, 15 Apr 2019.

Literature:Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/