Heavy Airlift Wing
| Heavy Airlift Wing | |
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| Active | 2009- current (Full Operational Capability 2012) |
| Country | International consortium of Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden and USA. |
| Branch | Air Force |
| Type | Strategic Airlift |
| Size | three C-17 Globemaster III aircraft 145 multinational military personnel |
| Part of | Strategic Airlift Capability |
| Garrison/HQ | Pápa Air Base, Hungary |
| Motto(s) | Team - Mission - Future |
| Anniversaries | 27 July |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Colonel Trevor Nitz, USAF |
The Heavy Airlift Wing (HAW) is an international military airlift organization based at Pápa Air Base, Hungary. It was officially activated on 27 July 2009 as part of the Strategic Airlift Capability consortium. The consortium purchased and operates three C-17 Globemaster III aircraft that fly under the national markings of Hungary. The Heavy Airlift Wing is currently commanded by a colonel from the United States. Boeing provides nearly all operational maintenance of the aircraft with a contractor force, while depot maintenance and crew training is provided by the USAF in the United States.
The wing has provided strategic airlift worldwide on combat, humanitarian, disaster relief, and peacekeeping missions for its 12 member countries. While independent of any command by the European Union, United Nations, or NATO, many of the missions by consortium members have been in support of objectives of those organizations, primarily in strategic airlift support of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. The wing has also flown into Iraq, Mali, Kosovo, Ukraine and Lebanon.
The HAW is composed of 145 military and civilian personnel from the 12 participating nations. Strategic Airlift Capability nations send their personnel to work for the Heavy Airlift Wing on temporary or permanent positions.
The leadership positions of the Heavy Airlift Wing are manned by the member nations with the biggest share of flight hours in the SAC program, the United States, Sweden, the Netherlands and Norway.
Colonel Trevor W. Nitz of the United States Air Force is the Commander of the Heavy Airlift Wing.
Colonel Bjørn Gohn-Hellum of the Royal Norwegian Air Force is the Vice Commander of the HAW.
Senior Master Sergeant Jerry S. Glover of the United States Air Force is the Senior Enlisted Advisor of the HAW.
The Heavy Airlift Wing consists of HAW Command Staff, Command and Control Squadron (C2S), Heavy Airlift Squadron (HAS) and Logistics Support Squadron (LSS).
The HAW Command Staff consist of functions for the Wing Administrational Office (HAW Admin), Executive Assistance (HAW Exec), Protocol, Public Affairs, Legal Advisory, Safety and Quality Assurance.
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