00458945 2-6226-1 UNCLASSIFIED 2434379 01-01-1953 2434559 06-30-1953

WING/0483/TROOP CARRIER (MEDIUM)

HISTORY K-WG-483-HI 10496 N0795 74 755 48 2448057 06-14-1990 483 TROOP CARRIER WING (TCW) ACTIVATED ON 1 JAN 53 AT ASHIYA AIR BASE (AB), KYUSHU, JAPAN. COL MAURICE F. CASEY JR. SERVED AS COMMANDER OF WING. 314 TROOP CARRIER GROUP (TCG) AND 403 TCG ASSIGNED TO 483 TCW. ON 23 JUN 53, 483 TCW AIRLIFTED 187 REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM (AIRBORNE) IN C-119 AIRCRAFT FROM KYUSHU, JAPAN TO LOCATIONS K-47 AND K-16 TO BOLSTER UNITED NATIONS LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST CHINESE COMMUNIST AND NORTH KOREANS. ON 28 JUN 53, WING AIRLIFTED ELEMENTS OF 19 REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM AND 34 INFANTRY REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM TO K-1 AND K-2. WING PARTICIPATED IN SIMULATED ASSAULT EXERCISES WITH 187 REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM. 8081 AIRBORNE ARMY QUARTERMASTER UNIT BASED AT ASHIYA AB PACKED AND LOADED SUPPLIES FOR 483 TCW AIRCRAFT DROPS. 483 TCW DROPPED SUPPLIES TO 502 TACTICAL CONTROL GROUP LOCATED NEAR CHONGMONG-NI, KOREA. WING PARTICIPATED IN DEFENSE EXERCISE (OPERATION DOUBLE CROSS); OPERATIONAL TEST (CORAL SNAKE); MOBILITY EXERCISES. REPORT ON TRANSITION TRAINING IN C-119 AIRCRAFT. CHAPTER 7 REPORTS ON FLOOD WHICH HIT JAPAN ON 4 THROUGH 6 JUN 53. PRIVILEGED 483 TROOP CARRIER WING (TCW), JOINT TRAINING MISSION, 26 FEB 53 483 TCW, MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS REVIEW, JAN THROUGH JUN 53 APPENDICES INCLUDE TABLES ON PERSONNEL, AWARDS, BASE SUPPLY, TRANSPORTATION, AND AIR INSTALLATION SQUADRON. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS INCLUDE JAPANESE LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER.