01115955
UNCLASSIFIED
2449354
01-01-1994
2449718
12-31-1994
WING/0019/AIR REFUELING
HISTORY
K-WG-REF-19-HI V.1
VOL I OF III
45999
763
846
43
2450891
03-18-1998
PROVIDED CONVENTIONAL AIR REFUELING SUPPORT TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD), AIR FORCE, AND ALLIED AIRCRAFT ON DAILY BASIS. SUPPORTED NUCLEAR FORCES UNDER SINGLE INTEGRATED OPERATIONAL PLAN (SIOP). HAD FLEXIBILITY AND CAPABILITY TO FLY CARGO AND PASSENGERS. MAINTAINED TWO EC-135 AIRCRAFT FOR UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND (USCENTCOM) AND EC-137D TO SUPPORT UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND (USSOCOM). 912 AIR REFUELING SQUADRON (AREFS) WITHOUT PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT MOVED TO 319 AIR REFUELING WING (ARW). 712 AREFS ACTIVATED ON 1 APR; FORECAST TO INACTIVATE AS 19 ARW TRANSITIONED TOWARD MERGE WITH JOINT SURVEILLANCE TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM (JOINT STARS) AND AIR COMBAT COMMAND (ACC). 19 MAINTENANCE GROUP REDESIGNATED 19 LOGISTICS GROUP AND 19 MAINTENANCE SUPPORT SQUADRON REDESIGNATED 19 LOGISTICS SUPPORT SQUADRON. 306 AREFS INACTIVATED 1 AUG 1994. 457 OPERATIONS GROUP, 457 OPERATIONS SUPPORT SQUADRON AND 11 AREFS INACTIVATED. PARTICIPATED IN FIRST INTEGRAL TANKER UNIT DEPLOYMENT (ITUD) TO EUROPEAN TANKER TASK FORCE (ETTF). 457 OPERATIONS GROUP TOOK OVER LEAD TANKER UNIT SOUTHERN WATCH DUTIES. WING PROVIDED AIR REFUELING SUPPORT TO HOWARD TANKER TASK FORCE (HTTF) AND SUPPORTED OPERATION SUPPORT HOPE, HUMANITARIAN RELIEF EFFORT FOR RWANDA. ROBINS TANKER TASK FORCE (RTTF) SET UP TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR COMBAT AND CARGO AIRCRAFT FOR OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY (HAITI). WING DEPLOYED AIRCRAFT AND CREWS TO ISTRES, FRANCE IN SUPPORT OF NATO OPERATION DENY FLIGHT. 19 ARW BEGAN THIRD PILOT PROGRAM IN MAY 1994. AIR MOBILITY COMMAND (AMC) TESTED OMNI-DIRECTIONAL, STANDARD ROLLER SYSTEM FOR LOADING CARGO INTO TANKER AIRCRAFT. 19 ARW TESTED NEW CONTOURED MOBILITY BIN (CADILLAC BIN). IMPLEMENTED BLUESUIT MAINTENANCE CONCEPT USING ACTIVE DUTY AIR FORCE AND CIVILIAN DEPOT TECHNICIANS TO ACCOMPLISH PROGRAMMED DEPOT MAINTENANCE (PDM) AND ISOCHRONAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS.
NONE
MILLER, MARTIN T.
INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS, CHARTS AND DRAWINGS.