00495458
5-4450-4
UNCLASSIFIED
2438031
01-01-1963
2438211
06-30-1963
WING/1501/AIR TRANSPORT (HEAVY)
HISTORY
K318.7-1501 V.1
VOL I OF V
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C-130E AIRCRAFT FIELD DETACHMENT TRAINING STARTED AT TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, CA, 7 JAN 62. 86 AIR TRANSPORT SQUADRON (ATS) (C-130E) AND ITS COMPANION MAINTENANCE UNIT, 1513 ORGANIZATIONAL MAINTENANCE SQUADRON, ACTIVATED 8 JAN. MISSIONS PARTICIPATED IN AND SUPPORTED INCLUDED LONG THRUST VI, TIMBERLINE, LONG THRUST VII, TITAN II, COULEE CREST, TIDAL WAVE, AND OPERATION HILL TOP. STUDY CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER A FIVE HOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT RATE COULD BE ACHIEVED AND MAINTAINED BY 1501 AIR TRANSPORT WING (ATW) C-133B AIRCRAFT. FIRST TITAN II MISSILE FLOWN BY C-133 AIRCRAFT 25 MAR. 1501 AIR TRANSPORT WING (ATW) WAS THE FIRST IN MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE TO RECEIVE AND USE THE AIR TRANSPORTABLE HYDRANT REFUELING SYSTEM. 1501 AIR TRANSPORT WING’S (ATW) FIRST C-130 E LOCKHEED HERCULES AIRCRAFT ARRIVED 4 APR. C- 130 FLIGHT SIMULATOR PROGRAMS BEGAN 3 MAY. JOINT AIRBORNE OPERATIONS DEPLOYED TO ASSIST IN AIRDROPPING PARATROOPS FROM 101 AIRBORNE DIVISION, MAY 62. SOUTHERN PACIFIC JP-4 FUELS DIRECT DELIVERY PIPELINE WENT INTO OPERATION. MISSION CHANGED SLIGHTLY TO INCLUDE ACCEPTING CUSTODY, OF CLASSES I, II, AND III PRISONERS AND CLASS IV PERSONNEL. 1501 AIR TRANSPORT WING (ATW) ENTERED 1963 SHORT ON FUNDS AS A RESULT FUNDING THE CUBAN CRISIS, THE INDIAN AIRLIFT AND THE GUAM DISASTER IN 1962. STEPS TAKEN TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM INCLUDE TERMINATION OF ALL TEMPORARY-HIRE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, REMOVAL OF VEHICLES FROM MOTOR POOL FLEET, CANCELLATION OF CUSTODIAL SERVICES AND OTHER SERVICE CONTRACTS, AND THE ELIMINATION OF THE USE OF PAPER NAPKINS, CUPS AND PLATES IN DINING HALLS. TRAINING EMPHASIZED AND DISCUSSED. C-133 AIRCRAFT, WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT, CRASHED AND BURNED NEAR THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 21L AT TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, CA, KILLING ALL NINE CREWMEMBERS ABOARD. SEVERAL AIRCRAFT INCIDENTS EXPERIENCED.
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