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Air Force Accounts Index:

  • Brief History of the 502nd Tactical Group
  • Major Air Commands
  • US Air Force Units in the Korean War
  • Air Force Hospitals, Dispensaries, and Infirmaries - 1954 

Brief History of the 502nd Tactical Group

[Note from KWE - This information was supplied to The Korean War Educator by Fred Gorsek. He received the information from Maxwell AFB Historical section. Be sure to visit the Maxwell Air Force Base web site. It is outstanding!]

Argent

Argent, a disk Sable divided into five concentric rings and eight segments by division lines Vert, in dexter chief on and over the disk an aircraft Gules fimbriated of the first, in base on the disk a radar screen of the like and second mounted on a mountainWhite and of the third, a lightning flash pointed at both ends Or outlined in Black forming an increscent on and over the edge of the disk. Submitted for approval in February 1953 and approved on August 25, 1953.

At the beginning of the Korean War, the U. S. Air Force's only tactical control group was the 502nd at Pope AFB, NC. To meet the emergency in the theater, the Fifth Air Force organized the 6132nd Tactical Air Control Squadron (later, Group), which established a full-scale Tactical Air Control Center (TACC) at Taegu, South Korea, on July 23, 1950.

Less than three months later, the 502nd moved to Korea and in October 1950, replaced the 6132nd in the mission of directing tactical air operations in Korea. Through its 605th Tactical Control Squadron, the group operated the TACC and worked with the U. S. Army in a Joint Operations Center (JOC). Other squadrons operated tactical air direction centers (TADC), which used stationary and mobile radar and communications equipment to guide aircraft on close air support missions. The group also deployed tactical air control parties (TACP), which accompanied ground units to communicate with USAF strike aircraft. The TACPs followed advancing UN troops into North Korea in October and November 1950, but the Chinese Communist offensive soon overran several of them. The 502nd headquarters and the TACC, which operated at Seoul in November and part of December, were forced to return to Taegu at the end of the year. During the spring and summer of 1951, the 502nd directed night bombing of enemy targets, including troop concentrations, supply dumps, and motor convoys. As UN ground forces drove the enemy back across the 38th parallel, the group, TACC, and JOC returned to Seoul in June. In October, the 502nd set up a communications station 100 miles behind enemy lines on Cho-do (Cho Island), three miles off the North Korean coast. From this location the detachment guided UN fighters against enemy airplanes in MiG Alley, bombers against strategic targets along the Yalu River, and search and rescue aircraft toward survivors who had ditched at sea. On June 6, 1952, the 502nd was instrumental in the destruction of nine MiG-15 aircraft through highly effective control procedures to maneuver F-86 Sabres into attack positions. The following month, the 502nd guided warplanes in devastating attacks on enemy troop formations, which blunted communist offensives until the Korean truce in July 1953.

Mission Components

 

  • 605th Tactical Control Squadron: duration.
  • 606th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron: duration.
  • 607th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron: duration.
  • 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron: November 2, 1951-.
  • 6132d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron: October 9, 1950-November 2, 1951.
  • 1st Shoran Beacon Unit (later, Squadron): attached September 27-December 1, 1950 and September 6, 1952- .

Stations

6132nd Station:

  • Taegu, South Korea, July 23, 1950
  • Pohang, South Korea, July 28, 1950
  • Pusan, South Korea, July 30, 1950
  • Taegu, South Korea, September 24-October 10, 1950.

502nd Station:

  • Pusan, South Korea, September 24, 1950
  • Taegu, South Korea, October 3, 1950
  • Seoul, South Korea, October 11, 1950
  • Taegu, South Korea, December 20, 1950
  • Seoul, South Korea, June 15, 1951- .

Commanders

  • 6132nd: Unknown.
  • 502nd:
    • Col. William P. McBride, -February 18, 1951
    • Col. Henry Riera, February 18, 1951
    • Col. Francis R. Delaney, May 3, 1952
    • Col. Ernest J. White, Jr., July 25, 1952
    • Col. Hugh C. Moore, June 15, 1953- .

Campaign Streamers

  • 6132nd:
    • UN Defensive
    • UN Offensive.

502nd:

  • UN Offensive
  • CCF Intervention
  • First UN Counteroffensive
  • CCF Spring Offensive
  • UN Summer-Fall Offensive
  • Second Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
  • Third Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer 1953

Decorations

  • Two Distinguished Unit Citations for actions November 3, 1950-April 21, 1951 and May 1-November 30, 1952.
  • Three Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations for periods September 16, 1950-January 25, 1951, January 25, 1951-March 31, 1953, and October 1, 1952-July 27, 1953 .

Fred Gorsek
5th Air Force502nd TCG
605th TCS
Air Police assigned to them July 1952---July 1953

Major Air Commands

[KWE Note: This list is taken from the Appendix of The United States Air Force in Korea 1950-1953 by Robert Frank Futrell.

Far East Forces

Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer - 21 May 1951

Lt. Gen. Earle E. Partridge - 21 May 1951-1 June 1951

Gen. Otto P. Weyland - 10 June 1951

Fifth Air Force Commanders

  • Lt. Gen. Earle E. Partridge - 21 May 1951
  • Maj. Gen. Edward J. Timberlake, Jr. - 21 May 1951-June 1951
  • Lt. Gen. Frank F. Everest - 1 June 1951-30 May 1952
  • Lt. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus - 30 May 1952-31 May 1953
  • Lt. Gen. Samuel E. Anderson - 21 May 1953

Fifth Air Force Vice Commanders

  • Maj. Gen. Edward J. Timberlake, Jr. - 18 June 1951
  • Brig. Gen. Delmar T. Spivey - 6 August 1950-1 December 1950
  • Brig. Gen. James Ferguson - 18 June 1951-26 January 1952
  • Brig. Gen. Dudley D. Hale - 26 January 1952-23 September 1952
  • Brig. Gen. Edward H. Underhill - 23 Sept. 1952

Thirteenth Air force

  • Maj. Gen. Howard M. Turner - 15 October 1951
  • Maj. Gen. Ernest Moore - 16 October 1951-October 1952
  • Brig. Gen. John W. Sessums, Jr. - 10 October 1952

Twentieth Air Force

  • Maj. Gen. Alvan C. Kincaid - 31 July 1950
  • Maj. Gen. Ralph F. Stearley - 31 July 1950-13 January 1953
  • Brig. Gen. Robert W.C. Wimsatt - 14 January 1953-7 February 1953
  • Brig. Gen. Fay R. Upthegrove - 8 February 1953

FEAMCom and FEALogFor

  • Brig. Gen. John P. Doyle - 10 June 1952
  • Maj. Gen. Paul E. Ruestow - 10 June 1952

314th Air Division & Japan Air Defense Force

  • Maj. Gen. Delmar T. Spivey - 1 December 1950-20 January 1953
  • Maj. Gen. Roy H. Lynn - 20 January 1953

FEAF Bomber Command (Provisional)

  • Maj. Gen. Emmett O’Donnell, Jr. - 8 July 1950-10 January 1951
  • Brig. Gen. James E. Briggs - 10 January 1951-23 May 1951
  • Brig. Gen. Robert H. Terrill - 23 May 1951-30 September 1951
  • Brig. Gen. Joe W. Kelly - 30 Sept. 1951-15 March 1952
  • Brig. Gen. Wiley D. Ganey - 15 March 1952-5 October 1952
  • Brig. Gen. William P. Fisher - 5 October 1952-15 June 1953
  • Brig. Gen. Richard H. Carmichael - 15 June 1953

FEAF Combat Cargo Command (Provisional) and 315th Air Division (Combat Cargo)

  • Maj. Gen. William H. Tunner - 26 August 1950-8 February 1951
  • Brig. Gen. John P. Henebry - 8 February 1951-26 February 1952
  • Col. Cecil H. Childre - 26 February 1952-10 April 1952
  • Maj. Gen. Chester E. McCarty - 10 April 1952

Tactical Air Wing Commanders 3rd Bombardment Wing (Light)

  • Col. Thomas B. Hall - 14 August 1950
  • Col. Virgil L. Zoller - 14 August 1950-23 August 1950
  • Col. Donald L. Clark - 23 August 1950-1 December 1950
  • Col. Virgil L. Zoller - 1 December 1950-24 July 1951
  • Col. Nils O. Ohman - 24 July 1951-4 March 1952
  • Col. Marshall R. Gray - 4 March 1952-14 August 1952
  • Col. Eugene B. LeBailly - 14 August 1952

4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing

  • Brig. Gen. George F. Smith - 31 May 1951
  • Col. Herman A. Schmid - 31 May 1951-1 November 1951
  • Col. Harrison R. Thyng - 1 November 1951-2 October 1952
  • Col. Charles W. King - 2 October 1952-11 November 1952
  • Col. James K. Johnson - 11 November 1952

8th Fighter-Bomber Wing

  • Col. John M. Price - 9 December 1950
  • Col. Charles W. Stark - 9 December 1950-7 April 1951
  • Col. James B. Tipton - 7 April 1951-March 1952
  • Col. Raymond K. Gallagher - March 1952-23 January 1953
  • Col. James J. Stone, Jr. - 24 January 1953-29 May 1953
  • Col. William E. Elder - 29 May 1953

17th Bombardment Wing (Light)

  • Col. Albert W. Fletcher - 10 May 1952-3 June 1952
  • Col. Glenn C. Nye - 3 June 1952-7 October 1952
  • Col. William C. Lindley, Jr. - 7 October 1952-10 October 1952
  • Col. Clinton C. Wasem - 10 October 1952

18th Fighter-Bomber Wing

  • Col. Curtis R. Low - 30 November 1950-1 February 1951
  • Brig. Gen. Turner C. Rogers - 1 February 1951-2 February 1952
  • Col. Ernest G. Ford - 2 February 1952-7 March 1952
  • Col. William H. Clark - 7 March 1952-1 January 1953
  • Col. Frank S. Perego - 1 January 1953-15 June 1953
  • Col. John C. Edwards - 15 June 1953-5 July 1953
  • Col. Maurice L. Martin - 5 July 1953

27th Fighter-Escort Wing

  • Col. Ashley B. Packard - 1 May 1951
  • Col. Raymond F. Rudell - 1 May 1951

35th Fighter-Interceptor Wing

  • Col. Virgil L. Zoller - 14 August 1950
  • Col. Thomas B. Hall - 14 August 1950-1 December 1950
  • Col. Frederic C. Gray - 1 December 1950-17 February 1951
  • Col. Brooks A. Lahon - 18 February 1951-12 May 1951
  • (Transferred to Japan Air Defense Force)

49th Fighter-Bomber Wing

  • Col. Jack S. Jenkins - 1 December 1950
  • Col. Aaron W. Tyer - 1 December 1950-31 August 1951
  • Col. Joe L. Mason - 1 September 1951-31 January 1952
  • Col. David T. McKnight - 1 February 1952-August 1952
  • Col. Robert J. Rogers - August 1952-1 April 1953
  • Col. William W. Ingenhutt - 1 April 1953-April 1953
  • Col. Edwin A. doss - April 1953

58th Fighter-Bomber Wing

  • Col. Victor W. Warford - 10 July 1952-1 July 1953
  • Col. Joseph Davis, Jr. - 1 July 1953

67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing

  • Col. Karl L. Polifka - 25 February 1951-1 July 1951
  • Col. Bert N. Smiley - 2 July 1951-4 July 1951
  • Col. Vincent W. Howard - 4 July 1951
  • Col. Edwin S. Chickering - 31 October 1951-13 August 1952
  • Col. Russell A. Berg - 13 August 1952-July 1953
  • Col. Charles E. Knierim - July 1953

136th Fighter-Bomber Wing

  • Col. Albert C. Prendergast - 5 November 1951
  • Col. Alfred G. Lambert, Jr. - 5 November 1951-10 November 1951
  • Col. James B. Buck - 10 November 1951-9 July 1952

452nd Bombardment Wing (Light)

  • Brig. Gen. Luther W. Sweetser, Jr. - 10 May 1951
  • Col. Brooks A. Lawhon - 12 May 1951-September 1951
  • Col. Reginald lJ. Clizbe - September 1951-February 1952
  • Col. Albert W. Fletcher - February 1952-10 May 1952

474th Fighter-Bomber Wing

  • Col. William W. Ingenhutt - 10 July 1952-1 April 1953

6002nd Tactical Support Wing

  • Col. Curtis R. Low - 1 August 1950-1 December 1950

6131st Tactical Support Wing

  • Col. Robert W. Witty - 1 August 1950-16 August 1950
  • Col. Charles W. Stark - 16 August 1950-1 December 1950

6133rd Tactical Support Wing

  • Col. Virgil L. Zoller - 1 September 1950-1 December 1950

6149th Tactical Support Wing

  • Col. Aaron W. Tyer - 5 September 1950-1 December 1950

6150th Tactical Support Wing

  • Col. Frederic C. Gray - 5 September 1950-1 December 1950

Medium Bomber Commanders 19th Bombardment Group (Medium)

  • Col. Theodore Q. Graff - 26 September 1950
  • Col. Payne Jennings Jr. - 26 September 1950-29 March 1951
  • Col. Donald O. Tower - 29 March 1951-26 July 1951
  • Col. Adam K. Breckenridge - 26 July 1951-6 February 1952
  • Col. Julian M. Bleyer - 6 February 1952-8 July 1952
  • Col. Willard W. Smith - 8 July 1952-24 December 1952
  • Col. Harvey C. Dorney - 24 December 1952-1 June 1953

19th Bombardment Wing (Medium)

  • Col. Harvey C. Dorney - 1 June 1953

22nd Bombardment Group (Medium)

  • Col. James V. Edmundson (TDY Kadena Air Base, July 1950-October 1950)

92nd Bombardment Group (Medium)

  • Col. Claude E. Putnam Jr.
  • (TDY Yokota Air Base, July 1950-October 1950)

98th Bombardment Group (Medium) and 98th Bombardment Wing (Medium) (Advon)

  • Col. Richard H. Carmichael - 31 March 1951
  • Col. David Wade - 31 March 1951-September 1951
  • Col. Edwin F. Harding Jr. - September 1951-November 1951
  • Col. Lewis A. Curtis - November 1951-May 1952
  • Col. Winton R. Close - May 1952-15 June 1952

98th Bombardment Wing (Medium)

  • Col. Winton R. Close - 16 June 1952-26 October 1952
  • Col. Charles B. Westover - 26 October 1952-17 June 1953
  • Col. Edgar S. Davis - 17 June 1953

307th Bombardment Group (Medium) and 307th Bombardment Wing (Medium) (Combat Echelon)

  • Col. John A. Hilger - 15 March 1951
  • Col. John M. Reynolds - 15 March 1951-20 August 1951
  • Col. William H. Hanson - 20 August 1951-4 February 1952
  • Col. John C. Jennison Jr. - 4 February 1952-8 May 1952
  • Col. Raymond L. Winn - 8 May 1952-16 June 1952

307th Bombardment Wing (Medium)

  • Col. Raymond L. Winn - 16 June 1952-September 1952
  • Col. C.S. Overstreet Jr. - September 1952-29 December 1952
  • Col. Austin J. Russell - 29 December 1952

Troop Carrier Commanders

  • 1st Troop Carrier Group (Medium) (Provisional)
  • Col. Cecil H. Childre - 26 August 1950-21 October 1950
  • Lt. Col. Edward H. Nigro - 21 October 1950-10 January 1951

61st Troop Carrier Group (Heavy)

  • Col. Frank Norwood - 14 February 1952
  • Lt. Col. Hal E. Ercanbrack - 14 February 1952

314th Troop Carrier Group (Medium)

  • Col. Richard W. Henderson - 27 August 1951
  • Col. William H. Delacey - 27 August 1951-29 September 1951
  • Col. David E. Daniel - 29 September 1951-1 May 1952

315th Troop Carrier Group (Medium)

  • Col. Kenneth W. Northamer - 10 June 1952-26 July 1953
  • Col. Robert O. Good - 26 July 1953

374th Troop Carrier Wing (Heavy)

  • Col. Troy W. Crawford - September 1951
  • Col. Charles W. Howe - September 1951-9 August 1952
  • Col. James W. Chapman Jr. - 9 August 1952

403rd Troop Carrier Wing (Medium)

  • Brig. Gen. Chester E. McCarty - 10 April 1952
  • Col. Philip H. Best - 14 April 1952-15 May 1952
  • Col. Maurice F. Casey, Jr. - 15 May 1952-1 January 1953

437th Troop Carrier Wing (Medium)

  • Brig. Gen. John P. Henebry - 25 January 1952
  • Col. John R. Roche - 25 January 1951-May 1952
  • Col. Kenneth W. Northamer - May 1952-9 June 1952

483rd Troop Carrier Wing (Medium)

  • Col. Maurice F. Casey, Jr. - 1 January 1953

US Air Force Units in the Korean War

AACS Units

  • 1249th AACS Sqdn
  • 1818th AACS Group
  • 1935th AACS Sqdn
  • 1954th AACS Sqdn
  • 1973rd AACS Sqdn
  • 1993rd AACS Sqdn
  • 1st AACS Sqdn - Mobile

Air Control Units - Tactical

  • 116th Tactical Control Sqdn
  • 502nd Tactical Control Group
  • 605th Tactical Control Sqdn
  • 6132nd Tactical Control Sqdn
  • 6143rd Tactical Control Sqdn
  • 6147th Tactical Control Group
  • 6148th Tactical Control Sqdn
  • 6149th Tactical Control Sqdn
  • 69150th Tactical Control Sqdn
  • 6164th Tactical Control Sqdn

Air Control Units

  • 511th Air Control and Warning Group
  • 527th Air Control and Warning Sqdn
  • 528th Air Control and Warning Sqdn
  • 529th Air Control and Warning Group
  • 606th Air Control and Warning Sqdn
  • 607th Air Control and Warning Sqdn
  • 608th Air Control and Warning Sqdn
  • 848th Air Control and Warning Sqdn

Air Force Advisory Group

  • 6146th Air Force Advisory Group

Air Police

  • 3rd Air Police Sqdn
  • 49th Air Police Sqdn
  • 374th Air Police Sqdn
  • 452nd Air Police Sqdn
  • 1503rd Air Police Sqdn
  • 6149th Air Police Sqdn
  • Air Rescue Units
  • 3rd Air Rescue Group
  • 3rd Air Rescue Sqdn
  • 39th Air Rescue Sqdn
  • Det. F, 2157th Air Rescue Sqdn (re-designated 36th Air Rescue Sqdn)

Ammunition Units

  • 543rd Ammunition Depot Sqdn
  • 547th Ammunition Supply Sqdn
  • 567th Ammo Supply Sqdn

Bomber Units

  • 2nd Bomb Sqdn
  • 3rd Bomb Group
  • 3rd Bomb Wing
  • 8th Bomb Sqdn
  • 30th Bomb Sqdn
  • 130th Bomb Sqdn
  • 13th Bomb Sqdn
  • 17th Bomb Wing (Group)
  • 19th Bomb Group
  • 19th Bomb Sqdn
  • 22nd Bomb Sqdn
  • 22nd Bomb Wing
  • 28th Bomb Sqdn
  • 33rd Bomb Sqdn
  • 34th Bomb Sqdn
  • 37th Bomb Sqdn
  • 84th Bomb Sqdn
  • 85th Bomb Sqdn
  • 90th Bomb Sqdn
  • 92nd Bomb Wing
  • 93rd Bomb Sqdn
  • 95th Bomb Sqdn
  • 97th Bomb Group
  • 98th Bomb Sqdn
  • 98th Bomb Wing
  • 301st Bomb Wing
  • 307th Bomb Sqdn
  • 307th Bomb Wing
  • 325th Bomb Sqdn
  • 326th Bomb Sqdn
  • 327th Bomb Sqdn
  • 343rd Bomb Sqdn
  • 344th Bomb Sqdn
  • 345th Bomb Sqdn
  • 352nd Bomb Wing
  • 355th Bomb Sqdn
  • 370th Bomb Sqdn
  • 371st Bomb Sqdn
  • 372nd Bomb Sqdn
  • 432nd Bomb Wing
  • 452nd Bomb Sqdn
  • 452nd Bomb Wing
  • 509th Bomb Wing
  • 728th Bomb Sqdn (L)
  • 729th Bomb Sqdn (L)
  • 730th Bomb Sqdn (L)
  • 731st Bomb Sqdn (L)
  • 2728th Bomb Sqdn

Combat Camera Units

  • AAVS (Combat Camera)

Combat Cargo Units

  • 1st Combat Cargo Group

Communications Units

  • 3rd Communications Squadron
  • 2nd Radio Relay Sqdn
  • 5th Communications Group (934th Signal Bn)
  • 7th Communications Group - 5th Air Force
  • 18th Communications Sqdn
  • 67th Communications Sqdn (K-14)
  • 452nd Communications Sqdn

Ferry Units

  • 1737th Ferry Sqdn

Fighter Units

  • 187th Fighter Sqdn
  • 532nd Fighter Sqdn

Fighter Units, All Weather

  • 4th All Weather Fighter Sqdn
  • 68th All Weather Fighter Sqdn
  • 339th All Weather Fighter Sqdn

Fighter Bomber Units

  • 2nd South African Air Force (18FBW)
  • 7th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 8th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 8th Fighter Bomber Wing
  • 9th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 12th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 15th Fighter Bomber Group
  • 18th Fighter Bomber Wing
  • 35th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 36th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 40th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 44th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 48th Fighter Bomber Wing
  • 49th Fighter Bomber Group
  • 49th Fighter Bomber Wing
  • 58th Fighter Bomber Wing
  • 67th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 68th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 69th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 80th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 111th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 116th Fighter Bomber Wing
  • 136th Fighter Bomber Wing
  • 154th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 182nd Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 310th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 311th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 428th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 429th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 430th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 474th Fighter Bomber Group
  • 525th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 526th Fighter Bomber Sqdn
  • 750th Fighter Bomber Sqdn

Fighter Escort Units

  • 27th Fighter Escort Wing
  • 522nd Fighter Escort Sqdn
  • 523rd Fighter Escort Sqdn
  • 524th Fighter Escort Sqdn

Fighter Interceptor Units

  • 1st Fighter Interceptor Sqdn
  • 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing
  • 16th Fighter Interceptor Sqdn
  • 25th Fighter Interceptor Sqdn
  • 35th Fighter Interceptor Wing
  • 39th Fighter Interceptor Sqdn
  • 40th Fighter Interceptor Sqdn
  • 41st Fighter Interceptor Sqdn
  • 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing
  • 55th Fighter Interceptor Group
  • 57th Fighter Interceptor Sqdn
  • 68th Fighter Interceptor Sqdn
  • 319th Fighter Interceptor Sqdn
  • 334th Fighter Interceptor Sqdn
  • 335th Fighter Interceptor Sqdn
  • 336th Fighter Interceptor Sqdn

Headquarters Units

  • 13th Air Base Group
  • 42nd Air Div Eighth Air Force
  • 49th Air Base Group
  • 6002nd Air Base Group
  • 6146th Air Base Unit
  • 6152nd Air Base Sqdn
  • 6153rd Air Base Sqdn
  • 6162nd Air Base Wing
  • 6167th Air Base Group
  • HQ Fifth Air Force

Intelligence Units

  • 6004th Air Intel Service Sqdn
  • Baker Flight, 581st Air Resupply and Communications Sqdn (K-16)

Liaison Units

  • 10th Liaison Sqdn

Maintenance Units

  • 3rd Maintenance Sqdn
  • 18th Fighter Bomber Maintenance Sqdn

Medical Units

  • 67th Medical Group
  • 1600th Medical Group - Air Evacuation
  • 6530th Medical Group

Postal Units

  • 1st Air Postal Sqdn

Radar Bomb Scoring Units

  • 3903rd Radar Bomb Scoring Group

Reconnaissance Units

  • 2nd Photo Recon Sqdn
  • 8th Tactical Recon Sqdn (Photo Jet)
  • 11th Tactical Recon Sqdn
  • 12th Tactical Recon Sqdn
  • 15th Tactical Recon Sqdn
  • 18th Tactical Recon Sqdn
  • 25th Tactical Recon Sqdn
  • 31st Strategic Recon Sqdn
  • 45th Tactical Recon Sqdn
  • 51st Tactical Recon Sqdn
  • 56th Strategic Recon Sqdn
  • 67th Tactical Recon Wing
  • 91st Strategic Recon Sqdn
  • 162nd Tactical Recon Sqdn
  • 343rd Strategic Recon Sqdn
  • 363rd Recon Technical Sqdn
  • 543rd Tactical Support Group
  • 6166th Weather Recon Sqdn

SAC

  • Strategic Air Command Hq.

Security Units

  • Air Force Security Service (USAFSS)

Shoran Units

  • 1st Shoran Beacon Unit

Signal Units

  • 15th Radio Sqdn Mobile - USAFSS
  • 16th Communications Sqdn

Supply Units

  • 3rd Supply Sqdn
  • 4th Far East Air Material Sqdn
  • 4th Supply Squadron
  • 581st Air Resupply & Communications Sqdn (intelligence operations)

Support Units

  • 3rd Motor Vehicle Sqdn
  • 75th Air Depot Wing - FEAF
  • 2349th Personnel Processing Group
  • 811th Food Service Sqdn
  • 1503rd Field Maintenance Sqdn
  • 6127 Air Terminal Group (315 Air Div.)
  • 6131st Tactical Support Wing
  • 6161 Maintenance Sqdn - Yokota
  • 6400th Field Maintenance Unit

Transport Units

  • 49th Air Transport Sqdn
  • 1266th Air Transport Sqdn
  • 1273rd Air Transport Sqdn
  • 1503rd Air Transport Wing

Troop Carrier Units

  • 4th Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 6th Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 7th Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 21st Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 22nd Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 34th Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 36th Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 37th Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 50th Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 61st Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 62nd Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 63rd Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 65th Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 83rd Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 84th Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 85th Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 86th Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 315th Air Division
  • 374th Troop Carrier Wing
  • 403rd Troop Carrier Group
  • 437th Troop Carrier Group (later 315th)
  • 446 Troop Carrier Wing
  • 483rd Troop Carrier Wing
  • 815th Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 817th Troop Carrier Sqdn
  • 6461st Troop Carrier Sqdn

Weather Units

  • 6th Weather Sqdn - Mobile
  • 20th Weather Sqdn
  • 30th Weather Sqdn
  • 2015th Weather Detachment
  • 2143rd Air Weather Wing (Tokyo)

Assigned World Wide Air Force Hospitals, Dispensaries, & Infirmaries - 1954

Assigned World Wide Air Force Hospitals, Dispensaries, & Infirmaries

 

[KWE Note: This document was declassified on March 8, 1974.]

 

Companies

Company Number & NameLocation
359th Engr Avn Sup Pt (7th Engr Avn Brig) (16 NY)Bordeaux, France
438th Sig Avn H Const (2nd Comms Gp) (65 NY)Landatuhl Air Base, Germany
465th Sig Avn Const (Thirteenth Air Force( Less Plat) (74 SF)

(To be inactd) - 1st Plat

Clark Air Force Base,  PI

Andersen Air Force Base, MI

467th Sig Avn Const (Twentieth Air Force) (239 SF) (To be inactd)Kadena Air Base, Ryukyu Islands
472nd Sig Avn H Const (SBAMA)Norton Air Force Base, CA
474th Sig Avn Const (Far East Air Logistic Force (333 SF)

(To be inact)

Showa Air Base, Japan
620th Engr Avn Maint (928th Engr Avn GP) (343 NY)Chelveston RAF Station, Eng.
621st Engr Avn Maint (925th Engr Avn Gp (942 Seattle)Elmendorft Air Force Base, Alaska
622nd Engr Avn Maint (930th Engr Avn Gp) (60 SF)Suwon Air Base, Korea
733rd Engr Avn Sup Pt (417th Engr Avn Brig) (901 SF)Taegu Air Base, Korea
884th Engr Avn Maint (498th Engr Avn Brig) (Less Det)

Det 1

Wolters Air Force Base, Tex.

Patrick Air Force Base, FL

885th Engr Avn Maint (7th Engr Avn Brig) (83 NY)Toul-Rosiere Air Base, France
888th Engr Avn Maint (419th Engr Avn Brig)Beale Air Force Base, Calif.
916th Engr Avn Sup Pt (928th Engr Avn Gp) (243 NY)Chelveston RAF Station, Eng.
919th Engr Avn Maint (931st Engr Avn Gp) (60 SF)Suwon Air Base, Korea
 

Depots

Depot Number and NameLocation
Alaska Air Force - HQ (AAC) (942 Seattle)Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska

 

Detachments

Detachment Number and NameLocation
420th Engr Avn Topo (417th Engr Avn Brig) (970 SF) (To be inact)Taegu Air Base #2, Korea
572nd Engr Avn Topo (419th Engr Avn Brig)Beale Air Force Base, Calif.
917th Engr Avn Topo (498th Engr Avn Brig)Wolters Air Force Base, Tex.
947th Engr Avn Topo (7th Engr Avn Brig) (57 NY)Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany

 

Dispensaries

Dispensary Number and NameLocation
2794th USAF (2851st AB Wg)Kelly Air Force Base, Tex.
3540th USAF (3540th Fly Tng Wg)Pinecastle Air Force Base, Fla.
3645th USAF (3645th Fly Tng Wg)Laughlin Air Force Base, Tex.
4459th USAF (4415th AB Gp)Pope Air Force Base, NC
4460th USAF (Eighteenth Air Force)Charleston Air Force Base, SC
4461st USAF (Eighteenth Air Force)Lawson Air Force Base, Ga.
5039th USAF (5039th AB Wg) (Less OL) (942 Seattle)

OL:

Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska

Northeast Cape, Alaska

5700th USAF (5700th AB Op) (825 NO)Albrook Air Force Base, Canal Zone
6000th USAF (6000th Base Svs Gp) (Less Flts & OLs) (925 SF)

Flts A & E
Flt B
Flt C
Flt D
OLs

Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo, Japan
Fukuoka, Japan
Osaka, Japan
Otsu, Japan
Kyoto, Japan

6147th USAF (6147th Tac Con Gp) (70 SF)Chunchon, Korea
6319th USAF (6319th AB Wg) (334 SF)Andersen Air Force Base, MI
6520th USAF (6520th Test Spt Wg)Laurence G. Hanscom Field, Mass.

 

Districts

Number and Name of DistrictLocation
1st Air Res-HQ (First Air Force)Harrisburg, Pa.
2nd Air Res-HQ (Tenth Air Force) (Less OLs)

OLs:

Indianapolis, Ind.

Columbus, Ind.
Evansville, Ind.
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Gary, Ind.
Kokomo, Ind.
Lafayette, Ind.
Muncie, Ind.
S. Bend, Ind.
Terre Haute, Ind.

3rd Air Res-HQ (Fourteen Air Force)Austin, Tx
4th Air Res-HQ (Fourth Air Force) (less OLs)

OLs:

San Francisco, Calif.

Alhambra, Calif.
Bakersfield, Calif.
Berkeley, Calif.
Burlingame, Calif.
Chico, Calif.
Compton, Calif.
Fresno, Calif.
Glendale, Calif.
Hayward Municipal Airport, Calif.
Hormosa Beach, Calif.
Hollywood, Calif.
La Mesa, Calif.
Long Beach, Calif.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Monterey, Calif.
Oakland, Calif.
Pasadena, Calif.
Phoenix, Ariz.
Pmona, Calif.
Redwood City, Calif.
Reno, Nev.
Riverside, Calif.
Sacramento, Calif.
San Bernardino, Calif.
San Diego, Calif.
San Jose, Calif.
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
San Rafael, Calif.
Santa Ana, Calif.
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Santa Monica, Calif.
Santa Rosa, Calif.
Stockton, Calif.
Tucson, Ariz.
Vallejo, Calif.
Van Ruys, Calif.
Ventura, Calif.
Visalia, Calif.
Walnut Creek, Calif.

 

Divisions

Name and Number of DivisionLocation
AF Finance (See Sep Oprg Agencies) 
Atl, MATS-HQ (MATS) (Less Dets)

Det 1
Det 2
Det 3
Det 4

Westover Air Force Base, Mass.

Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland
Goose Air Base, Labrador
Sondrestromfjord Air Force Base, Greenland
Thule Air Base, Greenland

Contl, MATS-HQ (MATS)Kelly Air Force Base, Tex.
Pac. MATS-HQ (MATS) 953 SF)Hickam Air Force Base, HI

 

Hospitals

Number and Name of HospitalLocation
96th TAC (96th Bomb Wg)Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma
321st TAC (321st Bomb Wg)Pinecastle Air Force Base, Fla.
407th TAC (407th Strat Ftr Wg) (To be actd)Great Falls Air Force Base, Mont.
1100th USAF (Hq Comd, USAF)Bolling Air Force Base, Wash. DC
1414th USAF (1414 AB Gp) (616 NY)Dhahran Airfield, Saudi Arabia
2750th USAF (2750th AB Wg) (Less OL)

OL:

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Gunter Air Force Base, Ala.

2789th USAF (2850th AB Wg) (Less OLs)

OLs:

Brookley Air Force Base, Ala.

Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
Gunter Air Force Base, Ala.

2791st USAF (2849th AB Wg)Hill Air Force Base, Utah
2792nd USAF (2854th AB Wg) (Less OL)

OL:

Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.

Gunter Air Force Base, Ala.

2795th USAF (2853rd AB Wg)Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
2796th USAF (2848th AB Wg)Norton Air Force Base, Calif.
2843rd USAF (2855th AB Wg)Olmsted Air Force Base, Pa.
3201st USAF (3201st AB Wg)Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
3275th USAF (3275th Mil Tng Wg)Parks Air Force Base, Calif.
3310th USAF (3310th Tech Tng Wg)Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
3320th USAF (3320th Tech Tng Wg)Amarillo Air Force Base, Tex.
3345th USAF (3345th Tech Tng Wg)Chanute Air Force Base, Ill.
3380th USAF (3380th Tech Tng Wg)Kessler Air Force Base, Miss.
3415th USAF (3415th Tech Tng Wg)Lowry Air Force Base, Colo.
3450th USAF (3450th Tech Tng Wg)Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.
3500th USAF (3500th Plt Tng Wg)Reese Air Force Base, Tex.
3505th USAF (3505th Plt Tng Wg)Greenville Air Force Base, Miss.
3510th USAF (3510th Fly Tng Wg)Randolph Air Force Base, Tex.
3525th USAF (3525th Plt Tng Wg)Williams Air Force Base, Ariz.
3530th USAF (3530th Plt Tng Wg)Bryan Air Force Base, Tex.
3535th USAF (3535th Ober Tng Wg)Mather Air Force Base, Calif.
3545th USAF (3545th Plt Tng Wg)Goodfellow Air Force Base, Tex.
3550th USAF (3550th Fly Tng Wg)Moody Air Force Base, Ga.
3555th USAF (3555th Fly Tng Wg (Less OL)

OL:

Perrin Air Force Base, Tex.

Wash., DC

3560th USAF (3560th Plt Tng Wg)Webb Air Force Base, Tex.
3565th USAF (3565th Obsr Tng Wg)James Connelly Air Force Base, Tex.
3575th USAF (3575th Plt Tng Wg)Vance Air Force Base, Okla.
3580th USAF (3580th Plt Tng Wg)Foster Air Force Base, Tex.
3585th USAF (3585th Plt Tng Wg)Gary Air Force Base, Tex.
3595th USAF (3595th Fly Tng Wg)Hollis Air Force Base, Nev.
3600th USAF (3600th Fly Tng Wg)Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.
3605th USAF (3605th Obsr Tng Wg)Ellington Air Force Base, Tex.
3610th USAF (3610th Obsr Tng Wg)Harlingen Air Force Base, Tex.
3615th USAF (3615th Plt Tng Wg)Craig Air Force Base, Ala.
3625th USAF (3625th Fly Tng Wg)Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.
3640th USAF (3640th Plt Tng Wg)Laredo Air Force Base, Tex.
3650th USAF (3650th Mil Tng Wg)Sampson Air Force Base, NY
3700th USAF (3700th Mil Tng Wg)Lackland Air Force Base, Tex.
3750th USAF (3750th Tech Tng Wg)Sheppard Air Force Base, Tex.
3810th USAF (3800th AU Wg)Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
4450th USAF (TAC)Langley Air Force Base, Va.
4451st USAF (TAC)Clovis Air Force Base, NMex.
4452nd USAF (Ninth Air Force)George Air Force Base, Calif.
4453rd USAF (Ninth Air Force)Shaw Air Force Base, SC
4454th USAF (Eighteenth Air Force)Ardmore Air Force Base, Okla.
4455th USAF (Eighteenth Air Force)Donaldson Air Force Base, SC
4456th USAF (Eighteenth Air Force)Larson Air Force Base, Wash.
4457th USAF (Eighteenth Air Force)Sewart Air Force Base, Tenn.
5001st USAF (5001st AB Op) (Less OL) (731 Seattle)

OL:

Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska

Nome Field, Alaska

5005th USAF (AAC) (942 Seattle)Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
6022nd USAF (Japan Air Def Force) (994 SF)Johnson Air Base, Japan
6110th USAF (Japan Air Def Force) (Less Det) (1054 SF)

OL:

Nagoya Air Base, Japan

Komaki Air Base, Japan

6160th USAF (6160th AB Wg) (929 SF)Itazuka Air Base, Japan
6208th USAF (Thirteenth Air Force) (74 SF)Clark Air Force Base, PI
6407th USAF (Far East Air Logistic Force) (323 SF)FEAMCOM Air Base, Japan
6510th USAF (6510th AB Wg)Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
6530th USAF (Rome Air Dev Cen)Griffiss Air Force Base, NY
6550th USAF (AF Mal Test Cen)Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.
6580th USAF (6580th Test Spt Wg)Holloman Air Force Base, NMex.
6600th USAF (6600th AB Gp) (862 NY)Pepperrell Air Force Base, NF
6602nd USAF (6602nd AB Gp) (864 NY)Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, NF
6603rd USAF (6603rd AB Gp) (677 NY)Goose Air Base, Labrador
6611th USAF (6611th AB Gp) (858 NY)Narsarssuak Air Base, Greenland
6612th USAF (6612th AB GP) (23 NY)Thule Air Base, Greenland
7100th USAF (7100th Hq Spt Wg) (633 NY)Wiesbaden, Germany
7373rd USAF (7373rd A/D Wg) (10 NY)Chateauroux Air Depot, France
7485th USAF (7485th A/D Wg) (207 NY)Erding Air Depot, Germany

 

Infirmaries

Name and Number of InfirmaryLocation
86th USAF (86th AB Gp) (65 NY)Landstuhl Air Base, Germany
388th TAC (388th Ftr-Bmr Wg)Clovis Air Force Base, NMex.
461st TAC (461st Bomb Wg)Hill Air Force Base, Utah
500th USAF (500th Air Def Gp)Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Pa.
501st USAF (501st Air Def Gp)O'Hare International Airport, Ill.
502nd USAF (502nd Air Def Gp)Youngstown Municipal Airport, Ohio
503rd USAF (503rd Air Def Gp)Portland International Airport, Oreg.
514th USAF (514th Air Def Gp)Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
515th USAF (515th Air Def Op)Duluth Municipal Airport, Minn.
516th USAF (516th Air Def Gp)McGhee-Tyson Airport, Tenn.
517th USAF (517th Air Def Gp)Ethan Allen air Force Base, Vt.
518th USAF (518th Air Def Gp)Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, NY
519th USAF (519th Air Def Gp)Suffolk County Air Force Base, NY
520th USAF (520th Air Def Gp)Trumax Field, Wis.
521st USAF (521st Air Def Gp)Sioux City Municipal Airport, Iowa
525th USAF (525th Air Def Gp)New Castle County Airport, Pa.
527th USAF (527th Air Def Gp)Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Mich.
528th USAF (528th Air Def GpPresque Isle Air Force Base, Maine
529th USAF (529th Air Def Gp)Paine Air Force Base, Wash.
530th USAF (530th Air Def Gp)Geiger Field, Wash.
533rd USAF (533rd Air Def Gp)Oxnard Air Force Base, Calif.
534th USAF (534th Air Def Gp)Kinross Air Force Base, Mich.
611th USAF (Far East Air Logistic Force) (954 SF)Iwakuni Air Base, Japan
1401st USAF (1401st AB Wg) (Less OL)

OL:

Andres Air Force Base, Md.

Bolling Air Force Base, Wash. DC.

3793rd USAF (2852nd AB Wg)McClellan Air Force Base, Calif.
3520th USAF (3520th Fly Tng Wg)Wichita Air Force Base, Kans.
4037th USAF (96th Bomb Wg)Altus Air Force Base, Okla.
4458th USAF (Ninth Air Force)Alexandria Air Force Base, La.
4676th USAF (4676th A/D Gp) (Less OL)

OL:

Grandview Air Force Base, Mo.

Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

5010th USAF (5010th Comp Wg) (937 Seattle)Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska

 

Institutes

Name of InstituteLocation
Human Resources Rsch (ARDC) (Less Dets & OL)

Det 1 (AU Far East Rsch Gp)
Det 2 (AU European Rsch Gp)
OL:

Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

Tokyo, Japan
Paris, France
Urbana, Ill.

Rsch Studies (AU)Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
USAF Extension Crse (AU)Gunter Air Force Base, Ala.
USAF Institute of Technology-HQ (AU) (Less Dets)

Det 1
Det 2

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
New Haven, Conn.

 

Laboratories

Name of LaboratoryLocation
Arctic Aeromedical (AAC) (731 Seattle)Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska
Human Factors Oprs Rsch (ARDC) (Less OLs)

OLs:

Washington, DC

Forbes Air Force Base, Kans.
MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
Stead Air Force Base, Nev.

 

Libraries

Name of LibraryLocation
Air University (AU)Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

 

Schools

Name of SchoolLocation
Air Comd & Staff-HQ (AU)Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
Air War College-HQ (AU)Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
USAF Bandsman (Hq Comd, USAF)Bolling Air Force Base, Wash, DC
USAF QC-HQ (USAF Off Mil Schs)Lackland Air Force Base, Tex.
USAF Off Mil-HQ (3700th Mil Tng Wg)Lackland Air Force Base, Tex.
USAF PF-HQ (USAF Off Mil Schs)Lackland Air Force Base, Tex.
USAF Sch of Avn Medicine-HQ (AU) (Less Det)

Det 1

Randolph Air Force Base, Tex.

Graham Air Base, Fla.

USAF Sch for Latin America-HQ (CAirc) (825 NO)Albrook Air Force Base, Canal Zone

 

Services

Name of ServiceLocation
Air Photo & Charting-HQ (MATS)Orlando Air Force Base, Fla.
Air Rsq-HQ (MATS)Wash. DC
Air Resupply & Comms-HQ (MATS) (To be discd)Wash. DC
Air Wea-HQ (MATS) (Less Det)

Det 1 (AWS Data Con Unit)

Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Asheville, NC

Airways & Air Comms-HQ (MATS) (Less Det)

Det 1

Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Andrews Air Force Base, Md.