00462059 2-7257-3 UNCLASSIFIED 2435840 01-01-1957 2436020 06-30-1957

WING/6101/AIR BASE

HISTORY K-WG-6101-HI 10919 P0192 699 937 48 2448346 03-30-1991 5 AIR FORCE COMMANDER, LT GEN FREDERIC H. SMITH JR, ANNOUNCED MOVE OF 5 AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS TO FUCHU AIR STATION NEAR TOKYO, JAPAN. SINCE 6101 AIR BASE WING (ABW) WAS HOUSEKEEPER FOR 5 AIR FORCE, WING PARTICIPATED IN MOVE OF HEADQUARTERS. FAR EAST AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS TO MOVE TO HAWAII BY 1 JUL 57. COL DAVID L. LEWIS ASSUMED COMMAND OF 6101 ABW ON 26 FEB 57, REPLACING COL MARVIN M. HARVEY WHO RETURNED TO UNITED STATES. KOMAKI AIR BASE ATTRACTED 60,000 PERSONS ON ARMED FORCES DAY HELD 18 MAY 57. 6101 ABW INACTIVATED EFFECTIVE 25 JUN 57. 39 TACTICAL INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON BASED AT KOMAKI AIR BASE (AB) UNDER TACTICAL CONTROL OF 41 AIR DIVISION. 9 FIGHTER BOMBER SQUADRON ARRIVED AT KOMAKI AB FROM TAEGU, KOREA ON 12 DEC 57. 5 EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FLIGHT DEPLOYED TO CHIAYI, TAIWAN AS PART OF OPERATION INVOLVING AN ENTIRE FIGHTER BOMBER WING DURING EVACUATION OF TACHEN ISLANDS. NONE GROUP/6101/AIR BASE GROUP/6101/MAINTENANCE AND SUPPLY SQUADRON/6040/AIR BASE SQUADRON/0849/AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING BAND/0748/AIR FORCE 6101 AIR BASE GROUP (ABG), REORGANIZATION AND REDESIGNATION OF UNITS, 28 JUN 57 FAR EAST AIR FORCE, GENERAL ORDER NO. 41, DISCONTINUANCE OF UNITS, 28 JUN 57 SUBORDINATE UNIT HISTORIES. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS INCLUDE PHOTOGRAPHS OF PERSONNEL, AIRCRAFT, AND FACILITIES.