349th Air Mobility Wing
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The 349th Air Mobility Wing (349 AMW) is the largest associate reserve wing
Wing (air force unit)
Wing is a term used by different military aviation forces for a unit of command. The terms wing, group or Staffel are used for different-sized units from one country or service to another....

 in the United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

. In partnership with its active duty host wing, the 60th Air Mobility Wing
60th Air Mobility Wing
The 60th Air Mobility Wing is the host unit at Travis Air Force Base in California. It is the largest air mobility organization in the United States Air Force and is responsible for strategic airlift and aerial refueling missions around the world...

 (60 AMW) the 349 AMW flies, maintains and supports the C-5 Galaxy
C-5 Galaxy
The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft built by Lockheed. It provides the United States Air Force with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsize and oversize cargos, including all air-certifiable cargo. The Galaxy has many...

, KC-10 Extender
KC-10 Extender
The McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender is the military adaptation of the three-engined DC-10 airliner for the United States Air Force . The KC-10 incorporates military-specific equipment for its primary roles of transport and aerial refueling. It was developed to supplement the KC-135 Stratotanker...

, C-17 Globemaster III
C-17 Globemaster III
The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. Developed for the United States Air Force from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas, the C-17 is used for rapid strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases throughout...

. Both wings are located at Travis Air Force Base
Travis Air Force Base
Travis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force air base under the operational control of the Air Mobility Command , located three miles east of the central business district of Fairfield, in Solano County, California, United States. The base is named for Brigadier General Robert F...

, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, the only Air Force Base to house these three major air mobility airframes.

Mission

The 349th Air Mobility Wing (Reserve), located at Travis Air Force Base, California, is the largest associate wing in the United States Air Force Reserve. 349th AMW personnel fly the C-5 Galaxy, C-17 Globemaster III and KC-10 Extender. The missions of the wing's aircrews include airlifting personnel and material worldwide as well as aerial refueling a wide variety of aircraft.

The 349th AMW is also home to the 349th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, responsible for treating patients during medical airlift; the 349th Airlift Control Flight, tasked to enter austere locations and prepare for USAF aircraft arrival; and the 349th Medical Squadron, capable of providing hospital services worldwide, in a contingency environment.
The mission of the 349th AMW is to "provide combat ready Airmen and expeditionary support to the war fighter." This makes the wing responsible for training almost 3,500 Reservists who, in turn, work side-by-side their active duty counterparts in the 60th AMW, also stationed at Travis.

The 349 AMW main mission is to provide combat ready Airmen and expeditionary support to the war fighter.

Commanders

Wing Unit Commander
349th AMW/CC Wing Col. John (Jay) C. Flournoy, Jr.
349th AMW/CV Vice Wing Colonel John Williams
349th OG/CC Operations Group Colonel Albert V. Lupenski
349th MXG/CC Maintenance Group Colonel Melvin J. Giddings, Jr.
349th MSG/CC Mission Support Group Colonel Nancy Brooks
349th MDG/CC Medical Group Colonel Kurt P. Lambert

Units

349th Wing Staff
  • Financial Management
  • Military Equal Opportunity
  • Judge Advocate
  • Safety
  • Public Affairs
  • History
  • Chaplain
  • Performance Planner


349th Operations Group
349th Operations Group
The 349th Operations Group is a United States Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 349th Air Mobility Wing. The unit is stationed at Travis Air Force Base, California.The 349 OG controls all operational flying squadrons of the 349 AW....

 (349 OG)
  • 70th Air Refueling Squadron
    70th Air Refueling Squadron
    The 70th Air Refueling Squadron is part of the 349th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, California. It operates the KC-10 Extender aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions as the reserve associate to the 60th Air Mobility Wing....

     (70 ARS)
  • 79th Air Refueling Squadron
    79th Air Refueling Squadron
    The 79th Air Refueling Squadron is a unit part of the USAF, belonging to the 349th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, California...

     (79 ARS)
  • 301st Airlift Squadron
    301st Airlift Squadron
    The 301st Airlift Squadron is part of the 349th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, California. It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft providing global airlift.-History:...

     (301 AS)
  • 312th Airlift Squadron
    312th Airlift Squadron
    The 312th Airlift Squadron is part of the 349th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, California. It operates C-5 Galaxy aircraft providing strategic, global airlfit.-History:...

     (312 AS)
  • 349th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (349 AES)
  • 349th Operations Support Flight (349 OSF)
  • 349th Air Mobility Operations Flight (349 AMOF)


349th Maintenance Group (349 MXG)
  • 349th Maintenance Squadron (349 MXS)
  • 349th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (349 AMXS)
  • 749th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (749 AMXS)
  • 349th Maintenance Operations Flight (349 MOF)
  • 945th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (945 AMXS)


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 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)
  • 23rd Combat Communications Squadron (23 CBCS)


349th Medical Group (349 MDG)
  • 349th Aerospace Medicine Squadron (349 AMDS)
  • 349th Aeromedical Staging Squadron (349 ASTS)
  • 349th Medical Squadron (349 MDS)


History

See the 349th Operations Group
349th Operations Group
The 349th Operations Group is a United States Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 349th Air Mobility Wing. The unit is stationed at Travis Air Force Base, California.The 349 OG controls all operational flying squadrons of the 349 AW....

 for additional history and lineage

349th AMW HISTORY

November 1943 - 349th Troop Carrier Group activated at Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri. The 349th TCG had five troop carrier squadrons assigned, including what is now the 312th Airlift Squadron, which is still assigned to the 349th.

March 1944 - 349th sent to European Theater to fly combat cargo missions in the C-46 Commandos. The 349th closed out its active duty in 1946 by training Chinese troops at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas.

June 27, 1949 - 349th activated at Hamilton Air Force Base, California, and assigned to Fourth Air Force. The "Golden Gate Wing" didn't serve during the Korean conflict as a unit - rather its members and equipment supplemented other wings that weren't up to combat strength.

May 26, 1952 - 349th reorganized as a fighter-bomber wing, and remained as such until 1957, when it was converted to a troop carrier wing.

April 1, 1958 - Daily administration of the 349th shifted from the active duty Air Force to the Air Reserve Technician Program.

October 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis -- Golden Gate Wing called to active duty and served for one month to airlift men and supplies to and from the Florida area. Only four hours after the first call to report for duty was made, 95% of the wing's flying personnel had checked in and were ready to move. This, more than any other single incident, proved the value of the Air Force Reserve "Ready Now" concept and the wing's motto, "In Omnia Paratus," "In all things prepared."

June 1, 1966 - Gaining command name was change to Military Airlift Command and conversion to the C-124 "Globemaster" was started.

Jan. 26, 1968 - 349th recalled to active duty for the Vietnam War, and many hundreds of tons of cargo were carried across the Pacific. Upon deactivation in 1969, the 349th moved to Travis Air Force Base, California, and became the second "associate" Wing in MAC.

1990 - 1991 - During the Persian Gulf War, more than 1,750 people from selected units were activated for service.

Feb. 1, 1992 - 349th re-designated the 349th Airlift Wing.

September 1994 - The KC-10 "Extender" tanker mission was added to the 349th and the wing became an "Air Mobility Wing."

December 1997 - The C-141 "Starlifter" was inactivated at Travis. The 349th AMW now flies the C-5 and KC-10.

October 2002 - The wing is reorganized with the 349th Support Group name change to 349th Mission Support Group in addition to the 349th Logistics Readiness Squadron being constituted and assigned to the renamed group. The 349th also has the redefinition of the 349th Logistics Group to 349th Maintenance Group; 349th Logistics Support Squadron to 349th Maintenance Operations Flight; 349th Aircraft Generation Squadron to 349th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron; 749th Aircraft Generation Squadron to 749th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron; and the 349th Component Repair Squadron to the 349th Component Maintenance Squadron.

January 2004 - Then wing was rewarded for its efforts in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Noble Eagle by having earned its ninth Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. It was awarded with "Valor" for the period Aug. 1, 2002 through Aug. 15, 2003.

May 2006 - The 301st Airlift Squadron converted from the C-5 to the C-17 and on June 25, 2006, the 945th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was activated to support the Globemaster III.

August 2006 - The C-17 "Globemaster III" arrives at Travis. The wing and its host will be the only units in the country to fly three major weapons systems. On May 25, 2006, the 301st Airlift Squadron converted from the C-5 to the C-17 and on June 25, 2006, the 945th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was activated to support the Globemaster III.

June 25, 2006 - the 945th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was activated to support the Globemaster III.

February 2009 - the 349th Component Maintenance Squadron and the 349th Equipment Maintenance Squadron convert into one and are redesignated to the 349th Maintenance Squadron.

September 2009 - the 349th earned the 2009 Airlift Tanker Association Gen. James E. Sherrard III award (newly created) for best AFRC unit.

October 2009 - the 349th Communications Squadron is inactivated.

January 2010 - the 349th earns 15th Air Force Outstanding Unit Award.

January 8, 2011 - 349th Mission Support Squadron is redesignated to the 349th Force Support Squadron.

Lineage

  • Established as 349th Troop Carrier Wing, Medium on 10 May 1949
Activated in the Reserve on 27 June 1949
Ordered to active service on 1 April 1951
Inactivated on 2 April 1951
  • Redesignated 349th Fighter-Bomber Wing on 26 May 1952.
Activated in the Reserve on 13 June 1952
Redesignated 349th Troop Carrier Wing, Medium on 1 September 1957
Ordered to active service on 28 October 1962
Relieved from active duty on 28 November 1962
Redesignated 349th Military Airlift Wing on 1 June 1966
Ordered to active service on 26 January 1968
Relieved from active duty on 1 June 1969
Redesignated: 349th Military Airlift Wing (Associate) on 25 July 1969
Redesignated: 349th Airlift Wing (Associate) on 1 February 1992
Redesignated: '349th Air Mobility Wing (Associate) on 1 July 1994
Redesignated: 349th Air Mobility Wing on 1 October 1994.

Assignments

  • Fourth Air Force
    Fourth Air Force
    The Fourth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve . It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California....

    , 27 June 1949-2 April 1951
  • Fourth Air Reserve District, 13 June 1952
  • Fourth Air Force
    Fourth Air Force
    The Fourth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve . It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California....

    , 1 December 1952
  • Sixth Air Force Reserve Region, 1 September 1960
  • Twelfth Air Force, 28 October 1962

  • Sixth Air Force Reserve Region, 28 November 1962
  • Twenty-Second Air Force
    Twenty-Second Air Force
    Twenty-Second Air Force is a Numbered Air Force component of Air Force Reserve Command . It was activated on 1 July 1993 and is headquartered at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia....

    , 26 January 1968
  • Sixth Air Force Reserve Region, 2 June 1969
  • Western Air Force Reserve Region, 31 December 1969
  • Fourth Air Force
    Fourth Air Force
    The Fourth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve . It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California....

    , 8 October 1976–present


Components

Groups
  • 349th Troop Carrier (later, Fighter-Bomber; Troop Carrier; Operations) Group: 27 June 1949-2 April 1951; 13 June 1952-14 April 1959; 1 August 1992–present
  • 921st Military Airlift Group: 26 January 1968-2 June 1969 (not operational, 1 August 1968-1 June 1969)
  • 938th Military Airlift Group: 11 February 1963-1 July 1973 (not operational, 29 March 1968-1 June 1969; detached 25 July-14 December 1969)
  • 939th Troop Carrier (later, Tactical Airlift; Military Airlift) Group: 11 February 1963-26 January 1968; 15 June 1969-1 July 1973 (detached 25 July-14 December 1969)
  • 940th Troop Carrier (later, 940 Air Transport; 940 Military Airlift) Group: 11 February 1963-26 January 1968
  • 941st Troop Carrier (later, 941 Air Transport; 941 Military Airlift) Group: 11 February 1963-25 July 1969 (not operational, 1 August 1968-21 May 1969)
  • 944th Military Airlift Group: 25 July 1969-1 July 1973 (detached 25 July-14 December 1969)


Squadrons
  • 67th Military Airlift Squadron: attached 1 August 1968-1 June 1969
  • 97th Troop Carrier Squadron: 14 April 1959-11 February 1963; attached 1 August 1968-21 May 1969
  • 301st Military Airlift Squadron: 1 July 1973-1 August 1992
  • 312th Military Airlift Squadron: 14 April 1959-11 February 1963; attached 29 March 1968-1 June 1969; assigned 1 July 1973-1 August 1992
  • 313th Troop Carrier Squadron: 14 April 1959-11 February 1963
  • 314th Troop Carrier Squadron: 14 April 1959-11 February 1963
  • 708th Airlift Squadron
    708th Airlift Squadron
    The 708th Airlift Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 349th Operations Group, stationed at Travis Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 30 September 1996.-History:...

    : 1 July 1973-1 August 1992
  • 710th Military Airlift Squadron: 1 July 1973-1 August 1992
  • 733d Troop Carrier Squadron: 28 October-28 November 1962
  • 8649th Replacement Training Squadron: attached (and further attached to 349 Fighter-Bomber Group), 20 August 1954-6 February 1956.

Stations

  • Hamilton AFB, California, 27 June 1949-2 April 1951; 13 June 1952
  • Travis AFB, California, 25 July 1969–present

Aircraft

  • C-46 Commando
    C-46 Commando
    The Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando was a transport aircraft originally derived from a commercial high-altitude airliner design. It was instead used as a military transport during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces as well as the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps under the designation R5C...

    , 1949–1951; 1952–1958
  • F-51 Mustang, 1953–1954
  • F-80 Shooting Star, 1953–1956
  • F-84 Thunderjet
    F-84 Thunderjet
    The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces proposal for a "day fighter", the F-84 flew in 1946...

    , 1956–1957
  • C-119 Flying Boxcar
    C-119 Flying Boxcar
    The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar was an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute...

    , 1958–1968

  • C-124 Globemaster II
    C-124 Globemaster II
    The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shakey", was a heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California....

    , 1965–1969
  • C-141 Starlifter
    C-141 Starlifter
    The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter was a military strategic airlifter in service with the Air Mobility Command of the United States Air Force...

    , 1969–1998
  • C-5 Galaxy
    C-5 Galaxy
    The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft built by Lockheed. It provides the United States Air Force with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsize and oversize cargos, including all air-certifiable cargo. The Galaxy has many...

    , 1972–present
  • KC-10 Extender
    KC-10 Extender
    The McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender is the military adaptation of the three-engined DC-10 airliner for the United States Air Force . The KC-10 incorporates military-specific equipment for its primary roles of transport and aerial refueling. It was developed to supplement the KC-135 Stratotanker...

    , 1994–present
  • C-17 Globemaster III
    C-17 Globemaster III
    The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. Developed for the United States Air Force from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas, the C-17 is used for rapid strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases throughout...

    , 2007–present

Expeditions

  • Vietnam War
    Vietnam War
    The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...

  • Operation Just Cause
  • Operation Allied Force
    Operation Allied Force
    The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was NATO's military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. The strikes lasted from March 24, 1999 to June 10, 1999...

  • Operation Desert Fox
    Operation Desert Fox
    The December 1998 bombing of Iraq was a major four-day bombing campaign on Iraqi targets from December 16–19, 1998 by the United States and United Kingdom...

  • Operation Joint Endeavor
  • Operation Keiko Lift
  • Operation Peace Shield
  • Operation Phoenix Banner
  • Operation Phoenix Dagger
  • Operation Phoenix Onyx
  • Operation Phoenix Perch

  • Operation Phoenix Sapphire
  • Operation Phoenix Scorpion
  • Operation Southern Watch
    Operation Southern Watch
    Operation Southern Watch was an operation conducted by Joint Task Force Southwest Asia with the mission of monitoring and controlling airspace south of the 32nd Parallel in Iraq, following the 1991 Gulf War until the 2003 invasion of Iraq.-Summary:Operation Southern Watch began on 27 August 1992...

  • Operation Uphold Democracy
    Operation Uphold Democracy
    Operation Uphold Democracy was an intervention designed to remove the military regime installed by the 1991 Haitian coup d'état that overthrew the elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide...

  • Operation Vigilant Warrior
    Operation Vigilant Warrior
    Operation Vigilant Warrior was a military operation from 8 October 1994 to 15 December 1994 by the United States in response to two divisions of Iraqi Republican Guard troops moving toward the Kuwaiti border...

  • Operation Desert Shield
  • Operation Desert Storm
    Gulf War
    The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...

  • Operation Noble Eagle
    Operation Noble Eagle
    Operation Noble Eagle is the name given to military operations related to homelandsecurity and support to federal, state, and local agencies...

  • Operation Enduring Freedom
  • Operation Unified Assistance
    Operation Unified Assistance
    Operation Unified Assistance is the name of the United States military's response to the tsunami of 2004.-Overview:On 28 December, the first elements of the Combined Support Force were deployed to Utapao, Thailand following that country's approval of the use of that base.More than 12,600...

  • Operation Iraqi Freedom
  • Joint Task Force Katrina
    Joint Task Force Katrina
    Joint Task Force Katrina was 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. The operation was...



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