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

9th Troop Carrier Command | Evolution of the 434th in WW II | Korea 1950 - 1953

Cuban Missile Crisis | Vietnam 1968 - 1969 | 1970 - Present (Desert Storm)

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