Lineage of
the 434th - 1943 to the Present
|
Date
|
Activity
|
Assignment
|
Duty Station
|
|
30 Jan 43
|
Constituted
434th Troop Carrier Group |
|
|
|
9 Feb 43
|
Activated
(WW II) |
|
Alliance AAF, NE
|
|
26 Feb 43
|
Relocation |
|
Baer Field, IN
|
|
7 Oct 43
|
Relocation |
53rd Troop Carrier Wing, 9th
Troop Carrier Command
|
Fulbeck, England
|
|
10 Dec 43
|
Relocation |
"
|
Welford Park, England
|
|
10 Jan 44
|
Relocation |
"
|
Fulbeck, England
|
|
3 Mar 44
|
Relocation |
"
|
Aldermaston, England
|
|
Feb 45
|
Relocation |
"
|
Mourmelon-le-Grand, FR
|
|
5 Aug 45
|
Relocation |
"
|
Baer Field, IN
|
|
15 Sep 45
|
Relocation |
"
|
Alliance AAF, NE
|
|
11 Oct 45
|
Relocation |
"
|
George Field, IL
|
|
2 Feb 46
|
Relocation |
"
|
Greenville AAB, SC
|
|
31 Jul 46
|
Deactivated |
"
|
"
|
|
15 Mar 47
|
Activated
in the Reserve |
|
Stout Field, IN
|
|
1 Dec 48
|
Reassignment |
Continental Air Command(CONAC)
|
Atterbury AFB, Columbus, IN
|
|
1 Jul 49
|
Redesignated |
434th Troop Carrier Wing (Med.)
|
"
|
|
1 May 51
|
Activated
(Korea) |
Tactical Air Command
|
"
|
|
23 Jan 52
|
Relocation |
"
|
Lawson AFB, GA
|
|
1 Feb 53
|
Returned to Reserve Status |
"
|
Atterbury AFB, Columbus, IN
|
|
13 Nov 54
|
Renaming
of Home Base |
Renamed to Bakalar Air Force
Base
|
Bakalar AFB, Columbus, IN
|
|
14 Apr 59
|
Reassignment |
434th Troop Carrier Wing
|
"
|
|
28 Oct 62
|
Activated
(Cuba) |
"
|
"
|
|
28 Nov 62
|
Returned to Reserve Status |
"
|
"
|
|
11 Feb 63
|
Reassignment |
930th TCG of the 434th
TCW
|
"
|
|
1 Jul 67
|
Redesignation |
434th Tactical Airlift
Wing(TAW)
|
"
|
|
13 May 68
|
Activated
(Vietnam) |
930th TAG of the 434th
TAW
|
"
|
|
1 Aug 68
|
Reassignment |
CONAC discontinued
|
"
|
|
1 Aug 68
|
Reassignment |
Established HQ AFRES
|
"
|
|
31 Dec 69
|
Inactivated |
|
"
|
|
15 Jan 71
|
Activated |
434th Special Operations
Wing
|
Grissom AFB, IN
|
|
1 Oct 73
|
Redesignation |
434th Tactical Fighter
Wing
|
"
|
|
1987
|
Redesignation |
434th Air Refueling Wing
|
"
|
|
1990
|
Activated
(Desert Storm) |
|
|
|
1991
|
Deactivated |
|
|
|
1 Jun 92
|
Redesignation |
434th Wing (composite)
|
"
|
|
Oct 1994
|
Redesignation |
434th Air Refueling Wing
|
Grissom Air Reserve Base,
IN
|