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4 unusual facts about 443d Airlift Wing


340th Flying Training Group

With the inactivation of SAC, the wing was reassigned to Air Mobility Command on 1 June 1992 and was inactivated on 1 October 1992 as part of the general drawdown of the USAF after the Cold War ended, its components subsequently merging with collocated 443d Airlift Wing at Altus to form the 97th Air Mobility Wing.

97th Air Mobility Wing

: Activated on 1 October 1992, assuming personnel and equipment of 443d Airlift Wing

Altus Air Force Base

The Military Airlift Command (MAC) assumed command of the base from SAC and activated the 443d Military Airlift Wing (443 MAW), Training, to assume host wing responsibilities and to fly alongside the SAC aircraft that would become a tenant command at Altus.

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in Koke'e State Park

In 1943, the program had been disbanded, and the camp was used by the 443d Airlift Wing during World War II.



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