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The 915th was one of three C-119 groups assigned to the 435th Wing in 1963, the others being the 916th Troop Carrier Group at Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina and the 917th Troop Carrier Group at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. [citation needed]
On 11 February 1963, the 915th Troop Carrier Group (915 TCG) was activated as a TAC-gained AFRES organization at Homestead AFB under the 435 TCW, with the 76 TCS as a subordinate unit. 1965 and 1966 also saw significant changes to AFRES and Air National Guard (ANG) operations at Homestead AFB.
The mission of IX Troop Carrier Command was air transport for the Allied airborne forces in the European Theater of Operations (ETO). [citation needed] The main aircraft of command were the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and its variant, the Douglas C-53 Skytrooper, but in 1945 the command equipped one group with 117 Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft to determine their viability in the RTO.
The 435th Troop Carrier Group was inactivated on 14 April 1959 when the 435th Wing adopted the Dual Deputy organization and the group's squadrons were assigned directly to the wing. [ 23 ] [ 21 ] [ 20 ] [ 18 ] In 1960, the wing left busy Miami International Airport and moved south to Homestead Air Force Base , Florida.
The unit was first activated during World War II as the 435th Troop Carrier Group, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport unit that saw combat with IX Troop Carrier Command in Western Europe. The group flew paratroopers on airborne assaults on Normandy ( Operation Overlord ); Southern France ( Operation Dragoon ); the Netherlands ( Operation Market ...
USN Task Group 50.2 – Northern Carrier Group – Makin Landing (Radford) USS Enterprise (CV-6) USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) USN Task Group 50.3 -Southern Carrier Group – Tarawa Landing USS Essex (CV-9) USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) Until 8 Dec; USS Independence (CVL-22) Until 23 Nov; USN Task Force 52: USN Task Group 52.3 – Air Support Group: USN ...
The group was organized at Tan Son Nhut Airport, Vietnam in December 1962 as the 315th Troop Carrier Group, Assault. It replaced the Combat Cargo Group, Provisional, 6492d at Tan Son Nhut. [ 27 ] The group was initially composed of a provisional transport squadron, an aerial port squadron and a maintenance squadron and was part of the 315th Air ...
The table below lists the principal carrier-launched fighters and bombers used during World War II. They are listed within each aircraft type in chronological order of their introduction to service. Allied reporting names such as "Val" and "Kate" are included for IJN aircraft. Neither Germany nor Italy put carriers or carrier-launched aircraft ...