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Strait Crisis when group assisted intercontinental transport of a complete operational Air Force squadron being airlifted in a single-package operation; the Congo Crisis of 1962 and to Southeast Asia where C-124s transported Thai and United States Marines to locations near the Mekong River in Thailand to deter communist aggression in 1962.
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on 1 July 1957 however retained troop carrier identity and were remained dedicated to support TAC on troop deployments. Under MATS, performed global airlift missions, including occasional humanitarian or mercy missions, using C-124s as its primary aircraft in the 1958 Lebanon crisis; the 1958 Taiwan
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heavy strategic transports in 1954 and participated in maneuvers, exercises and the airlift of personnel and cargo to many points throughout the world.
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3rd Transport (later Troop Carrier) Squadron: 1 December 1940 – 14 April 1944; 27 June 1949 – 9 May 1951; 20 June 1953 – 18 January 1963
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Used C-33, C-34, and C-50 aircraft; later equipped with C-47's and C-53's for training, 1940–1944
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60th Troop Carrier Squadron: 26 October 1942 – 14 April 1944; 27 June 1949 – 9 May 1951
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and squadrons were assigned directly to the wing under the Tri-Deputate organization.
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continued training mission for troop carrier aircraft, being associated with
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Activated in 1940 as a training organization for transport crews. During
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Norton Air Force Base, California, 1 January 1992 – c. 1 April 1994
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63d Military Airlift Wing, 15 September 1978 – 1 July 1980
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Air Service Command (ASC), 1 December 1940 – April 1942
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Military units and formations in Georgia (U.S. state)
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It was inactivated on 18 January 1963. 537:to activate or inactivate as needed, 12 June 2002 327:On 10 May 1949 the group was reconstituted as an 1546: 266:, California being prepared to load a Lockheed 381:Inactivated in 1963 when parent wing moved to 816:First Air Force Replacement Training Stations 771: 659:, California, 15 September 1978 – 1 July 1980 373:Parent 63d Troop Carrier Wing became part of 557:9th Transport (later Troop Carrier) Squadron 551:6th Transport (later Troop Carrier) Squadron 64:Learn how and when to remove these messages 778: 764: 430:Activated to Federal Service on 1 May 1951 731: 729: 727: 186:Learn how and when to remove this message 121:Learn how and when to remove this message 427:Activated in the reserve on 27 June 1949 308:For additional history and lineage, see 257: 163:of all important aspects of the article. 84:This article includes a list of general 812:First Air Force Group Training Stations 635:, Missouri, 19 January – 14 April 1944. 14: 1547: 724: 159:Please consider expanding the lead to 759: 641:, New York, 27 June 1949 – 9 May 1951 214:Emblem of the 63d Troop Carrier Group 718:Air Force Historical Research Agency 601:Camp Williams, Wisconsin, 3 May 1942 577: 553:: 1 December 1940 – 12 November 1942 132: 70: 29: 747:, Office of Air Force History, 1989 286:unit. 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United States Air Force

Hamilton AFB
F-104 Starfighter
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United States Air Force
63d Troop Carrier Wing
Eastern Transport Air Force
Hunter Air Force Base
63d Airlift Wing
World War II
I Troop Carrier Command
Air Force Reserve
Tactical Air Command
C-54 Skymasters

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