00494954
6-3528
UNCLASSIFIED
2439127
01-01-1966
2439307
06-30-1966
WING/0089/MILITARY AIRLIFT
HISTORY
K318.7-89 V.1
VOL I OF II
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K3435
539
774
51
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01-08-1998
1254 AIR TRANSPORT WING (SPECIAL MISSIONS) OFFICIALLY REDESIGNATED AS 89 MILITARY AIRLIFT WING (SPECIAL MISSIONS), 7 JAN 66. COMMAND DESIGNATION CHANGED FROM MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE (MATS) TO MILITARY AIRLIFT COMMAND (MAC). C- 131H AIRCRAFT RETURNED FROM PACIFIC AIRMOTIVE, BURBANK, CA, RECONFIGURED AS A PROP-JET AIRCRAFT. PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON MADE FIRST FLIGHT IN C- 131H AIRCRAFT TO ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, 16 FEB. FIRST C-135B AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MD, 5 APR. FORMER PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER'S AIRCRAFT, VC- 121E, COLUMBINE III, WAS RETIRED FROM SERVICE AND FLOWN TO THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE MUSEUM AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OH, 20 APR. PRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFT SECURITY GUARDS WERE REASSIGNED FROM THE 89 AIR POLICE SQUADRON TO HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON SECTION, 89 MILITARY AIRLIFT WING (PRESIDENTIAL PILOTS OFFICE). C-121A AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSFERRED TO HAMILTON AIR FORCE BASE, CA, 13 MAY. CORROSION CONTROL PROGRAM INITIATED BY SUPPLY, 1 JUN. SEVEN REDESIGNATED SUBORDINATE UNITS WERE ASSIGNED TO THE 89 MILITARY AIRLIFT WING: 1298 AIR TRANSPORT SQUADRON REDESIGNATED 98 MILITARY AIRLIFT SQUADRON, 1299 AIR TRANSPORT SQUADRON REDESIGNATED 99 MILITARY AIRLIFT SQUADRON, 1254 CONSOLIDATED AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SQUADRON REDESIGNATED 89 CONSOLIDATED AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SQUADRON, 1254 AIR POLICE SQUADRON REDESIGNATED 89 AIR POLICE SQUADRON, 1254 HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON SECTION REDESIGNATED 89 HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON SECTION, 1254 TERMINAL SQUADRON REDESIGNATED 93 AIR TERMINAL SQUADRON, AND DETACHMENT 2, 1254 AIR TRANSPORT WING REDESIGNATED DETACHMENT 1, 89 MILITARY AIRLIFT WING.
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SQUADRON/0089/AIR POLICE***SQUADRON/0089/CONSOLIDATED AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE*** SQUADRON/0093/AIR TERMINAL***SQUADRON/0098/MILITARY AIRLIFT*** SQUADRON/0099/MILITARY AIRLIFT
PHOTOGRAPH, COL HARLAN C. WILDER, COMMANDER, 89 MILITARY AIRLIFT WING*** PHOTOGRAPH, COL JAMES D. GRACE, VICE COMMANDER, 89 MILITARY AIRLIFT WING*** PHOTOGRAPH, COL FRANK D. SCHWIKERT, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO COL HARLAN C. WILDER*** PHOTOGRAPH, C-121A, C-121E (COLUMBINE III), C-131H NEWLY MODIFIED JET PROP), AND C-135B AIRCRAFT
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS INCLUDE PHOTOGRAPHS AND HISTORICAL REPORTS OF SUBORDINATE SQUADRONS AND SECTIONS.