00887905
SECRET
2448258
01-01-1991
2448714
04-01-1992
DIVISION/0834/AIRLIFT
HISTORY
K-DIV-834-HI V.1
VOL I OF IV
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12-11-1992
834 AIRLIFT DIVISION (834 ALD) PERSONNEL PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS OPERATIONS AND EXERCISES DURING 1991 AND EARLY 1992, SUCH AS: OPERATION DESERT STORM, SEA ANGEL, FIERY VIGIL AIRLIFT, AND EXERCISE DEEP FREEZE. EXERCISE DEEP FREEZE INCLUDED FIRST EVER C-5 AIRCRAFT LANDING AT MCMURDO STATION IN ANTARCTICA AND FIRST C-141 AIRCRAFT HEAVY EQUIPMENT AIRDROP AT SOUTH POLE. 834 ALD CRISIS ACTION TEAM (CAT) FOR DESERT STORM WAS ACTIVATED ON 11 JAN 91 AND PARTICIPATED IN DESERT STORM UNTIL HOSTILITIES ENDED ON 27 FEB 91. 834 ALD COMMANDER (BRIG GEN JAMES F. HINKEL) SERVED AS COMMANDER OF AIRLIFT FORCES IN SAUDI ARABIA. OPERATION SEA ANGEL PROVIDED RELIEF TO VICTIMS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE IN BANGLADESH DURING LATE APR 91. 834 ALD CAT WAS REACTIVATED IN JUN 91 WHEN ORDER WAS GIVEN TO EVACUATE CLARK AIR BASE (AB) IN PHILIPPINES AFTER VOLCANIC ERUPTION OF MOUNT PINATUBO. FIERY VIGIL AIRLIFTED PERSONNEL FROM PHILIPPINES TO ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM. 834 ALD UNDERWENT FIRST QUALITY MANAGEMENT VISIT FROM MILITARY AIRLIFT COMMAND (MAC) ON 23 SEP 91. MAC ANNOUNCED IMMINENT INACTIVATION OF 834 ALD ON 10 DEC 91. PRIMARY MISSION OF 834 ALD UNTIL INACTIVATION HAD REMAINED AS MANAGEMENT OF MILITARY AIRLIFT SYSTEM WITHIN PACIFIC THEATER. 834 ALD AND ITS SUBORDINATE UNITS WERE INACTIVATED EFFECTIVE 1 APR 92, EXCEPT FOR 624 MILITARY AIRLIFT SUPPORT GROUP WHICH HAD BEEN LOST BY 834 ALD ON 15 NOV 91 AS RESULT OF EVACUATION FROM CLARK AB.
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PART OF COLLECTION FROM DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM OPERATIONS. INCLUDES CHARTS, MAPS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS.