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Mission

Recruit, Train and Retain enthusiastic Reservists to provide Global Reach for America.

History

The 349th trained at various bases for troop carrier operations, participating in maneuvers and practicing paratroop drops, glider towing, and flying training, until moving to Europe in March 1945. In western Europe the group transported vehicles, gasoline, and supplies. At the end of the war the 349th evacuated patients and allied former prisoners of war. An American Paratrooper using a T-10C series parachute Paratroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and formed into an airborne force. ... Gliders built by the military of various countries were used for carrying troops and heavy equipment, mainly during the Second World War. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Year 1945and died 2007 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... ... Gasoline or petrol is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting mostly of hydrocarbons and enhanced with benzene or iso-octane to increase octane ratings, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... A patient having his blood pressure taken by a doctor. ... The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War. ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ...

It returned to America in July and August 1945. In 1946 the 349th trained Chinese crews to operate C-46 aircraft. Between June 1949 and April 1951, trained reservists in troop carrier operations. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... A member of the United States Military that spends one weekend a month and two weeks annually training to protect and defend the United States. ...

During the Korean War, the wing was called to active service and then inactivated so that its personnel could be used as fillers in other wings. Combatants United Nations:  Republic of Korea,  Australia,  Belgium,  Luxembourg,  Canada,  Colombia,  Ethiopia,  France,  Greece,  Luxembourg,  Netherlands,  New Zealand,  Philippines,  South Africa,  Thailand,  Turkey,  United Kingdom,  United States Medical staff:  Denmark,  Australia,  Italy,  Norway,  Sweden Communist states:  Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,  Peoples Republic of China,  Soviet Union Commanders...

Between June 1952 and September 1957 the wing trained for fighter-bomber operations, but returned to troop carrier training in September 1957. It was called to active service in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis and in 1968 and 1969 during the Pueblo Crisis, the wing airlifted cargo to the Far East, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Southwest Asia. In 1969 as an associate airlift wing, it began using the aircraft of active duty wings to fly strategic airlift missions in training, humanitarian, and contingency operations. In the 1980s and 1990s, the wing was the largest in the Air Force Reserve. It airlifted supplies to U.S. scientists in Antarctica on a regular basis and flew trans-Pacific channel strategic airlift missions and relief missions in support of natural disaster victims. It also took part in joint training exercises and contingency operations worldwide. In 1994 it acquired an air refueling mission and continued to fly airlift missions. 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... President Kennedy in a crowded Cabinet Room during the Cuban Missile Crisis. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a Banner-class technical research ship which was boarded and captured by the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea on 23 January 1968 in what is known as the Pueblo incident or alternatively as the Pueblo crisis. ... The far east as a cultural block includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and South Asia. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Military stratagem in the Battle of Waterloo. ... In logistics and military terminology: An airlift is the act of transporting people or cargo from point to point using aircraft. ... Humanitarian aid arriving by plane at Rinas Airport in Albania in the summer of 1999. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... Mount Pinatubo eruption, 1991 A natural disaster is the consequence of the combination of a natural hazard (a physical event e. ... Aerial refueling, also called in-flight refueling (IFR) or air-to-air refueling (AAR), is the practice of transferring fuel from one aircraft to another during flight. ...

Operations

Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Combatants United States Panama Commanders General Carl W. Stiner Manuel Noriega Strength 27,684+ 3,000+ Casualties 23 Dead, 324 Wounded 450 Military, 200-4,000 Civilian U.S. Army 7th Infantry Division (light) soldiers prepare to take La Comandancia in the El Chorrillo neighborhood of Panama City, December 1989. ... An USAF F-15E takes off from Aviano, Italy Operation Allied Force aka Kosovo-NATO War was NATOs military operation against Federal Republic of Yugoslavia that lasted from 24 March to 11 June 1999 and is considered a major part of Kosovo War. ... Combatants United States, UK Iraq Commanders General Tony Zinni Saddam Hussien Strength 30,500 unknown Casualties none 600-2,000 dead Operation Desert Fox was the military codename for a major four-day bombing campaign on Iraqi targets from December 16-December 19, 1998 by the United States and United... Beginning in December 1995, US and other nations deployed peacekeeping forces to Bosnia in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. ... Two F-16 Falcon aircraft prepare to depart on a patrol as part of Operation Southern Watch in 2000 Operation Southern Watch was a operation conducted by Joint Task Force Southwest Asia (JTF-SWA) with the mission of monitoring and controlling airspace south of the 33rd Parallel in Iraq, following... Operation Uphold Democracy (September 19, 1994 – March 31, 1995) began in September 1994 with the deployment of the U.S. led multinational force. ... See also: 2003 invasion of Iraq and Gulf War (disambiguation) C Company, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, 1st UK Armoured Division The Persian Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations led by the United States. ... Combatants U.S.-led coalition Iraq Commanders George H. W. Bush, Norman Schwarzkopf, Colin Powell Saddam Hussein, Ali Hassan Al-Majid, Hussein Kamel Strength 660,000 ~545,000 Casualties 345 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 - 100,000 dead, 100,000 - 300,000 wounded The 1991 Gulf War (also Persian... Operation Noble Eagle is the US military operational designator refers to the militarys efforts in the War on Terrorism that were carried out on US soil. ... Combatants United States Canada Australia United Kingdom Netherlands Philippines (in the Philippines theatre only) Northern Alliance GUAM Poland Italy Visegrad Group Hungary Ethiopia Somalia Estonia Latvia Lithuania Slovakia Vilnius group Croatia Albania Macedonia Romania Bulgaria Taliban al-Qaeda Abu Sayyaf Jemaah Islamiyah Islamic Courts Union Commanders General Tommy Franks Brig. ... For other uses of the term, see Iraq war (disambiguation) The 2003 invasion of Iraq (also called the 2nd or 3rd Persian Gulf War) began on March 20, 2003, when forces belonging primarily to the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq arguably without the explicit backing of the... Joint Task Force Katrina is a joint operation between the United States Department of Defense and the Federal Emergency Management Agency created on August 31, 2005 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi to organize relief efforts along the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. ...

Previous designations

• 349th Transport Group (1943 – 1949)
• 349th Troop Carrier Wing (1949 – 1952)
• 349th Fighter-Bomber Wing (1952 – 1957)
• 349th Troop Carrier Wing (1957 – 1966)
• 349th Military Airlift Wing (1966 – 1992)
• 349th Airlift Wing (1992 – 1994)
• 349th Air Mobility Wing (1994 – Present)

Assignments

Major Command

• Air Force Reserve Command

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Numbered Air Force

• 3rd Air Force (1946)
• 4th Air Force (1949 – 1962, 1976 – Present)
• 12th Air Force (1962 – 1968)
• 22nd Air Force (1968 – 1976)

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Subordinate Organizations

349th Operations Group (349 OG)

• 70th Air Refueling Squadron (70 ARS)
• 79th Air Refueling Squadron (79 ARS)
• 301st Airlift Squadron (301 AS)
• 312th Airlift Squadron (312 AS)
• 349th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (349 AES)
• 349th Operations Support Flight (349 OSF)
• 349th Airlift Control Flight (349 ACF)

349th Maintenance Group (349 MXG)

• 349th Consolidated Maintenance Squadron (349 CMXS)
• 349th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (349 EMXS)
• 349th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (349 AMXS)
• 749th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (749 AMXS)
• 349th Maintenance Operations Flight (349 MOF)

349th Mission Support Group (349 MSG)

• 45th Aerial Port Squadron (45 APS)
• 55th Aerial Port Squadron (55 APS)
• 82d Aerial Port Squadron (82 APS)
• 349th Communications Squadron (349 CS)
• 349th Civil Engineering Squadron (349 CES)
• 349th Memorial Affairs Squadron (349 MAS)
• 349th Mission Support Squadron (349 MSS)
• 349th Security Forces Squadron (349 SFS)
• 349th Logistics Readiness Squadron (349 LRS)

349th Medical Group (349 MDG)

• 349th Aerospace Medicine Squadron (349 AMDS)
• 349th Aeromedical Staging Squadron (349 AMDSS)
• 349th Medical Squadron (349 MDS)

Bases stationed

• Sedalia Army Airfield, Missouri (1943 – 1944)
• Alliance Army Airfield, Nebraska (1944)
• Pope Field, North Carolina (1944 – 1945)
• Baer Field, Indiana (1945)
• RAF Barkston Heath, England (1945)
• Roye Field, France (1945)
• Bergstrom Army Airfield, Texas (1945 – 1946)
• Hamilton Air Force Base, California (1949 – 1969)
• Travis Air Force Base, California (1969 – Present)

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Aircraft Operated

• C-53 (1943 – 1944)
• C-47 Skytrain (1943 – 1946, 1955 – 1956)
• L-3 Grasshopper
• C-46 Commando (1943 – 1951)
• CG-4 (1944 – 1946)
• CG-13 (1944 – 1945)
• L-5 Sentinel (1944)
• B-17 Flying Fortress (1944)
• B-24 Liberator (1944)
• L-4 Grasshopper (1945)
• C-109 (1945)
• T-6 Texan (1949 – 1950)
• T-7 Harvard (1949 – 1951)
• T-11 Kansan (1949 – 1951)
• T-28 Trojan (1953 – 1956)
• P-51 Mustang (1953 – 1954)
• T-33 Shooting Star (1953 – 1956)
• C-45 Expeditor (1954 – 1956)
• F-84 Thunderjet (1956 – 1957)
• C-119 Flying Boxcar (1958 – 1966)
• C-124 Globemaster II (1965 – 1969)
• C-141 Starlifter (1969 – 1997)
• C-5 Galaxy (1972 – Present)
• KC-10 Extender (1994 – Present)
• C-17 Globemaster III (2006 – Present)

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External links

• 349 AMW Home Page