19th Bombardment Wing
19th Airlift Wing
 |
|
|---|---|
19th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft at Little Rock AFB
|
|
| Active | 1948–1996; 2008–present |
| Country |
 United States
|
| Branch |
 United States Air Force
|
| Role | Airlift |
| Part of | Air Mobility Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas |
| Nickname(s) | "Black Knights" |
| Motto(s) | In Alis Vincimus Latin (On Wings We Conquer) |
| Engagements |
|
| Decorations |
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Colonel Charles E. Brown Jr. |
| Insignia | |
| 19th Airlift Wing emblem (approved 9 May 1952, modified 19 September 1983) |  |
The 19th Airlift Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Mobility Command's Eighteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. The wing is also the host unit at Little Rock.
The Wing provides the Department of Defense its largest Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport fleet, supplying humanitarian airlift relief to victims of disasters, to airdropping supplies and troops into the heart of contingency operations in hostile areas.
Active for over 60 years, the 19th was a component wing of Strategic Air Command's deterrent force during the Cold War. The wing served in the Korean War and Operation Desert Storm. Its component units are currently engaged in combat operations as part of the Global War on Terrorism.
The 19th Airlift Wing is commanded by Colonel Charles E. Brown Jr. Its Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Kenneth Carter.
The 19th Airlift Wing is organized into a quad-group structure:
The 19th Airlift Wing staff includes a variety of agencies that directly support the wing commander, group commanders and the base population.
The 19th Bombardment Wing was formed in 1948 from resources of the former North Guam Air Force Base Command (Provisional). The 19th, with the 19th Bombardment Group as its operational flying unit, operated Andersen Air Force Base and maintained proficiency in Boeing B-29 Superfortresses. In May 1949, headquarters Twentieth Air Force moved from Guam to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa and its former staff was assigned to the 19th Bomb Wing.
...
Wikipedia