00458646 3-4537-5A UNCLASSIFIED 2435474 01-01-1956 2435655 06-30-1956

WING/0463/TROOP CARRIER (MEDIUM)

HISTORY K-WG-463-HI 10450 N0752 4 434 35 2448022 05-10-1990 775 TROOP CARRIER BECAME PART OF 463 TROOP CARRIER GROUP AND ALSO BECAME OPERATIONAL. 309 TROOP CARRIER GROUP (ASSAULT FIXED WING) COMPLETED TRAINING AT ARDMORE AIR FORCE BASE OK AND SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED TO EUROPEAN THEATER. PLANS WERE COMPLETED FOR ACTIVATION OF 419 TROOP CARRIER GROUP (ASSAULT FIXED WING). PLANNING FOR RECEIPT OF C-130 AIRCRAFT CONTINUED. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS. WING HAD ADVISORY RESPONSIBILITY FOR AIR FORCE RESERVE TROOP CARRIER WINGS (434 TROOP CARRIER WING, 442 TROOP CARRIER WING AND 443 TROOP CARRIER WING). AIR BASE FLIGHT RECEIVED FIVE C-45 AIRCRAFT AND 2 H-19 HELICOPTERS. PARTICIPATED IN DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY COLD WEATHER TESTING IN ALASKA AND TESTS INCONJUNCTION WITH QUARTERMASTER CORPS AT BLACKSTONE ARMY AIR FIELD VA. WAS SCHEDULED TO SUPPORT OPERATION DEEP FREEZE IN ANTARCTICA. OPERATIONS PLAN 2-55 CONCERNING CONVERSION FROM C-119 AIRCRAFT TO C-130 AIRCRAFT WAS RECEIVED. SUGGESTIONS FOR MODIFYING COMPUTED AIR RELEASE POINT (CARP) SOLUTION WERE SUBMITTED TO HIGHER HEADQUARTERS. SUPPORTED COMBAT AIRLIFT TRAINING SYSTEM (CALTS). CONDUCTED OVERWATER TRAINING MISSIONS, ARMY SUPPORT MISSIONS, NAVIGATIONAL TRAINING FLIGHTS, PARTICIPATED IN DEMONSTRATION OF FREE FALL AND SEMI FREE FALL TECHNIQUES AT AIRBORNE SYMPOSIUM HELD BY ARMY QUARTERMASTER TRAINING COMMAND. 773 TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON AND 774 TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON OPERATED OUT OF NORTH ARMY AIR FIELD SC IN MOBILITY MANEUVERS. PARTICIPATED IN JOINT DEMONSTRATION AT FORT BENNING GA. DESCRIBES RADIO, ANTIICING SYSTEM AND CREW ESCAPE HATCH MODIFICATIONS FOR C-123 AIRCRAFT. STATES THAT CONVERSION OF C-119F TO C-119G AIRCRAFT PROGRAM WAS COMPLETED IN REPORTING PERIOD. INCLUDES INFORMATION ON STATUS OF AN/ARC-27 RETROFIT PROGRAM. CLASS 39D ACCOUNT (ATOMIC ENERGY WEAPONS) WAS ESTABLISHED. DT-60 DOSIMETER PROGRAM DISCUSSED. SPECIAL SUBJECT NARRATIVES INCLUDE 775 TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON (MEDIUM). INCLUDES SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS. NONE