{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{use American English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox military unit |unit_name= 483rd Tactical Airlift Wing | image=C-7B 535TAS 483TAW CamRanh Oct1971.jpg |image_size=300 |caption=''Tong 725'', a [[C-7A Caribou]] of the [[535th Tactical Airlift Squadron]], October 1971 |dates= 1953–1960, 1966–1972 |country={{USA}} |branch={{air force|USA}} |type= |role=[[Airlift]] |size= |command_structure= |current_commander= |garrison= |nickname= |motto=Efficient Airlift Support |colors= |march= |mascot= |decorations=[[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]]<br/>[[Air Force Outstanding Unit Award]] with [[Combat "V" Device]]<br/>Air Force Outstanding Unit Award<br/>[[Korean Presidential Unit Citation]]<br/>[[Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)|Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm]] |battles=[[Korean Service Medal|Korean Service]]<br/>[[Vietnam Service Medal|Vietnam Service]] |anniversaries= <!-- Insignia --> |identification_symbol=[[File:483 tactical airlift wg.jpg|180px]] |identification_symbol_label=Patch with 483rd Tactical Airlift Wing emblem{{efn|Approved 2 February 1956}}<ref name=Ravenstein>Ravenstein, pp. 268–270</ref> }} The '''483rd Tactical Airlift Wing''' was a tactical [[airlift]] and composite [[wing (military aviation unit)|wing]] assigned to [[Pacific Air Forces]] during the [[Vietnam War]]. It was the host organization at [[Cam Ranh Bay Air Base]] South Vietnam from 1970 to 1972.
The Wing was first organized as the '''483rd Troop Carrier Wing''' during the [[Korean War]], as an airlift organization assigned to Far East Air Forces (later [[Pacific Air Forces]]).
==History== === Korean War === [[File:Fairchild C-119B of the 314th Troop Carrier Group in flight, 1952 (021001-O-9999G-016).jpg|thumb|left|C-119B 49–109 of the wing's 314th Troop Carrier Group]] The wing was activated at [[Ashiya Air Base]], Japan as the '''483rd Troop Carrier Wing''' on 1 January 1953 and replaced the [[403rd Troop Carrier Wing]], Medium and absorbed the 403rd's mission, personnel and equipment.<ref name=Ravenstein/> It was assigned to the [[315th Air Division]] of [[Far East Air Forces]] for duty in the [[Korean War]].
The wing was equipped with [[Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar]]s and performed troop carrier and air transport operations in the Far East, including landing of troops and cargo in forward areas of the combat zone, air transportation of airborne troops and equipment, and air evacuation of casualties.<ref name=Ravenstein/> In June 1953, as the Korean war neared an armistice, all wing [[C-119]]s airlifted the entire [[187th Regimental Combat Team]] (Airborne) from [[Kyushu]], Japan to [[Seoul]] and Chunch'on, South Korea, to preclude enemy breakthroughs.<ref name=483TCWJan1953>{{cite web |url= http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/458/945.xml |author=No byline|title=Abstract, History 483d Troop Carrier Wing, Jan–Jun 1953|date=|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=October 28, 2012}}</ref> This was the largest mass movement of personnel in the history of combat cargo to that time.<ref name=Ravenstein/> For is actions in the Korean War, the wing received the [[Korean Presidential Unit Citation]].
[[File:C-130a-560524.jpg|thumb|left|C-130A similar to planes assigned to wing]] Between April 1953 and September 1954, the wing aided the [[French Air Force]] in Indochina by training aircrews, evacuating wounded, and maintaining aircraft.<ref name=Ravenstein/> For these actions, the wing became one of the first units in the Air Force to receive the [[Air Force Outstanding Unit Award]]. In 1958, the wing began to reequip with [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/458/955.xml |author=No byline|title=Abstract, History 483d Troop Carrier Wing, Jan–Jun 1958|date=|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=October 28, 2012}}</ref> Its transition was complete by 1959. It performed theater transport duties and participated in joint [[military exercise|exercises]] with [[United States Army|Army]] units<ref name=483TCWJan1953/> until inactivated in Japan on 23 June 1960. Its squadrons were transferred to the direct control of the 315th Air Division and relocated to [[Naha Air Base]] and [[Tachikawa Air Base]], Japan as Ashiya closed.<ref name=815facts>{{cite web |url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433588/815-airlift-squadron-afrc/ |last1=Haulman|first1=Daniel L.|title=Factsheet 815 Airlift Squadron (AFRC)|date=7 April 2008|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref><ref name=817facts>{{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=16138 |last1=Haulman|first1=Daniel L.|title=Factsheet 817 Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (AMC)|date=22 April 2015|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170627/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=16138 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref>
=== Vietnam War === In August 1966, the Air Force and the [[United States Army|Army]] began implementing Project Red Leaf, which would transfer responsibility for the [[de Havilland Canada C-7 Caribou]] from the Army to the Air Force following the [[Johnson-McConnell agreement of 1966]]. Air Force personnel began being assigned to the Army aviation companies flying the Caribou. Starting in late October personnel to form the [[cadre (military)|cadre]] for the '''483rd Troop Carrier Wing''' began to arrive at [[Cam Ranh Bay Air Base]], South Viet Nam. The cadre began planning to move squadron level operations from the small Army camps they were operating from to permanent sites when the Air Force units were activated. Although removal of Caribous from the [[Mekong Delta]] and [[An Khe]] was particularly controversial, the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] ordered that the wing's squadrons be located on Air Force installations, not Army posts. On 1 January 1967, the wing was organized and took over Caribou operations. Two squadrons each were located at Cam Ranh Bay, [[Vung Tau Air Base]], and [[Phu Cat Air Base]],<ref name=Ravenstein/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.c-7acaribou.com/history/459thtas.htm |last1=|first1=|title=459th Tactical Airlift Squadron|date=1 August 2011|publisher=C-7A Caribou Association|access-date=August 2, 2024}}</ref><ref>Bowers, pp. 353-355</ref> although detachments were maintained at an additional six locations.{{efn|One detachment was located in Thailand. Bowers, p. 360.}} In December 1967, a [[Viet Cong]] mortar attack on [[Can Tho Airfield]] damaged two wing C-7s. As a result wing planes were no longer stationed at Can Tho, [[Nha Trang Air Base]], or [[Pleiku Air Base]].<ref>Bowers, p.364</ref>
The 483rd was assigned the mission of providing intra-theater airlift in support of United States military civic actions, combat support and civic assistance throughout the Republic of Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/458/964.xml |author=No byline|title=Abstract, History 483d Troop Carrier Wing, Jan–Jun 1967|date=|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=October 28, 2012}}</ref><ref name=Ravenstein/> The wing's Caribou proved especially valuable in resupplying [[special forces]] camps, and largely supplanted the [[Fairchild C-123 Provider]]s in performing this mission.<ref>Bowers, p. 353</ref> Initially, the wing's [[537th Troop Carrier Squadron]] was dedicated to supporting the [[1st Cavalry Division (United States)|1st Cavalry Division]]. This arrangement continued until late 1968, when the division moved to the southern provinces and was more efficiently supported by the squadrons at Cam Ranh Bay and Vung Tau.<ref>Boweres, pp. 357, 365</ref>
The C-7s provided the light load-short haul transport to rough landing strips in South Vietnam. The unique capabilities of the C-7 for short landing and takeoff made Caribou transports vital to the war effort. On many occasions the C-7A's flew emergency airlift missions to airstrips and combat areas that no other aircraft could reach. Most notable were those in support of special forces camps in the [[Central Highlands (Vietnam)|Central Highlands]].
In June 1968 the wing flew a record 2,420 combat troops in three days between [[Dak Pek Camp|Dak Pek]], [[Ben Het Camp|Ben Het]] and [[Đắk Tô Base Camp|Dak To]]. In August 1968 pinpoint night airdrops were accomplished at Duc Lap, Ha Thanh and [[Tonle Cham Camp|Tonle Cham]] special forces camps. Ammunition and medical supplies were parachuted into 75-foot-square drop zones while the camps were under attack. In June 1969 during the siege of Ben Het more than 200 tons of ammunition, POL, rations, water and medical supplies were airdropped into a 100 x 200-foot zone with every load on target and 100 per cent recovered.
In March 1969, a provisional group was established at [[Vung Tau Airport|Vung Tau Airfield]] to exercise command and control over the wing's units located there.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/458/980.xml |author=No byline|title=Abstract, History 483d Tactical Airlift Wing, Oct–Dec 1969|date=|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=October 28, 2012}}</ref> In June 1970, the group was discontinued<ref name=Ravenstein/> when the Caribou squadrons at Vung Tau moved to Cam Ranh Bay.<ref>Bowers, p. 522</ref> With the inactivation of the [[459th Tactical Airlift Squadron]] that month, all but one C-7 squadron was located with the wing.
In March 1970, when the [[12th Tactical Fighter Wing]] moved to [[Phu Cat Air Base]],<ref>Ravenstein, p. 27</ref> the 483rd Wing became the host wing at Cam Ranh Bay. As a corollary to assuming the support mission for the base, support organizations assigned to the wing carried out a number of civic actions, including construction of housing, providing support for orphanages and educational institutions and improvement of water supply systems.<ref name=483Apr1970>{{cite web |url= http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/458/984.xml |author=No byline|title=Abstract, History 483d Tactical Airlift Wing, Apr–Jun 1970|date=|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=October 28, 2012}}</ref>
In April 1970, the wing, designated the '''483rd Tactical Airlift Wing''' since August 1967,<ref name=Ravenstein/> helped break the siege of [[Dak Seang Camp|Dak Seang Special Forces Camp]].<ref name=483Apr1970/> North Vietnamese forces had surrounded the camp, and learning from the success of air resupply during their 1969 attack on the [[Ben Het Camp]], also established [[anti-aircraft artillery]] positions along likely air resupply corridors. On the first day of the siege, two wing C-7s were diverted from their scheduled missions and staged out of Pleiku to make the first airdrops to the camp. The following day, a C-7 was lost shortly after releasing its load. Resupply of the camp was so urgent that all drop-qualified crews of the wing were ordered to Pleiku to support the operation and eleven sorties were flown that day with cover from [[Douglas A-1 Skyraider]]s. Crews approached the camp from the north or south to use terrain to mask their approaches from enemy [[flak]]. Loss of the third Caribou in five days prompted a move to resupply the camp with night drops, with cover and illumination provided by [[Fairchild AC-119 Stinger]] gunships. The majority of the missions were flown by the 537th Squadron, although all wing squadrons participated<ref>Bowers, pp. 527-32</ref> The wing flew 100 air-drop sorties under heavy hostile fire in ten days delivering some 400,000 pounds of vital supplies.<ref name=483Apr1970/> The wing earned a second [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] for this action, evacuation of over 2000 refugees from Cambodia, and transportation of the Presidential Southeast Asia Investigation Team to various remote locations in South Vietnam.<ref>''See'' {{cite web|url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10808 |last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 535 Airlift Squadron (PACAF)|date=12 April 2014|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160808145056/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10808 |archive-date=8 August 2016|access-date=27 November 2016}}</ref>
On 31 August 1971 the remaining unit at Phu Cat Air Base, the 537th Tactical Airlift Squadron, inactivated, followed shortly thereafter by the [[536th Tactical Airlift Squadron]]. During their five years' flying for the 483rd, the C-7A Caribous carried more than 4.7 million passengers, averaging more than one million a year during 1967–1969. At the same time the wing averaged more than 100,000 tons of cargo each year.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
On 31 August 1971, three [[electronic warfare]] squadrons from the inactivating [[460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing]], stationed at various bases in Viet Nam, were assigned to the 483rd TAW. The following day, two [[special operations]] squadrons were transferred from the inactivating [[14th Special Operations Wing]]. The electronic warfare squadrons were inactivated or assigned to other wings within six months.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
The three remaining C-7 squadrons inactivated in early 1972 ([[535th Tactical Airlift Squadron]] on 24 January, [[458th Tactical Airlift Squadron]] on 1 March, and [[457th Tactical Airlift Squadron]] on 30 April). Most of the C-7 Caribous were transferred to the VNAF.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} [[No. 35 Squadron RAAF]] at Vung Tau flew its last mission on 13 February 1972 and departed South Vietnam for [[RAAF Base Richmond]] in Australia on 19 February 1972; it was the last RAAF unit to leave following the decision to withdraw.<ref name=AWM>{{cite web |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U53558|title=35 Squadron RAAF, Vietnam |publisher=Australian War Memorial|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref> The mixture of reassigned squadrons from other wings were all inactivated or reassigned by the end of May. The 483rd Tactical Airlift Wing was inactivated on 31 May 1972.<ref name=Ravenstein/> For its service in Vietnam, the 483rd was awarded two [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]]s, three [[Air Force Outstanding Unit Award]]s with [[Combat "V" Device]] and three [[Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)|Republic of Viet Nam Gallantry Crosses with Palm]].<ref name=Ravenstein/>
==Lineage== '''483rd Tactical Airlift Wing''' * Constituted as the '''483rd Troop Carrier Wing''', Medium, on 15 November 1952 : Activated on 1 January 1953 : Discontinued and inactivated, on 25 June 1960 * Redesignated '''483rd Troop Carrier Wing''' on 12 October 1966 and activated (not organized) : Organized on 15 October 1966 : Redesignated '''483rd Tactical Airlift Wing''' on 1 August 1967 : Inactivated on 31 May 1972<ref name=Ravenstein/>
===Assignments=== * Tactical Air Command (Attached to 315th Air Division (Combat Cargo)), 1 January 1953 – 30 June 1954 * 315th Air Division (Combat Cargo), 1 July 1954 – 25 June 1960 * Pacific Air Forces, 12 October 1966 (not organized) * [[834th Air Division]], 15 October 1966 (Not operational, 15 October 1966 – 3 November 1966) * [[Seventh Air Force]], 1 December 1971 – 31 May 1972<ref name=Ravenstein/>
===Components=== ====Groups==== * [[314th Troop Carrier Group]], 1 January 1953 – 15 November 1954 (Attached)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432513/314-operations-group-aetc/ |last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 314 Operations Group (AETC)|date=14 December 2010|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref> * [[316th Troop Carrier Group]], 15 November 1954 – 18 June 1957 (Attached—Not operational after 15 March 1956)<ref name=Ravenstein/> * [[483d Troop Carrier Group]], 1 January 1953 – 8 December 1958 (Not operational after 15 March 1956)<ref name=Ravenstein/> * 483rd Air Base Group (later 483rd Combat Support Group), 1 January 1953 – 25 June 1960, 31 March 1970 – 31 May 1972<ref name=483TAWOct1971>[http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/458/999.xml Abstract, 483 Tac Airlift Wing Subordinate Unit Histories Oct–Dec 1971] (accessed 28 Oct 2012)</ref> * 483rd Maintenance & Supply Group, 1 January 1953 – 8 December 1958 (Not operational after 15 March 1956) * 483rd Medical Group (later 483rd Tactical Hospital, 483rd USAF Hospital), 1 January 1953 – 25 June 1960, 31 March 1970 – 31 May 1972<ref>''See'' [http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/443/114.xml Abstract, History of 403d Medical Group Dec 1952] (accessed 28 Oct 2012)</ref><ref>[http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/900/019.xml Abstract, History of 483d USAF Hospital Jul 1971 – May 1972] (accessed 28 Oct 2012) History notes that Hospital became the drug abuse detoxification center for all AF personnel in Viet Nam</ref> * Tactical Group, Provisional, 6483rd, 15 March 1969 – 30 June 1970<ref name=Ravenstein/> : Located at Vung Tau Airfield, Viet Nam<ref name=483Apr1970/>
====Operational Squadrons==== ; Korean War * [[21st Troop Carrier Squadron]]: attached 1 July 1957 – 7 December 1958, assigned 8 December 1958 – 25 June 1960<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432774/21-airlift-squadron-amc/ |last1=Kane|first1=Robert B.|title=Factsheet 21 Airlift Squadron (AMC)|date=29 April 2010|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref> * [[36th Troop Carrier Squadron]]: attached 15 March 1956 – 18 June 1957<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10203 |last1=Bailey|first1=Carl E.|title=Factsheet 36 Airlift Squadron (PACAF)|date=16 March 2015|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160818114847/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10203 |archive-date=18 August 2016 |access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref> * [[37th Troop Carrier Squadron]]: attached 15 March 1956 – 18 June 1957<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10208 |last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 37 Airlift Squadron|date=16 March 2015|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160630004220/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10208 |archive-date=30 June 2016 |access-date=13 December 2016}} AFHRA Factsheet, 37th Airlift Squadron] (accessed 27 Oct 2012)</ref> * [[75th Troop Carrier Squadron]]: attached 15 March 1956 – 18 June 1957<ref name=Ravenstein/> * [[773d Troop Carrier Squadron]]: attached c. 30 August 1958 – 10 December 1958.<ref name=Ravenstein/> * [[815th Troop Carrier Squadron]]: attached 15 March 1956 – 8 December 1958, assigned 8 December 1958 – 25 June 1960<ref name=815facts/> * [[816th Bombardment Squadron|816th Troop Carrier Squadron]]: attached 15 March 1956 – 8 December 1958, assigned 8 Dec 1958-25 June 1960<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 766–767</ref> * [[817th Troop Carrier Squadron]]: attached 15 March 1956 – 8 December 1958, assigned 8 Dec 1958-25 June 1960<ref name=817facts/> * 6461st Troop Carrier Squadron (later 6461st Air Transport Squadron): 1 January 1953 – 24 June 1955 (Attached)<ref name=Ravenstein/>
; Vietnam War ;; Airlift units (1967-1972) * 457th Troop Carrier Squadron (later 457th Tactical Airlift) Squadron): 1 January 1967 – 30 April 1972<ref name=Ravenstein/>{{efn|C-7A Tail Code: KA; call sign ''Cuddy''{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}}} * 458th Troop Carrier Squadron (later 458th Tactical Airlift) Squadron): 1 January 1967 – 1 March 1972<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433585/458-airlift-squadron/ |title=Factsheet 458 Airlift Squadron|date=8 April 2008|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref>{{efn|C-7A Tail Code: KC; call sign ''Law''{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}}} * 459th Troop Carrier Squadron (later 459th Tactical Airlift Squadron): 1 January 1967 – 1 June 1970<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=12021 |last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 459th Airlift Squadron (PACAF)|date=20 February 2015|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081156/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=12021 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref>{{efn|C-7A Tail Code: KE; call sign ''Ellis''{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}}} (Phu Cat Air Base, Viet Nam) * 535th Troop Carrier Squadron (later 535th Tactical Airlift Squadron): 1 January 1967 – 24 January 1972<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10808|last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 535th Airlift Squadron (PACAF)|date=3 April 2014|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160808145056/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10808 |archive-date=8 August 2016 |access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref>{{efn|C-7A Tail Code: KH; call sign ''Tong''{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}}} (attached to Tactical Group, Provisional, 6483rd, 15 March 1969 – 30 June 1970) (Vung Tau Airfield until 21 June 1970) * 536th Troop Carrier Squadron (later 536th Tactical Airlift) Squadron: 1 January 1967 – 15 October 1971<ref name=Ravenstein/>{{efn|C-7A Tail Code: KL; call sign ''Iris''{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}}} (attached to Tactical Group, Provisional, 6483rd, 15 March 1969 – 30 June 1970) (Vung Tau Airfield until c. 1 July 1970) * 537th Troop Carrier (later 537th Tactical Airlift) Squadron: 1 January 1967 – 31 August 1971<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432228/537-airlift-squadron-pacaf/ |last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 537 Airlift Squadron (PACAF)|date=22 August 2011|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref>{{efn|C-7A Tail Code: KN; ''Soul''{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}}} (Phu Cat Air Base, Viet Nam) * Royal Australian Air Force, Transport Flight Vietnam (later 35 Squadron RAAF{{efn| DHC-4 call sign: ''Wallaby''{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}}} January 1967 – Feb 1972 (Vung Tau Air Base, Viet Nam)
* [[20th Special Operations Squadron]]: 1 September 1971 – 1 April 1972<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432159/20-special-operations-squadron-afsoc/ |last1=Dollman|first1=TSG David|title=Factsheet 20 Special Operations Squadron (AFSOC)|date=18 October 2016|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref>{{efn|[[Bell UH-1 Iroquois]]{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}}} * [[90th Special Operations Squadron]]: 1 September 1971 – 15 April 1972<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10541 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213609/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10541 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |last1=Robertson |first1=Patsy |title=Factsheet 90 Fighter Squadron (PACAF) |date=6 February 2012 |publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency |url-status=dead |access-date=13 December 2016 }}</ref> {{efn|[[Cessna A-37 Dragonfly]] Tail Code: CG{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}}} : Stationed at [[Nha Trang Air Base]], Viet Nam * [[360th Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron]]: 31 August 1971 – 1 February 1972{{efn|[[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Douglas EC-47N/P/Q]] Tail Code: AJ{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}<ref name=Ravenstein/> : Stationed at [[Tan Son Nhut Airport]], Viet Nam * [[361st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron]]: 31 August 1971 – 1 December 1971{{efn|EC-47N/P/Q Tail Code: AL{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}}}<ref name=Ravenstein/> : Stationed at Phu Cat Air Base, Viet Nam * [[362nd Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron]]: 31 August 1971 – 1 February 1972 {{efn|EC-47N/P/Q C-47H Tail Code: AN{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}}}<ref name=Ravenstein/> : Stationed at [[Pleiku Air Base]], Viet Nam
====Support Units==== * 6466th USAF Hospital: c. 1 July 1954 – 25 June 1960<ref name=483TCWJul1959>{{cite web |url= http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/458/961.xml |author=No byline|title=Abstract, History 483d Troop Carrier Wing, Jul–Dec 1959|date=|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=October 28, 2012}}</ref> * 483rd Avionics Maintenance Squadron: 15 Jul 1971 – 30 April 1972<ref name=483TAWOct1971/> * 483rd Field Maintenance Squadron (later 483rd Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 483rd Field Maintenance Squadron): 8 March 1958 – 25 June 1960, 1 January 1967 – 13 May 1972<ref name=483TAWOct1971/> * 483rd Flight Line Maintenance Squadron: 8 March 1958 – 18 December 1959<ref name=483TCWJul1959/> * 483rd Periodic Maintenance Squadron (later 483rd Organizational Maintenance Squadron): 8 March 1958 – 25 June 1960, 10 December 1970 – 30 April 1972<ref name=483TAWOct1971/> * 483rd Munitions Maintenance Squadron, 15 July 1971 – 30 April 1972<ref name=483TAWOct1971/> * 6483rd Flight Line Maintenance Squadron: 22 August 1957 – 8 March 1958<ref name=483TCWAug57>{{cite web |url= http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/458/954.xml |author=No byline|title=Abstract, History 483d Troop Carrier Wing, Aug–Dec 1957|date=|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=October 28, 2012}} Abstract, History of 483d Troop Carrier Wing, Aug–Dec 1957|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=October 28, 2012}})</ref> * 6483rd Periodic Maintenance Squadron: 22 August 1957 – 8 March 1958<ref name=483TCWAug57/>
===Stations=== * Ashiya Air Base, Japan, 1 January 1953 – 25 June 1960 * Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, South Vietnam, 15 October 1966 – 31 May 1972<ref name=Ravenstein/>
===Aircraft=== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-break|width=25%}} * A-37B, 1971–1972 * C-7A, 1967–1972 * C-47D, 1953–1959 {{Col-break|width=25%}} * VC-47D 1970–1971 * EC-47N 1971–1972) * EC-47P 1971–1972) {{Col-break|width=25%}} * EC-47Q 1971–1972) * C-119A, 1953–1955 * C-119B, 1953–1955 {{Col-break|width=25%}} * C-119G, 1955–1959 * C-130A, 1958–1960 * UH-1, 1971–1972. {{col-end}}
===Awards=== * [[File:Streamer PUC Army.PNG|325px]] * Presidential Unit Citation : Southeast Asia 21 January 1968 – 12 May 1968<ref name=AFP9002V1>AF Pamphlet 900-2, 15 Jun 71, p. 403</ref> : Southeast Asia 1 April 1970 – 30 June 1970<ref name=AFP9002V2>AF Pamphlet 900-2, Vol II, 30 Sep 76, p. 76</ref>
* [[File:AFOUA with Valor.jpg|325px]] * Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with "V" Device : 1 January 1967 – 30 April 1967<ref name=AFP9002V1/> : 1 May 1967 – 30 April 1968<ref name=AFP9002V1/> : 1 July 1970 – 31 December 1971<ref name=AFP9002V2/>
* [[File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg|325px]] * Air Force Outstanding Unit Award : 6 May 1953 – 10 September 1954<ref name=AFP9002V1/>
* [[File:Streamer KPUC.PNG|325px]] * Korean Presidential Unit Citation : 1 January 1953 – 27 July 1953<ref name=AFP9002V1/>
* [[File:VGCP Streamer.jpg|325px]] * Republic of Viet Nam Gallantry Cross : 15 October 1966 – 31 March 1968<ref name=AFP9002V2/> : 1 August 1967 – 30 October 1971<ref name=AFP9002V2/> : 1 May 1967 – 31 May 1972<ref name=AFP9002V2/>
* [[File:Korean Service Medal - Streamer.png|325px]] * [[Korean Service Medal]] * Campaigns<ref name=AFP9002V1/> : Third Korean Winter : Korea Summer-Fall 1953
* [[File:Streamer VS.PNG|325px]] * [[Viet Nam Service Medal]] * Campaigns<ref name=Ravenstein/> {{Col-begin}} {{Col-break|width=34%}} : Vietnam Air Offensive : Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase II : Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase III : Vietnam Air/Ground : Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase IV {{Col-break|width=34%}} : TET69/Counteroffensive : Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 : Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 : Sanctuary Counteroffensive : Southwest Monsoon {{Col-break|width=33%}} : Commando Hunt V : Commando Hunt VI : Commando Hunt VII : Vietnam Ceasefire {{col-end}}
==References==
===Notes=== ; Explanatory notes {{notelist}}
; Citations {{reflist|25em}}
===Bibliography=== {{AFHRA}} * {{cite book|last1=Bowers|first1=Ray L.|title=Tactical Airlift|url= https://media.defense.gov/2010/Oct/13/2001329761/-1/-1/0/AFD-101013-035.pdf |access-date=July 12, 2019 |series= The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia|year=1999|orig-year=1983 |publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn= |asin=B00DJU4SGA |lccn= }} * {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180455/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 20 December 2016 |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6}} * {{cite book|last=Ravenstein|first=Charles A.|title=Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977|year=1984|url=https://archive.org/details/airforcecombatwi0000rave|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-12-9|url-access=registration}} * {{cite web |url= http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/AFP900-2Vol1Bk2.pdf |title= AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits |date= 15 June 1971 |publisher= Department of the Air Force |location= Washington, DC |access-date= 11 August 2016 |archive-date= 4 August 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150804134008/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/AFP900-2Vol1Bk2.pdf |url-status= dead }} * {{cite web|url=http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/AFP900-2Vol2.pdf|title=AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits, Vol II|date=30 September 1976|publisher=Department of the Air Force|location=Washington, DC|access-date=11 August 2016|archive-date=4 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804124603/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/AFP900-2Vol2.pdf|url-status=dead}}
'''Further Reading''' * {{cite book|editor=Endicott, Judy G.|title=The USAF in Korea, Campaigns, Units and Stations 1950–1953|url= https://media.defense.gov/2010/May/26/2001330297/-1/-1/0/AFD-100526-045.pdf |year=2001|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|location=Maxwell AFB, AL|isbn=0-16-050901-7}} * {{cite book|last=Futrell|first= Robert F.|title= The United States Air Forces in Korea 1950-1953|url=https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesairf50-53futr|url-access=registration|year=1983|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location= Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-71-4}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20130313135105/http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090529-038.pdf Part 1] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130313135129/http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090529-039.pdf Part 2] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130313135153/http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090529-040.pdf Part 3] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130313135213/http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090529-041.pdf Part 4] * {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|orig-year= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180735/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 20 December 2016 |edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979}} * {{cite book|last=Nalty|first=Bernard C.|title=Air Power and the Fight for Khe Sanh|url=http://www.afhso.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100526-029.pdf|access-date=7 July 2015|year=1986|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=978-1410222589|archive-date=8 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708114147/http://www.afhso.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100526-029.pdf|url-status=dead}}
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