521st Air Mobility Operations Wing

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unit_name= 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing


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dates= 4 July 1942 - 27 September 1947
10 June 1949 - 18 November 1960
4 September 2008 - Present
country= United States
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command_structure= Air Mobility Command
18th Air Force
21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force
current_commander= Colonel Kimberly Corcoran
garrison= Ramstein Air Base
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* World War II: European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign (1943-1945)
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The 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing (521 AMOW) is part of Air Mobility Command anhd is stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It coordinates lostigistics air movements into, out of, and through Europe.

Mission

=Units [http://www.ramstein.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123114452 521 AMOW Activation] ] =

The 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing is composed of two groups:
* 521st Air Mobility Operations Group (521 AMOG)
* 721st Air Mobility Operations Group (721 AMOG)

History

Originaly constituted as the 555th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion the unit served as an aircraft warning unit in defense of the continental United States from, 1942-1943. The battalion went on to provide communications support in England and France following the D-Day invasion, and during the occupation of Germany from, 1944-1945. [http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=13057 AFHRA 521 AMOW Page] ]

The unit provided radar coverage and navigational aid to allied aircraft flying over the US Zone of Occupied Europe from, 1946-1947. Between 1949-1960, provided tactical control systems, including aircraft control and warning facilities, passive detection devices and guidance units, in central European area.

=Operations=

*World War II

=Lineage=

*555th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion (Separate) (1942 - 1943)
*555th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion (1943 - 1945)
*501st Tactical Control Group (1945 - 1949)
*501st Aircraft Control and Warning Group (1949 - 1952)
*501st Tactical Control Group (1952 - 1957)
*501st Tactical Control Wing (1957 - 1985)
*521st Tactical Control Wing (1985 - 2008)
*521st Air Mobility Operations Wing(2008 - Present)

=Assignments=

*III Fighter Command (1942)
*Aircraft Warning Unit Training Center (1942 - 1943)
*70th Fighter Wing (1943 - 1944)
*IX Tactical Air Command (1944 - 1945)
*70th Fighter Wing (1945)
*XXIX Tactical Air Command (1945)
*XII Tactical Air Command (1945 - 1947)
*51st Troop Carrier Wing (1947)
*United States Air Forces in Europe (1949)
*2d Air Division (1949 - 1951)
*12th Air Force (1951 - 1957)
*United States Air Forces in Europe (1957 - 1959)
*17th Air Force (1959 - 1960)
*21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force (2008 - Present)

=Bases stationed=

*Drew Field, Florida (1942 – 1943)
*Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts (1943 - 1944)
*Popham Airfield, England (1944)
*RAF Boxted, England (1944)
*RAF Ibsley, England (1944)
*Plymouth, England (1944)
*Vierville-sur-Mer, France (1944)
*Cricqueville, France (1944)
*Villedieu, France (1944)
*Le Teilleuie, France (1944)
*Aillieres, France (1944)
*Les Loges-an-Josas, France (1944)
*Paris, France (1944)
*Ham-sur-Huere, Belgium (1944)
*Verviers, Belgium (1944, 1945)
*Gosselies, Belgium (1944 - 1945)
*Bruhl, Germany (1945)
*Bad Wildungen, Germany (1945)
*Göttingen, Germany (1945)
*Nohra, Germany (1945)
*Fritzlar, Germany (1945)
*Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany (1945 - 1946)
*Bad Kissengen, Germany (1946 - 1947)
*Wiesbaden Air Base (1947)
*Zwingenberg, Germany (1949)
*Landsberg-Lech Air Base, Germany (1949 – 1952)
*Kaiserslautern, Germany (1952 - 1954)
*Ramstein Air Base, Germany (1954 - 1960, 2008 - Present)

Aircraft Operated

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=13057 AFHRA 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing History]
* [http://www.ramstein.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123114452 Wing Activation Story]

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