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375th Airlift Wing

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Established as 375th Troop Carrier Wing, Medium, on 10 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949. Ordered to active service on 15 Oct 1950. Inactivated on 14 Jul 1952. Activated in the Reserve on 14 Jul 1952. Inactivated on 16 Nov 1957. Redesignated 375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing, and activated, on 27 Dec 1965. Organized on 12 Jan 1966. Redesignated: 375th Military Airlift Wing on 30 Mar 1990; 375th Airlift Wing on 1 Dec 1991.

Assignments

Ninth Air Force, 27 Jun 1949; First Air Force, 1 Aug 1950; Tactical Air Command, 16 Oct 1950; Eighteenth Air Force, 1 Jun 1951?14 Jul 1952. 1st Air Reserve District, 14 Jul 1952; First Air Force, 14 Jan 1954?16 Nov 1957. Military Air Transport Service (later, Military Airlift Command), 27 Dec 1965; Twenty-Third Air Force, 1 Jan 1984; Twenty-Second Air Force, 1 Feb 1990; Fifteenth Air Force, 1 Jul 1993?.

Components

Groups. 171st: 13 May?12 Dec 1968. 375th Troop Carrier (later, 375th Operations): 27 Jun 1949?14 Jul 1952; 14 Jul 1952?16 Nov 1957; 1 Dec 1991?.

Squadrons. 10th: 12 Jan 1966?8 Mar 1969. 11th Aeromedical Airlift: 12 Jan 1966?1 Dec 1991. 12th: 12 Jan 1966?8 Jun 1969. 13th: 12 Jan 1966?8 Dec 1968. 1375th Flying Training: 1 May 1984?1 Dec 1991. 1400th Military Airlift: 15 Mar 1978?1 Dec 1991. 1401st Military Airlift: 15 Mar 1978? 1 Dec 1991. 1402d Military Airlift: 15 Mar 1978?1 Dec 1991. 1467th Facility Checking: 1 Oct 1987?1 Oct 1991.

Stations

Greater Pittsburgh Aprt, PA, 27 Jun 1949; Greenville (later, Donaldson) AFB, SC, 16 Oct 1950?14 Jul 1952. Pittsburgh, PA, 14 Jul 1952?16 Nov 1957. Scott AFB, IL, 12 Jan 1966?.

Commanders

Brig Gen Emil H. Molthan, 27 Jun 1949?unkn; Col William S. Johnston, 14 Sep 1949; Lt Col Stanley V. Fowler, c. Aug 1950; Col Lance Call, Sep 1950; Col Glynne M. Jones, 3 Mar 1952; Brig Gen Franklin Rose, 22 May? 14 Jul 1952. Col Arthur R. Anderson, 14 Jul 1952; Col Jack R. Adams, Mar 1953; Col Albert B. Starr, 1 Sep 1955?16 Nov 1957. None (not manned), 27 Dec 1965?11 Jan 1966; Col William E. Nix, 12 Jan 1966; Col Felix G. Brenner, 3 Aug 1966; Col Harry L. Waesche, 6 Sep 1966; Col Robert L. Moeller, 1 Oct 1968; Col John W. Self, 1 Nov 1969; Col Muller L. Jones, 13 May 1971; Col Frank W. Contestable, 24 May 1971; Col Charles C. Irions, 31 May 1974; Col Paul A. Bergerot, 30 Jun 1975; Col Hubert S. Diamond, 29 Jan 1976; Col John A. Doglione, 9 Jun 1978; Col Bruce M. Purvine, 22 May 1981; Col John E. Massingale, 10 Jun 1982; Col Louis V. Pelini, 25 May 1984; Col Richard B. Fowler II, 22 Oct 1986; Col Bobbie L. Mitchell, 31 May 1988; Col Walter S. Hogle, Jr., 11 Oct 1989; Col Robert J. Boots, 8 Jun 1990; Brig Gen Dwight M. Kealoha, 30 Oct 1991?.

Aircraft

T?6, 1949?1950; T?7, 1949?1951; T?11, 1949?1951; C?46, 1949?1950; C?82. 1950?1952; C?45, 1951. C?46, 1952?1955; C?119, 1954?1957. C?118, 1966?1969; C?131, 1966?1969; C?121, 1968; C?9, 1968?; CT?39, 1978?1985; C?12, 1984?; C?21, 1984?; C?140, 1987?1990; C?29, 1990? 1991.

Operations

Reserve flying training, Jun 1949?Oct 1950. On active duty, wing participated in troop carrier/airlift operations, paratroop drops, and other exercises, Oct 1950?Jul 1952. Reserve training, Jul 1952?Nov 1957. Conducted domestic aeromedical airlift/evacuation operations in the United States, Alaska, and off-shore areas of the North Atlantic and the Caribbean from Jan 1966 for the Air Force, other Department of Defense agencies, the US Public Health Service, and the Veterans Administration (VA), augmented by aircraft of ANG (1968) and other MAC units. Trained personnel of ANG and Reserve in aeromedical evacuation. Between Jan 1966 and Apr 1975 wing maintained and scheduled support aircraft at Scott AFB, IL, and from Aug 1966 to Apr 1975, wing used mostly aircrews from other Scott-based units to provide scheduled air shuttle/courier service to the east and west coasts. From Jan 1966 to Sep 1968 and since Jun 1973, wing operated and maintained Scott AFB. Airlifted more than 700 VA hospital patients from Biloxi and Gulfport, MS, to safety during Hurricane Camille in Aug 1969; during Project Homecoming in early 1973 the wing flew 119 sorties to airlift some 350 US POWs to 26 hospitals in the United States. In Oct 1973, served as an aeromedical evacuation center established under wing control at Scott AFB, IL, assumed the functions previously handled by smaller centers at Scott, McGuire AFB, NJ, and Travis AFB, CA. In Apr 1975, when the aeromedical evacuation support units in Germany and the Far East came under wing control, the wing became the single-point manager for worldwide DOD aeromedical evacuation services. Evacuated wounded during the invasion of Grenada, 24 Oct?9 Nov 1983. Transported 350 wounded Afghan citizens to hospitals in the United States, May?Dec 1987. Controlled a Facility Checking Squadron, Oct 1987?Sep 1991, which inspected DOD navigation aids and radar facilities worldwide. Operated and maintained an aeromedical evacuation system on a rotational basis in Southwest Asia, Sep 1990?Apr 1991.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. None.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. Grenada, 1983.

Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: [12]?31 Jan 1966; 19?20 Aug 1969; 20 Aug 1969?30 Jun 1971; 24 Jul 1975?23 Jul 1977; 1 Jul 1981?30 Jun 1983; 1 Jul 1986?31 Jul 1988.

Bestowed Honors. Authorized to display honors earned by the 375th Operations Group prior to 27 Jun 1949.

Service Streamers: None.

Campaign Streamers: World War II: Air Offensive, Japan; New Guinea; Northern Solomons; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines; Ryukyus.

Decorations: Philippine Presidential Unit Citation.

Emblem

Gules, a pile reversed throughout Celeste overall an eagle displayed with wings inverted Or, grasping in both talons a globe of the second gridlined bendwise Argent, all within a diminshed bordure of the third. Motto: DESUPER ADUIMENTUM?HELP FROM ABOVE. Approved on 31 Jan 1966 (K 10638); replaced emblem approved on 12 Feb 1952.

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