64th Air Expeditionary Group
Encyclopedia
The 64th Air Expeditionary Group (64 AEG) is a provisional United States Air Force
unit assigned to the Air Combat Command
. As a provisional unit, it may be activated or inactivated at any time.
The group is presently a subordinate component of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing
, located at Eskan Village in Saudi Arabia
, a compound about 20 km southeast of Riyadh.
Established prior to World War II
, its predecessor unit, the 64th Transport (later Troop Carrier) Group engaged in combat operations, first with the Eighth Air Force
and primarily with Twelfth Air Force during the war.
Wing
Squadrons
Redesignated 64th Troop Carrier Group in July 1942. Moved to England in August 1942 and received additional training. Assigned to Twelfth Air Force. Moved to the Mediterranean theater, November–December 1942. Flew first mission on 11 November, landing paratroops at Maison Blanche. Dropped paratroops to capture airfields during the battle for Tunisia
. Released paratroops near Gela and Catania when the Allies invaded Sicily
in July 1943. Dropped paratroops near Avellino during the invasion of Italy in September 1943 to destroy a bridge on the enemy’s supply line to Salerno
. Participated in the assault on southern France in August 1944 by releasing gliders and paratroops in the battle zone. Supported the partisans in northern Italy early in 1945 by dropping paratroops, supplies, and propaganda leaflets behind enemy lines.
When not engaged in airborne combat operations, the group continually transported men and supplies to the front lines and evacuated wounded personnel.
Most of the group was on detached service in the CBI theater, April–June 1944, while a skeleton force remained
in Sicily. With its squadrons operating from separate bases in India, the 64th group aided the Allied offensive in Burma, being awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation for flying unarmed over rugged enemy territory to carry food, clothing, medical supplies, guns, ammunition, and mules to the combat zone and to evacuate wounded personnel.
Moved to Trinidad
in June 1945. Assigned to Air Transport Command. Inactivated on 31 July 1945
Actiuated in the US on 19 May 1947. Not manned during 1947–1948. Inactivated on 10 September 1948.
and airdrop
/airlanding of troops and cargo, routinely and during frequent maneuvers, 1952–1953. It began phasing down for inactivation in mid-October 1953, at which time tactical operations passed to 63d Troop Carrier Wing. In February 1954, however, the wing began building up again in preparation for an overseas movement, but was inactivated instead.
The 64th was activated at Dyess Air Force Base
, Texas in February 1961 with a troop carrier/airlift mission, plus resupply of Distant Early Warning Line
sites on the Greenland
ice cap
. The wing was again inactivated on 1 January 1963.
It was reactivated and replaced Troop Carrier Wing Provisional, 4413th, in July 1966 at Sewart Air Force Base
, Tennessee
. The wing provided global airlift and aeromedical evacuations, July 1966 – May 1971. It also provided C–130 combat crew training for other C–130 units from, 1 July 1966 – 6 March 1970, with this being the wing’s primary activity from 9 August 1968 to 6 March 1970. It was replaced at Little Rock Air Force Base
, Arkansas
, in May 1971 by 314th Tactical Airlift Wing
. The 64th replaced 3500th Pilot Training Wing in October 1972 and assumed mission of undergraduate pilot training and operation and maintenance of Reese Air Force Base
, Texas. It supported Accelerated Co-Pilot Enrichment Program through operating locations at Minot Air Force Base
, North Dakota
, Ellsworth Air Force Base
, South Dakota
, and Grand Forks Air Force Base
, North Dakota from, 1976–1991. The 64th began specialized undergraduate pilot training in July 1992, using T–1A to prepare students for airlift tanker/transport training and T–38 for students in fighter/ bomber track. The Wing seems to have disbanded with the closure of Reese Air Force Base in 1997.
Around 2005 the 64th Air Expeditionary Group seems to have replaced the 320th Air Expeditionary Group
as the operating unit for Eskan Village near Riyadh
.
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 assigned to the Air Combat Command
Air Combat Command
Air Combat Command is a major command of the United States Air Force. ACC is one of ten major commands , reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force ....
. As a provisional unit, it may be activated or inactivated at any time.
The group is presently a subordinate component of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing
379th Air Expeditionary Wing
The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command. As a provisional unit, it may be activated or inactivated at any time....
, located at Eskan Village in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
, a compound about 20 km southeast of Riyadh.
Established prior to World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, its predecessor unit, the 64th Transport (later Troop Carrier) Group engaged in combat operations, first with the Eighth Air Force
Eighth Air Force
The Eighth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command . It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana....
and primarily with Twelfth Air Force during the war.
Overview
The group is made up of about 300 security forces, support Airmen, and civilians. Their mission is to stand guard all day, every day, providing integrated defense, emergency response, and combat support for the base, which houses military and host-nation tenant agencies. Most days the Airmen are fighting the war on terrorism in temperatures of more than 100 degrees.History
The 64 AEG is a provisional unit and is authorized to use the emblem of the inactive 64th Flying Training Wing with expeditionary added to the scroll. However the unit's lineage is derived from the 64th Operations Group.Lineage
Group- Constituted as 64th Transport Group on 20 November 1940
- Activated on 4 December 1940
- Inactivated 31 July 1945
- Activated on 19 May 1947.
- Not manned during 1947–1948
- Inactivated on 10 September 1948
- Redesignated: 64th Troop Carrier Group and activated 14 July 1952
- Inactivated on 21 July 1954
- Redesignated: 64th Operations Group and activated 15 May 1991
- Inactivated on 30 September 1997
- Redesignated as 64th Air Expeditionary Group and converted to provisional status, 1 September 2005
Wing
- Established as 64th Troop Carrier Wing, Medium, on 3 July 1952
- Activated on 24 October 1960
- Organized on 8 February 1961
- Discontinued, and inactivated, on 1 January 1963
- Redesignated 64th Troop Carrier Wing, and activated, on 7 March 1966
- Organized on 1 July 1966
- Redesignated 64th Tactical Airlift Wing on 1 May 1967
- Inactivated on 31 May 1971
- Redesignated 64th Flying Training Wing on 14 April 1972
- Activated on 1 October 1972
- Inactivated on 30 September 1997
Assignments
- IV Ground Air Support Command, 4 December 1940
- Twelfth Air Force
- Attached to: VIII Air Support CommandVIII Air Support CommandThe VIII Air Support Command is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit. Its last assignment was with Eighth Air Force, stationed at Sunninghill, Berkshire, England. It was inactivated on 1 December 1943....
, August–November 1942- XII Troop Carrier Command , November 1942
- Most of group detached to Tenth Air ForceTenth Air ForceThe Tenth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve Command . It is headquartered at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas....
April–June 1944- Eighteenth Air ForceEighteenth Air ForceEighteenth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force component of the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command . It was activated on 1 October 2003 and headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois...
, 14 July 1952 – 21 July 1954
- Eighteenth Air Force
- Group attached to 63d Troop Carrier Wing, Heavy63d Airlift WingThe 63d Airlift Wing is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force. Its last assignment was with Air Mobility Command, being stationed at Norton Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on April 1, 1994.-Origins:...
, 15 October 1953 – 1 March 1954- Air Transport CommandAir Transport CommandAir Transport Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its mission was to meet the urgent demand for the speedy reinforcement of the United States' military bases worldwide during World War II, using an air supply system to supplement surface transport...
4 June – 31 July 1945
- Air Transport Command
- First Air ForceFirst Air ForceThe First Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida....
, 19 May 1947 – 10 September 1948 (Not Manned or equipped) - Ninth Air ForceNinth Air ForceThe Ninth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina....
, 8 February 1961 - Twelfth Air Force, 1 January 1962 – 1 January 1963
- Tactical Air CommandTactical Air CommandTactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 being headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia...
, 7 March 1966 - 839th Air Division839th Air DivisionThe 839th Airlift Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Military Airlift Command, assigned to Twenty-First Air Force, being stationed at Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee...
, 1 July 1966 - Twelfth Air Force, 9 March 1970 – 31 May 1971
- Air Training CommandAir Training CommandAir Training Command is a former major command of the United States Army Air Forces and United States Air Force. ATC came into being as a redesignation of the Army Air Forces Training Command on July 1, 1946...
, 1 October 1972 - Air Education and Training CommandAir Education and Training CommandAir Education and Training Command was established July 1, 1993, with the realignment of Air Training Command and Air University. It is one of the U.S. Air Force's ten major commands and reports to Headquarters, United States Air Force....
- Nineteenth Air ForceNineteenth Air ForceThe Nineteenth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force headquartered at Randolph Air Force Base and belonging to the Air Education and Training Command...
, 1 July 1993 – 30 September 1997 - Air Combat CommandAir Combat CommandAir Combat Command is a major command of the United States Air Force. ACC is one of ten major commands , reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force ....
to activate or inactivate any time after 1 September 2005
Stations
- Duncan Field, Texas, 4 December 1940
- March Field, California, c. 13 July 1941;
- Hamilton Field, California, c. 1 February 1942
- Westover Field, MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, c. 8 June – 31 July 1942; - RAF RamsburyRAF RamsburyRAF Station Ramsbury is a former World War II airfield in Wiltshire, England. The airfield is located approximately east-northeast of Marlborough; about west of London. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Force. During the war it was used primarily...
, England, August–November 1942 - Blida Airfield, Algeria, December 1942
- Kairouan AirfieldKairouan AirfieldKairouan Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Tunisia, which is located approximately 11 km south-southeast of Kairouan, 126 km south of Tunis. It was a major Troop Carrier unit base of the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign...
, Tunisia, 28 June 1943 - El Djem AirfieldEl Djem AirfieldEl Djem Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, which is located approximately 4 km west-northwest of El Djem; about 170 km south-southeast of Tunis. It was a pre-1942 military airfield used by the German Luftwaffe which was attacked and seized by Allied forces...
, Tunisia, 26 July 1943 - Comiso Airfield, Sicily, 29 August 1943
- Ciampino Airfield, Italy, 10 July 1944
- Rosignano AirfieldRosignano AirfieldRosignano Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, located near the comune of Rosignano Marittimo in the Province of Livorno in Tuscany....
, Italy, 10 January – 23 May 1945 - Waller Field, TrinidadTrinidadTrinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
, 4 June – 31 July 1945 - Langley Field, VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, 19 May 1947 – 10 September 1948. - Donaldson Air Force BaseDonaldson Air Force BaseDonaldson Air Force Base is a closed facility of the United States Air Force. Currently known as Donaldson Center, the former Air Force Base is located south of Greenville, South Carolina....
, South CarolinaSouth CarolinaSouth Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
(1952–1954) - Dyess Air Force BaseDyess Air Force BaseDyess Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately southwest of Abilene, Texas.The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command Twelfth Air Force...
, Texas (1961–1963) - Sewart Air Force BaseSewart Air Force BaseSewart Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located in Smyrna, about 25 miles southeast of Nashville, Tennessee.-World War II:...
, TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
(1966–1970) - Little Rock Air Force BaseLittle Rock Air Force BaseLittle Rock Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas.-Overview:...
, ArkansasArkansasArkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
(1970–1971) - Reese Air Force BaseReese Air Force BaseReese Air Force Base was a base of the United States Air Force located 6 mi west of Lubbock, Texas, about 225 mi WNW of Fort Worth...
, Texas (1972–1997) - Eskan Village, Saudi Arabia (23 September 2005 – present)
Components
Groups- 64th Troop Carrier (later, 64th Operations): 14 July 1952 – 21 July 1954 ; 15 May 1991 – 30 September 1997
- Detached 15 October 1953 – 15 February 1954)
- 443d Troop Carrier: attached 8 January – 1 February 1953
- 465th Troop Carrier465th Bombardment WingThe 465th Bombardment Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Strategic Air Command 57th Air Division, stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. It was inactivated on 21 July 1968....
: attached 1 February – 15 October 1953.
Squadrons
- 4th Liaison: attached 22 July 1952 – 23 January 1953
- 7th Liaison: attached 20 October 1952 – 9 January 1953
- 16th Transport: 1940–1945, 1947–1948
- 17th Transport517th Airlift SquadronThe 517th Airlift Squadron is part of the 3d Wing at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. It operates C-12 Huron and C-17 Globemaster III aircraft providing airlfit in the Pacific theater.-Mission:...
(later Troop Carrier): 1940–1945; 1947–1948; 1952–1954; 8 February 1961 – 1 January 1963 - 18th Transport (later Troop Carrier): 8 January 1962 – 1 January 1963
- 33d Flying Training: 11 May 1990 – 15 December 1991
- 35th Transport (later Flying Training): 1940–1945; 1947–1948; 1 October 1972 – 15 December 1991
- 41st Flying Training41st Flying Training SquadronThe 41st Flying Training Squadron is part of the 14th Flying Training Wing based at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. It operates T-6 Texan II aircraft conducting flight training.-Mission:...
: 10 January 1990 – 15 May 1991 - 52d Flying Training52d Expeditionary Flying Training SquadronThe 52d Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron is part of the Iraq Training and Advisory Mission - Air Force and is based at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq. It operates T-6A aircraft conducting flight training for members of the Iraqi Air Force...
: 11 May 1990 – 15 December 1991 - 54th Transport (later Flying Training): 1942; 1 October 1972 – 15 December 1991
- 61st Troop Carrier (later Tactical Airlift): 1 July 1966 – 31 May 1971
- Detached 5 May – 14 August 1967; 28 March – 29 June 1968; 28 May – 7 July 1970, 12 October – 19 December 1970
- 62d Troop Carrier (later Tactical Airlift): 1 July 1966 – 31 May 1971
- Detached 13 December 1967 – c. 28 March 1968; 1 July – 2 October 1968; 5 November 1969 – 17 January 1970; 2 July – 31 August 1970; 2 April – 31 May 1971
- 64th Expeditionary Security Forces 2005–TBD
- 64th Expeditionary Support 2005–TBD
Aircraft
- C-82 PacketC-82 PacketThe C-82 Packet was a twin-engine, twin-boom cargo aircraft designed and built by Fairchild Aircraft. It was used briefly by the United States Army Air Forces and United States Navy following World War II.-Design and development:...
(1952–1953) - L-20 (1952–1953)
- C-119 Flying BoxcarC-119 Flying BoxcarThe Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar was an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute...
(1953–1954) - C-130 HerculesC-130 HerculesThe Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed, now Lockheed Martin. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport...
(1961–1963, 1966–1971) - T-41 MescaleroT-41 MescaleroThe Cessna T-41 Mescalero is a military version of the popular Cessna 172 used by the United States Air Force and Army as well as the armed forces of various other countries as a pilot training aircraft.-Design and development:...
(1972–1973) - T-37 TweetCessna T-37The Cessna T-37 Tweet is a small, economical twin-engine jet trainer-attack type aircraft which flew for decades as a primary trainer for the United States Air Force and in the air forces of several other nations...
(1972–1997) - T-38 TalonT-38 TalonThe Northrop T-38 Talon is a twin-engine supersonic jet trainer. It was the world's first supersonic trainer and is also the most produced. The T-38 remains in service as of 2011 in air forces throughout the world....
(1972–1997) - T-1 Jayhawk (1992–1997)
World War II
Constituted as 64th Transport Group on 20 November 1940. Activated on 4 December 1940. Used C-47’s for training and flying transport missions in the US.Redesignated 64th Troop Carrier Group in July 1942. Moved to England in August 1942 and received additional training. Assigned to Twelfth Air Force. Moved to the Mediterranean theater, November–December 1942. Flew first mission on 11 November, landing paratroops at Maison Blanche. Dropped paratroops to capture airfields during the battle for Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
. Released paratroops near Gela and Catania when the Allies invaded Sicily
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
in July 1943. Dropped paratroops near Avellino during the invasion of Italy in September 1943 to destroy a bridge on the enemy’s supply line to Salerno
Salerno
Salerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea....
. Participated in the assault on southern France in August 1944 by releasing gliders and paratroops in the battle zone. Supported the partisans in northern Italy early in 1945 by dropping paratroops, supplies, and propaganda leaflets behind enemy lines.
When not engaged in airborne combat operations, the group continually transported men and supplies to the front lines and evacuated wounded personnel.
Most of the group was on detached service in the CBI theater, April–June 1944, while a skeleton force remained
in Sicily. With its squadrons operating from separate bases in India, the 64th group aided the Allied offensive in Burma, being awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation for flying unarmed over rugged enemy territory to carry food, clothing, medical supplies, guns, ammunition, and mules to the combat zone and to evacuate wounded personnel.
Moved to Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
in June 1945. Assigned to Air Transport Command. Inactivated on 31 July 1945
Actiuated in the US on 19 May 1947. Not manned during 1947–1948. Inactivated on 10 September 1948.
Cold War
The 64th performed airliftAirlift
Airlift is the act of transporting people or cargo from point to point using aircraft.Airlift may also refer to:*Airlift , a suction device for moving sand and silt underwater-See also:...
and airdrop
Airdrop
An airdrop is a type of airlift, developed during World War II to resupply otherwise inaccessible troops, who themselves may have been airborne forces. In some cases, it is used to refer to the airborne assault itself. Early airdrops were conducted by dropping or pushing padded bundles from...
/airlanding of troops and cargo, routinely and during frequent maneuvers, 1952–1953. It began phasing down for inactivation in mid-October 1953, at which time tactical operations passed to 63d Troop Carrier Wing. In February 1954, however, the wing began building up again in preparation for an overseas movement, but was inactivated instead.
The 64th was activated at Dyess Air Force Base
Dyess Air Force Base
Dyess Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately southwest of Abilene, Texas.The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command Twelfth Air Force...
, Texas in February 1961 with a troop carrier/airlift mission, plus resupply of Distant Early Warning Line
Distant Early Warning Line
The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland...
sites on the Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
ice cap
Ice cap
An ice cap is an ice mass that covers less than 50 000 km² of land area . Masses of ice covering more than 50 000 km² are termed an ice sheet....
. The wing was again inactivated on 1 January 1963.
It was reactivated and replaced Troop Carrier Wing Provisional, 4413th, in July 1966 at Sewart Air Force Base
Sewart Air Force Base
Sewart Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located in Smyrna, about 25 miles southeast of Nashville, Tennessee.-World War II:...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
. The wing provided global airlift and aeromedical evacuations, July 1966 – May 1971. It also provided C–130 combat crew training for other C–130 units from, 1 July 1966 – 6 March 1970, with this being the wing’s primary activity from 9 August 1968 to 6 March 1970. It was replaced at Little Rock Air Force Base
Little Rock Air Force Base
Little Rock Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas.-Overview:...
, Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
, in May 1971 by 314th Tactical Airlift Wing
314th Airlift Wing
The 314th Airlift Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Little Rock Air Force Base in Little Rock, Arkansas.-World War 2 and aftermath:...
. The 64th replaced 3500th Pilot Training Wing in October 1972 and assumed mission of undergraduate pilot training and operation and maintenance of Reese Air Force Base
Reese Air Force Base
Reese Air Force Base was a base of the United States Air Force located 6 mi west of Lubbock, Texas, about 225 mi WNW of Fort Worth...
, Texas. It supported Accelerated Co-Pilot Enrichment Program through operating locations at Minot Air Force Base
Minot Air Force Base
Minot Air Force Base is a U.S. Air Force installation in Ward County, North Dakota, north of the city of Minot. In the 2010 census, the base was counted as a CDP with a total population of 5,521....
, North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....
, Ellsworth Air Force Base
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Ellsworth Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately northeast of Rapid City, South Dakota just north of Box Elder, South Dakota....
, South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
, and Grand Forks Air Force Base
Grand Forks Air Force Base
Grand Forks Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located north of Emerado, North Dakota and approximately west of Grand Forks, North Dakota...
, North Dakota from, 1976–1991. The 64th began specialized undergraduate pilot training in July 1992, using T–1A to prepare students for airlift tanker/transport training and T–38 for students in fighter/ bomber track. The Wing seems to have disbanded with the closure of Reese Air Force Base in 1997.
Around 2005 the 64th Air Expeditionary Group seems to have replaced the 320th Air Expeditionary Group
320th Air Expeditionary Wing
The 320th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force District of Washington. It is stationed at Bolling AFB, District of Columbia...
as the operating unit for Eskan Village near Riyadh
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a...
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