The 633d Special Operations Wing is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last assignment was with the Seventh Air Force

Seventh Air Force

The Seventh Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . It is headquartered at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea....

 stationed at Pleiku Air Base

Pleiku Air Base

Pleiku Air Base is a former air force base in Vietnam. It was established by the South Vietnamese Air Force in 1962 at an undeveloped airstrip, and was used by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War in the II Corps Tactical Zone of South Vietnam. It was seized by the Vietnam People's...

, South Vietnam

South Vietnam

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. It was inactivated on 15 March 1970.

History

Engaged in special operations combat during the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

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 in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

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, including close air support, air escort, day and night interdiction, and visual and photographic reconnaissance, July 1968 -November 1969

Lineage

• Established as 633d Special Operations Wing
  633d Special Operations Wing
  The 633d Special Operations Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Seventh Air Force stationed at Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam...
  
  , and activated, on 9 July 1968

Organized on 15 July 1968.

Inactivated on 15 March 1970

Assignments

• Pacific Air Forces, 9 July 1968
• Seventh Air Force
  Seventh Air Force
  The Seventh Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . It is headquartered at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea....
  
  , 15 July 1968-15 March 1970

Units

• 6th Air Commando (later: Special Operations) Squadron, 15 July 1968-15 November 1969
• 633d Combat Support Group, 15 July 1968- 15 March 1970.