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Airlift and Wing
Until June 2008, Robins was also the home of the KC-135s of the 19th Air Refueling Group, when the unit was deactivated, then reactivated a month later as the 19th Airlift Wing at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas.
* 52nd Airlift Squadron ( C-130E ) ( green tail stripe-ROOS ) Transferred without personnel or equipment from the inactivated 63d Military Airlift Wing at the closing Norton AFB, California on 1 May 1994.
In mid-2003, the 15th Air Base Wing ( 15 ABW ) was converted to the 15th Airlift Wing ( 15 AW ) as it prepared to beddown and fly the Air Force's newest transport aircraft, the C-17 Globemaster III.
In July 1968, the 450th Bombardment Wing and 455th Strategic Missile Wing were inactivated, being replaced by the 5th Bombardment Wing from Travis AFB, California, when jurisdiction of Travis was assumed by the Military Airlift Command and the 91st Strategic Missile Wing from Glasgow AFB, Montana, when Glasgow was closed.
The township is home to the Air Force Reserve 911th Airlift Wing, which was established in 1943.
The 62d Airlift Wing is the primary United States Air Force active duty wing on McChord Field.
The 62d Airlift Wing is joined by its Reserve partner the 446th Airlift Wing.
* 446th Airlift Wing ( USAFR )
: The 446th Airlift Wing has 13 squadrons, four flights and 2200 Air Force Reservists and civilians supporting McChord Field's global C-17 Globemaster Ill missions-airlift, airdrop and aeromedical evacuation.
* 62nd Airlift Wing, official website
* 446 Airlift Wing, official website
The area is also home to the 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard, based in Eastern WV Regional Airport.
It is also the home base of the 445th Airlift Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command, an Air Mobility Command-gained unit which flies the C-17 Globemaster heavy airlifter.
: 445th Airlift Wing
Today the West Ramp complex operates C-17 Globemaster III transports of the Air Force Reserve Command's 445th Airlift Wing.
* 437th Military Airlift Wing provided airlift support with C-141 Starlifters
* 317th Military Airlift Wing provided airlift support with Lockheed C-130 Hercules ( Pope AFB NC ) Fort Bragg, NC

Airlift and Security
* 63d Military Airlift Wing 63rd Security Police Squadron provided airfield security support ( Norton AFB CA )
Currently, the portion of the base occupied by the Texas Air National Guard's 136th Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve Command's 301st Fighter Wing, Air Force Reserve Command's Headquarters 10th Air Force, the 610th Security Forces Squadron, Naval Air Force Reserve's Fleet Logistics Support Wing, Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 59 ( VR-59 ), Marine Aircraft Group 41 ( MAG 41 ), Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 41, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 112 ( VMFA-112 ) and Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234 ( VMGR-234 ) is still called Carswell Field.

Airlift and Squadron
In Cambridge Bay, Nunavut | Cambridge Bay, Canada in May 2009, the Mars Institute's Moon-1 HMMWV Rover waits for a C-130 Hercules from the 109th Airlift Squadron to airlift it to Resolute Bay Airport.
Homer continued his military career as a member of the U. S. Air Force Reserve, initially as a C-141 instructor pilot with the 356th Airlift Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, then subsequently as an Academy Liaison Officer, recruiting potential candidates for both the Air Force Academy and the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps.
Image: 701st Airlift Squadron. svg | 701st Airlift Squadron
C-17s from the 517th Airlift Squadron dropping 4 Humvees and airborne infantry during joint training in September 2010.
* 58th Military Airlift Squadron ( MAC ), 6 January 1966 15 August 1971
To make room for these squadrons, the 52d Airlift Squadron was inactivated, with its C-130s being transferred to the 71 RQS.
Hickam is home to the 65th Airlift Squadron which transports theater senior military leaders throughout the world in the C-37B and C-40 Clipper aircraft.
The C-17s will be flown by the 535th Airlift Squadron.
Wheeler AAF comprises approximately of land adjacent to Schofield Barracks and home to a variety of Department of Defense activities including the Defense Information Systems Agency ( DISA ), the 169th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron ( 169 ACWS ) of the Hawaii Air National Guard, the 193rd Aviation Regiment ( Medium Lift ) and Detachment 55 Operational Support Airlift ( Det 55 OSA ) of the Hawaii Army National Guard and the Regular Army's 25th Infantry Division's Combat Aviation Brigade.
The City of Herculaneum is also the " honorary " hometown of the 40th Airlift Squadron " The Screaming Eagles " from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas.
* 4th Airlift Squadron
* 7th Airlift Squadron
* 8th Airlift Squadron
* 10th Airlift Squadron
728th, and 313th Airlift Squadrons and the Reserve-unique 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron.
The first mission was flown from Udorn Royal Thai Air Base by three C-130 A Model aircraft from the 41st Tactical Airlift Squadron, Naha AB, Okinawa, Japan.
While under U. S. administration, on Thursdays a C-130 Hercules from the 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, would resupply the island on weekly missions.
Originally developed in the 1930s as a military base to allow cadets at the nearby United States Military Academy at West Point to learn aviation, it has over the years grown into the major passenger airport for the mid-Hudson region and continues to serve as a military airfield as well, currently housing the 105th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard and Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 ( VMGR-452 ) of the United States Marine Corps Reserve.

Airlift and Altus
The Military Airlift Command ( MAC ) assumed command of the base from SAC and activated the 443d Military Airlift Wing ( 443 MAW ), Training, to assume host wing responsibilities and to fly alongside the SAC aircraft that would become a tenant command at Altus.
On July 1, 2007, the Air Force Reserve Command's ( AFRC ) 433d Airlift Wing ( 433 AW ) at Lackland AFB / Kelly Field assumed responsibility for all flying training and academic training for the C-5 aircraft for all Regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard ( ANG ) aircrews, leaving the 97 AMW and Altus to concentrate on C-17 and KC-135 training for AMC, AFRC and ANG aircrews.

Airlift and AFB
In a major reorganization, Headquarters Command, U. S. Air Force, was disbanded 1 July 1976, restructured under the Military Airlift Command as the 76th Airlift Division and transferred its headquarters from Bolling AFB to Andrews.
On 1 October 1985, the 76th Airlift Division was inactivated as the result of activation of the Headquarters Air Force District of Washington at Bolling AFB.
On 12 July 1991, the 89th Military Airlift Wing was redesignated as the 89th Airlift Wing and assumed duties as the host wing at Andrews AFB.
: 189th Airlift Wing, Little Rock AFB
: 19th Airlift Wing ( C-130 ) at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas
: 62d Airlift Wing ( C-17 ) at McChord AFB, Washington
: 89th Airlift Wing ( C-20, C-32, C-37, C-40, VC-25 ) at Andrews AFB, Maryland
: 436th Airlift Wing ( C-5, C-17 ) at Dover AFB, Delaware
: 437th Airlift Wing ( C-17 ) at Charleston AFB, South Carolina
: 317th Airlift Group ( C-130 ) at Dyess AFB, Texas
The portion of the former Kelly AFB still under USAF control is now known as Lackland AFB / Kelly Field Annex and its permanently based flying units include the Air Force Reserve Command's ( AFRC ) 433d Airlift Wing, an Air Mobility Command ( AMC )- gained unit flying the C-5 Galaxy and the 149th Fighter Wing of the Texas Air National Guard, an AETC-gained unit flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
* 433d Airlift Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas
* 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
* 446th Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Washington

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