00466053 2-89355-1A SECRET 2438943 07-01-1965 2439126 12-31-1965

DIVISION/0313/AIR

HISTORY K-DIV-313-HI V.1 VOL 1 OF 2 11446 P0681 4 499 49 2448549 10-19-1991 33 AIR RESCUE SQUADRON (MATS) REDESIGNATED AS THE 33 AIR RECOVERY SQUADRON (MATS). HEADQUARTERS 6922 SECURITY WING (USAFSS) MOVED FROM KADENA AIR BASE OKINAWA TO CLARK AIR BASE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 6927 SECURITY SQUADRON REDESIGNATED 6927 SECURITY GROUP. KC-135 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO 4252 STRATEGIC WING REFUELING B-52 BOMBER AIRCRAFT ATTACKING VIET CONG TARGETS IN SOUTH VIETNAM. 8 JUL FOLLOWING UNITS INACTIVATED 873 TACTICAL MISSILE SQUADRON, 874 TACTICAL MISSILE SQUADRON, AND 498 MISSILE MAINTENANCE SQUADRON. 10 JUL FIRST MIG AIRCRAFT DESTROYED BY UNITED STATES PLANES IN VIETNAM WAR. 18 JUL MAJ GEN ALBERT PATTON CLARK DEPARTS BASE TO ASSUME NEW DUTIES AS VICE COMMANDER OF TACTICAL AIR COMMAND. COL JAMES W. NEWSOME INTERIM COMMANDER. BASE AIRCRAFT EVACUATED DUE TO THREATS POSED BY TYPHOONS. 31 JUL MAJ GEN JAY T. ROBBINS ASSUMES COMMAND OF DIVISION. 4252 CONSOLIDATED AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SQUADRON REDESIGNATED 4252 FIELD MAINTENANCE SQUADRON. 4252 ARMAMENT AND ELECTRONICS MAINTENANCE SQUADRON ACTIVATED. 4252 ORGANIZATIONAL MAINTENANCE SQUADRON ACTIVATED. VISIT BY JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER. PEOPLE OF OKINAWA FEARED BEING DRAGGED INTO VIETNAM WAR BY UNITED STATES. 3 C-130 AIRCRAFT CRASHES THIS REPORTING PERIOD. 9 FATALITIES. COVERS SILVER STAR RECIPIENTS AND SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA BY THE 33 AIR RECOVERY SQUADRON. LISTING OF 313 AIR DIVISION FATALITIES AND MISSING PERSONNEL. APPENDIX 6 DESCRIBES MAJOR AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS FOR THIS PERIOD. PRIVILEGED