19th Airlift Wing

The 19th Airlift Wing is organized into a quad-group structure: • 19th Operations Group : Plans, trains, and executes air and space power for operational levels of war. ::19th Operations Support Squadron ::34th Combat Training Squadron ::41st Airlift Squadron, C-130J ::52d Airlift Squadron, C-130H (Peterson AFB, Colorado – associate with Air Force Reserve 302d Airlift Wing) ::53d Airlift Squadron, C-130J ::61st Airlift Squadron, C-130J • 19th Maintenance Group : Performs all maintenance on assigned C-130 aircraft. :: 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron ::19th Maintenance Squadron ::19th Maintenance Operations • 19th Mission Support Group : Encompasses the support and logistic functions for the base. The group includes contracting, civil engineer, communications, security forces, force support and the logistic readiness squadrons. • 19th Medical Group : Provides responsive care and services to the base population and ensures a fit and medically ready active duty force. ::19th Aeromedical Dental Squadron ::19th Aerospace Medicine Squadron ::19th Medical Operations Squadron The 19th Airlift Wing staff includes a variety of agencies that directly support the wing commander, group commanders and the base population. ==History==

The 19th Bombardment Wing was formed in 1948 from resources of the former North Guam Air Force Base Command (Provisional). The 19th, with the 19th Bombardment Group as its operational flying unit, operated Andersen Air Force Base and maintained proficiency in Boeing B-29 Superfortresses. In May 1949, headquarters Twentieth Air Force moved from Guam to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa and its former staff was assigned to the 19th Bomb Wing. At Andersen, the wing assumed responsibility for administering two active and one semi-active bases plus an assortment of communication, weather, radar, rescue and other facilities and units including the Marianas Air Materiel Area, a wing size unit. Many of the units and facilities were inactivated with a few months. At Homestead, the wing won the Fairchild Trophy in the SAC bombing and navigation competition for 1966. The 19th moved without personnel or equipment to Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in mid-1968, it absorbed resources of the 465th Bombardment Wing and converted to the B-52G. At Robins, the 19th furnished B–52 Operation Arc Light crews and KC–135 aircraft and crews supporting Yankee Team, Foreign Legion & Young Tiger Tanker Task Forces and crews to other SAC organizations. In the spring & summer of 1972, all assigned B-52Gs aircraft & crews deployed to the provisional strategic wing at Andersen Air Force Base and its KC-135A aircraft and crews deployed to the 376th Strategic Wing, at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, involved in combat operations in Southeast Asia. In 1972, the wing deployed virtually all its aircraft and crews for combat operations, leaving headquarters at Robins minimally staffed. In November 1973, the wing returned from deployment and resumed normal operations. The 19th Bombardment Wing won the Omaha Trophy as the Outstanding Wing in SAC for 1981. The wing lost its B-52s and was redesignated as the 19th Air Refueling Wing on 1 October 1983. The wing undertook worldwide aerial refueling missions for various operations and exercises and supported the Eielson (Alaskan); Andersen (Pacific); & Spanish (European) Tanker Task Forces. It flew air refueling missions supporting Operation Urgent Fury, the overthrow of the Stalinist regime in Grenada 23 – 24 October 1983. Beginning in 1984, it provided two EC-135 aircraft and crews to support the United States Central Command in Southwest Asia. With conversion to KC-135R aircraft, the wing continued supporting the Alaska and, Pacific Tanker Task Forces in 1988 and the Caribbean Tanker Task Force in March 1990. It flew air refueling missions for the Operation Just Cause, the overthrow of the regime of Manuel Noriega in Panama 18 – 21 December 1989 and deployed resources to Southwest Asia, August 1990 – March 1991, providing air refueling, cargo, and command, control and communications support. It was redesignated the 19th Air Refueling Wing on 1 September 1991. The 19th Operations Group was activated at the same time as the flying component of the wing. Post Cold War From January 1992, it provided a Boeing EC-137 Stratoliner and crews to support the United States Special Operations Command, and from August 1992 the wing supported the Saudi Tanker Task Force. It provided air refueling support to NATO fighters in Bosnia in September – October 1995. Several KC-135R tankers deployed to Southwest Asia to support Operation Southern Watch, January – March 1996 and to Turkey for Operation Provide Comfort, April – June 1996. On 1 July 1996, the 19th Air Refueling Wing was inactivated, and its functions turned over to its operations group, redesignated the 19th Air Refueling Group. 19th Airlift Wing The 19th was reactivated at Little Rock Air Force Base on 1 October 2008 as the 19th Airlift Wing. It is also the sponsor unit of Cadet Squadron 19 "Wolverines" at the United States Air Force Academy. ==Lineage==

• Constituted as the 19th Bombardment Wing, Medium on 10 August 1948 : Activated on 17 August 1948 : Redesignated 19th Bombardment Wing, Heavy on 1 July 1961 : Redesignated 19th Air Refueling Wing, Heavy on 1 October 1983 : Redesignated 19th Air Refueling Wing on 1 September 1991 : Inactivated on 1 July 1996 • Redesignated: 19th Airlift Wing on 18 September 2008 : Activated on 1 October 2008 Assignments • Twentieth Air Force, 17 August 1948 • Far East Air Forces, 16 May 1949 • Twentieth Air Force, 17 October 1949 (attached to Far East Air Forces Bomber Command, Provisional, 1 June 1953 – c. 28 May 1954) • Second Air Force, 11 June 1954 (attached to 813th Air Division Provisional until 14 July 1954) • 813th Air Division, 15 July 1954 : Attached to 5th Air Division, 7 January-11 April 1956 • 823d Air Division, 1 June 1956 (attached to 5th Air Division, 8 May-7 July 1957) • 57th Air Division, 25 July 1968 • 823d Air Division, 2 July 1969 • 42d Air Division, 30 June 1971 • Eighth Air Force, 16 June 1988 • Fifteenth Air Force, 1 September 1991 • Twenty-First Air Force, 1 July 1993 – 1 July 1996 : Eighteenth Air Force (Air Forces Transportation), 1 October 2008 – present Components Groups • 19th Bombardment Group (later 19th Operations Group): 17 August 1948 – 1 June 1953 (detached after 28 June 1950); 1 September 1991 – 1 July 1996 • 457th Operations Group: 1 July 1993 – 1 October 1994 Squadrons • 19th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 February 1956 – 1 April 1960 (detached 1 February – 30 June 1956) • 21st Troop Carrier: attached 12 January – 1 February 1950 • 28th Bombardment Squadron: 1 June 1953 – 1 October 1983 • 30th Bombardment Squadron: 1 June 1953 – 1 January 1962 • 93d Bombardment Squadron: 1 June 1953 – 1 August 1961 • 99th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 October 1983 – 1 September 1991 • 100th Air Refueling Squadron: attached 2 February 1955 – 16 August 1956 • 303d Air Refueling Squadron: 1 November 1959 – 1 April 1961 • 407th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 April 1962 – 2 July 1968 • 525th Bombardment Squadron: 9 January – 15 March 1961 • 526th Bombardment Squadron 9 January – June 1961 • 659th Bombardment Squadron: 1 November 1958 – 1 July 1961 • 912th Air Refueling Squadron: 25 July 1968 – 1 September 1991 Stations • North Field (later North Guam Air Force Base; Andersen Air Force Base), Guam, 17 August 1948 • Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, 1 June 1953 – 28 May 1954 • Pinecastle Air Force Base, Florida, 11 June 1954 • Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, 1 June 1956 • Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, 25 July 1968 – 1 July 1996 • Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, 1 October 2008 – present Aircraft • Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 1948–1954 • Boeing B-47 Stratojet, 1954–1961 • Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter, 1955–1961 • Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, 1962–1972, 1973–1983 • Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, 1962–1972, 1973–1996, 1996–2008 • Boeing EC-135, 1984–1996 • Boeing EC-137, 1991–1994 • Lockheed C-130 Hercules 2008 – present ==See also==