00897050 5-4695-1A CONFIDENTIAL 2437847 07-01-1962 2438182 06-01-1963

AIR FORCE LOGISTICS COMMAND

HISTORY K200-24 V.1 VOL 1 OF 2 23707 AFEO7 43 2448472 08-03-1991 ON 1 JUL 62, GEN MARK E. BRADLEY, JR, ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE AIR FORCE LOGISTICS COMMAND (AFLC), REPLACING GEN WILLIAM F. MCKEE. THE DAYTON OH AIR FORCE DEPOT, LOCATED AT GENTILE AIR FORCE STATION (AFS) OH, WAS DISCONTINUED. AIR MATERIEL FORCES, PACIFIC AREA AND EUROPEAN AREA, WERE INACTIVATED 1 JUL 62. AN AFLC LOGISTICS OFFICE WAS ESTABLISHED AT WIESBADEN, GERMANY. THE MILITARY STANDARD REQUISITIONING AND ISSUE PROCEDURE (MILSTRIP) WENT INTO EFFECT PROVIDING FOR ORDERING AND ISSUING GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES UNDER A REVISED SYSTEM UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD). PROCUREMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF) MOTION PICTURE PROGRAM WAS TRANSFERRED FROM AFLC TO MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE (MATS). THE 3079 AVIATION DEPOT WING, LOCATED AT WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE (AFB) OH WAS DISCONTINUED 1 JUL 62. THE 7 AND 19 LOGISTICS SUPPORT SQUADRONS WERE REASSIGNED FROM THE 3079 AVIATION DEPOT WING TO THE NEWLY ORGANIZED 39 LOGISTICS SUPPORT GROUP. PROJECT MINT (MATERIEL IDENTIFICATION AND NEW ITEM CONTROL TECHNIQUES) BECAME OPERATIONAL AT ALL AIR FORCE AIR MATERIEL AREAS AND THE 3709 AIR FORCE VEHICLE CONTROL GROUP ON 1 SEP 62. ON 1 NOV 62 AFLC TRANSFERRED ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF) BURTONWOOD, ENGLAND; SAINT MIHIEL AMMUNITION STORAGE AREA, FRANCE; MORBACK AMMUNITION STORAGE AREA, GERMANY; AND RAF WELFORD, ENGLAND, TO UNITED STATES AIR FORCES IN EUROPE (USAFE). ON 1 APR 63, AIR PROCUREMENT REGIONS, EUROPE AND FAR EAST, WERE PLACED DIRECTLY UNDER HEADQUARTERS AFLC. ON 9 MAY 63, AFLC ESTABLISHED PROJECT LIBERTY BELL, ASKING AIR MATERIEL AREA COMMANDERS TO GIVE INCREASED MANAGEMENT ATTENTION TO THE DISPOSITION PROGRAM. THERE ARE NO FRAME NUMBERS SHOWN ON MICROFILM NOR DOCUMENT TO ROLL INDEX. THIS DOCUMENT APPEARS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE REEL.