514th Air Mobility Wing
514th Air Mobility Wing
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A wing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft carrying Vice President Joe Biden arrives at Sather Air Base, Iraq
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| Active | 1949–1953; 1953–present |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Role | Airlift and air refueling |
| Part of | Air Force Reserve Command |
| Garrison/HQ | McGuire Air Force Base |
| Decorations |
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Colonel Pavey |
| Insignia | |
| 514th Air Mobility Wing emblem (approved 13 March 1995) |  |
| Patch with 514th Troop Carrier Wing emblem (approved 9 September 1954) |  |
The 514th Air Mobility Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force based at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. It traces its history back to the activation of the 514th Troop Carrier Wing in May 1949.
The 514th Air Mobility Wing is an associate Air Force Reserve unit. The wing flies aircraft assigned to the active-duty 305th Air Mobility Wing, also based at McGuire. The 514th shares the responsibility of maintaining and flying the McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender and the McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III.
The wing was first activated at Birmingham Municipal Airport, Alabama in June 1949 as the 514th Troop Carrier Wing, assuming the resources of the 19th Air Division, while its 514th Troop Carrier Group replaced the inactivating 99th Bombardment Group. It trained under the supervision of the 2587th Air Force Reserve Training Center. Only four months after activation, it moved on paper to Mitchel Air Force Base, New York, where it replaced the 84th Fighter Wing, while the 319th Bombardment Wing assumed its personnel and equipment in Birmingham.
At Mitchel, the wing trained under the supervision of the 2233d Air Reserve Training Center until it was mobilized for the Korean War in May 1951. The wing was one of six Curtiss C-46 Commando wings mobilized for Tactical Air Command. These wings formed the basis for the formation of Eighteenth Air Force It served on active duty at Mitchel until inactivated in February 1953.
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