64th Troop Carrier Wing, Medium

  July 1952 to July 1954 & October 1960 to January 1963

  United States of America

TYPE: USAF unit

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Donaldson AFB, SC

FORMER NAME: 64^th Troop Carrier Group (inactivated September 1948)

SUBSEQUENT NAME: 64^th Troop Carrier Wing (reactivated March 1966)

The 64^th Troop Carrier Wing, Medium was activated on 14 July 1952 as part of the 8^th Air Force. It performed airlift and airdrop / airlanding of troops and cargo, routinely and during frequent maneuvers, between 1952 and 1953. It was mainly operating Fairchild C-82 Packets & C-119 Flying Boxcars, however it seems to have operated a few Commandos as will. The wing began phasing down for inactivation in mid-October 1953, at which time tactical operations passed to the 63^rd Troop Carrier Wing. In February 1954, however, the wing began building up again in preparation for an overseas movement, but was inactivated instead on 21 July 1954.

1952 to 1954

• Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando: 42-107287