00461974 2-8272-8 UNCLASSIFIED 2437482 07-01-1961 2437665 12-31-1961

WING/6100/SUPPORT

HISTORY K-WG-6100-HI 10908 P0181 4 655 37 2448346 03-30-1991 6000 SUPPORT WING (AT FUCHU AIR STATION, JAPAN) AND 6100 AIR BASE WING (AT TACHIKAWA AIR BASE, JAPAN) WERE CONSOLIDATED UNDER NEW OPERATIONAL CONCEPT DURING PERIOD FROM JUL THROUGH DEC 61. (CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONAL ORGANIZATION DESIGNATED AS 6100 SUPPORT WING WAS TO BE KNOWN AS KANTO BASE COMMAND OF PACIFIC AIR FORCES.) COL LEWIS B. MENG WAS ASSIGNED AS COMMANDER OF 6100 SUPPORT WING WHICH WAS STATIONED AT TACHIKAWA AIR BASE, JAPAN. MISSION OF 6100 SUPPORT WING WAS: TO FURNISH ADMINISTRATIVE AND LOGISTIC SUPPORT TO TENANT UNITS LOCATED AT ASSIGNED INSTALLATIONS (AND TO SUCH OTHER UNITS AS MIGHT BE DIRECTED BY HEADQUARTERS 5 AIR FORCE); AND TO PROVIDE COMMAND AND CONTROL OF SUBORDINATE UNITS TO INSURE THAT THEY ASSUME THEIR RESPECTIVE MISSIONS AND DISCHARGE THEIR ASSIGNED RESPONSIBILITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH 6100 SUPPORT WING DIRECTIVES. WING/6000/SUPPORT WING/6100/AIR BASE 5 AIR FORCE, FOLLOW/UP SAFETY SURVEY REPORT ON 6100 SUPPORT WING (TACHIKAWA AIR BASE, JAPAN), 14 AUG 61 6100 SUPPORT WING, GROUND ACCIDENT STATISTICS (REPORT), DEC 61 INCLUDES REVIEW OF WING SUBORDINATE UNIT AND STAFF AGENCY ACTIVITIES. ALSO INCLUDES MAP OF JAPAN AND PHOTOGRAPH OF WING COMMANDER (COL LEWIS B. MENG), AS WELL AS SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS. TITLES MODIFIED.