910th Airlift Wing
| 910th Airlift Wing | |
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| Active | 1963—present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | Air Force |
| Type | Airlift |
| Size | 1,400 Personnel |
| Part of | Air Force Reserve Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Youngstown-Warren Air Reserve Station |
| Decorations |
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Colonel Stephen J. "Fritz" Linsenmeyer |
| Insignia | |
| 910th Airlift Wing emblem (approved 22 March 1995) |  |
| Patch with 910th Tactical Airlift Group emblem |  |
The 910th Airlift Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force based at Youngstown-Warren Air Reserve Station, Ohio.
910th Airlift Wing's mission is to deliver, deploy and defend.
In wartime, the 910th Airlift Wing mission is to employ the Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft in combat operations of tactical airlift. These operations include low-level infiltration into a combat environment, where aircrews can deliver personnel and materials by airdrop and air-land techniques.
The 910th Airlift Wing is a United States Air Force Reserve Command unit located at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. It is under the command of Twenty-Second Air Force of Air Force Reserve Command at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.
In the event of mobilization, the unit would be assigned to the Air Mobility Command, headquartered at Scott AFB, IL.
The 910th Airlift Wing is composed of three groups and one medical unit, the 910th Medical Squadron. The 910th Operations Group is composed of one flying squadron and one support unit, the 910th Operations Support Squadron. The flying squadron is the 757th Airlift Squadron, which includes the only large-area, fixed-wing aerial spray mission in the Department of Defense.The 910th Maintenance Group is assigned two squadrons, the 910th Maintenance Squadron and the 910th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The 910th Mission Support Group is assigned seven units: the 910th Mission Support Flight, 910th Civil Engineer Squadron, 910th Security Forces Squadron, 910th Force Support Squadron, 910th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 76th Aerial Port Squadron and 910th Communications Squadron.
During the first half of 1955, the Air Force began detaching Air Force Reserve squadrons from their parent wing locations to separate sites. The concept offered several advantages. Communities were more likely to accept the smaller squadrons than the large wings and the location of separate squadrons in smaller population centers would facilitate recruiting and manning. Continental Air Command (ConAC)'s plan called for placing Air Force Reserve units at fifty-nine installations located throughout the United States. When these relocations were completed in 1959, reserve wing headquarters and wing support elements would typically be on one base, along with one (or in some cases two) of the wing's flying squadrons, while the remaining flying squadrons were spread over thirty-five Air Force, Navy and civilian airfields under what was called the Detached Squadron Concept.
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