436th Airlift Wing
| 436th Airlift Wing | |
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| Active | 23 March 1943 — present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | Air Force |
| Type | Airlift |
| Size | 6,000 |
| Part of | Air Mobility Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Dover Air Force Base |
| Nickname(s) | Eagle Wing |
| Motto(s) | Go Bucks! |
| Decorations |
 DUC AFOUA
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| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Colonel Ethan C. Griffin |
| Notable commanders |
William J. Begert |
The 436th Airlift Wing (436 AW) is an active United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the Air Mobility Command Eighteenth Air Force, and is based at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.
Known as the "Eagle Wing", the 436 AW consists of the operations, logistics, support, and medical groups; in addition to 12 divisions and two detachments. The wing has over 4,000 active-duty military and civilian employees. The wing's C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III aircraft provides 25 percent of the nation's inter-theater airlift capability, providing worldwide movement of outsized cargo and personnel on scheduled, special assignment, exercise and contingency airlift missions. The 436th is the only combat-ready C-5 Galaxy wing capable of employing airdrop and special operations tactics in support of worldwide airlift.
The wing routinely flies airlift missions throughout the world projecting global reach to more than 90 countries on six different continents including Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, North and South America. Additionally, the Eagle Wing operates the largest and busiest aerial port in the Department of Defense with its passenger terminal moving over 100,000 passengers in 1998.
436th Operations Group (436 OG)
436th Maintenance Group (436 MXG)
436th Mission Support Group (436 MSG)
436th Medical Group (436 MDG)
Additionally, the 436th Comptroller Squadron (436 CPTS) reports directly to the wing staff.
The wing was activated as a Reserve troop carrier wing in June 1949, and until April 1951, trained under the supervision of the 2236th Air Force Reserve Training Center, and again during May 1955-November 1957, under supervision of the 2230th Air Reserve Flying Center. In between, ordered to active service and inactivated almost immediately, personnel serving as fillers for other USAF units during the Korean War.
In January 1966 the 436th was again activated at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware where it replaced the 1607th Air Transport Wing when Military Airlift Command replaced Military Air Transport Service. The wing initially flew strategic airlift missions with propeller-driven C-124 Globemaster II and C-133 Cargomaster aircraft. However the C-124s were replaced by C-141 Starlifter jet transports in the late 1960s, and the C-133s were replaced by the C-5 Galaxy in 1971. In 1973, the 436th exchanged their C-141s with the 437th Military Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB, South Carolina, which sent their C-5s to Dover, making the 436th an exclusively C-5 Galaxy wing.
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