315th Airlift Wing, US Air Force

315TH AIRLIFT WING, US AIR FORCE

History: Established as 315 Troop Carrier Wing, Medium, on 23 May 1952. Activated on 10 June 1952. Inactivated on 18 January 1955. Redesignated as 315 Air Commando Wing, Troop Carrier, and activated, on 21 February 1966. Organized on 8 March 1966. Redesignated as: 315 Air Commando Wing on 1 August 1967; 315 Special Operations Wing on 1 August 1968; 315 Tactical Airlift Wing on 1 January 1970. Inactivated on 31 March 1972. Redesignated as 315 Military Airlift Wing (Associate) on 29 January 1973. Activated in the Reserve on 1 July 1973. Redesignated as: 315 Airlift Wing (Associate) on 1 February 1992; 315 Airlift Wing on 1 October 1994. Flew troop and cargo airlift and airdrop, leaflet drop, spraying, air evacuation, search and rescue, and related missions between Japan and Korea during the Korean War. From 1966 to 1972, performed tactical airlift operations within South Vietnam. In 1971, trained South Vietnamese C-123 aircrews. Not tactically operational, 15 January-31 March 1972. Since 1973, stationed with and used airframes of the 437 Military Airlift Wing. Trained Air Force Reserve aircrews for strategic airlift, including channel, special assignment, and combat airlift missions. In 1980s and 1990s, personnel participated in contingency and humanitarian airlift operations worldwide. In 1994, the wing conducted the first C-17 flight with an all-Air Force Reserve crew. Prepared, equipped, and trained personnel to augment active duty counterparts, 2005-. Under the Denton Amendment, flew humanitarian missions to Haiti and Grenada to deliver medical and educational supplies, food and clothing, December 2010.

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The Emblem was approved on 7 November 1973. Literature: Wikimedia Commons

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