00882865 SECRET 2448120 08-16-1990 2448367 04-20-1991 2448400 05-23-1991

WING/1630/TACTICAL AIRLIFT (PROVISIONAL)

K300.04-58 26341 340 740 37 2448737 04-24-1992 EXPANDED CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY OF 1630 TACTICAL AIRLIFT WING (PROVISIONAL). STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO SUPPLEMENT WEEKLY CONTINGENCY HISTORIES OF WING. CONTAINS INFORMATION REGARDING FORMATION OF WING AND ACTIVITIES OF WING WHICH WAS LARGEST TACTICAL AIRLIFT WING IN DESERT SHIELD/STORM OPERATION AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (AOR). DEPLOYED LOCATION OF WING WAS AT AL AIN AIR BASE (AB), UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. WING WAS DESIGNATED AND ACTIVATED ON 1 NOV 90 WHEN IT ABSORBED EXISTING ACTIVE DUTY AND AIR NATIONAL GUARD UNITS OF 435 TACTICAL AIRLIFT WING (DEPLOYED). COL STEVEN R. HANNAH HAD BEEN REPLACED BY COL JOHN R. WINGFIELD, III AS WING COMMANDER EFFECTIVE 11 SEP 90, AND AL AIN AB HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED AS OF 24 AUG 90. MISSION OF WING WAS TO CONDUCT TACTICAL AIRLIFT OPERATIONS AND TACTICAL MEDICAL AIR EVACUATION SUPPORT FOR UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND AIR FORCES (CENTAF) WITHIN DESERT SHIELD/STORM AOR AS DIRECTED BY CENTAF AND SUBORDINATE COMMAND ECHELONS OF MILITARY AIRLIFT COMMAND. WING TRANSPORTED ONE/THIRD OF ALL CARGO MOVED BY C-130 AIRCRAFT IN AOR. WESTWARD FLANKING MOVEMENT SUPPORT PROVIDED BY WING AT AL AIN AND AT WING FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION WAS MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO ALLIED COALITION VICTORY AGAINST IRAQ IN PERSIAN GULF WAR OF 1991. FOUO ORCON/OTHER HISTORY OF AIRLIFT IN THE DESERT: CIRCUMVENTING THE IRAQIS 1630 TACTICAL AIRLIFT WING, AFTER ACTION REPORT: FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION (KING FADH AIR BASE, SAUDI ARABIA), 18 TO 31 JAN 91 1630 TACTICAL AIRLIFT WING, AFTER ACTION REPORT: AL AIN AIR BASE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (EXTRACT) SPECIAL STUDY OF 1630 TACTICAL AIRLIFT WING (PROVISIONAL) FOR DESERT SHIELD/STORM OPERATIONS. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS OF PERSONNEL, AIRCRAFT, AND FACILITIES, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS 1 THROUGH 31, SUCH AS: SPECIAL ORDERS, SLIDES, SPECIFICATION SHEET, MAPS, INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT, DEPLOYMENT CHRONOLOGY, LISTINGS OF MISSIONS AND PERSONNEL, NAVIGATIONAL CHART, ARTICLES, HISTORICAL BASE DEVELOPMENT DRAWINGS, REPORTS, AND DEPLOYMENT DATA AND FLIGHT TABLES.