As part of this reorganization and unit reductions required by President Truman's reduced 1949 defense budget,[8] the 435th Troop Carrier Wing was activated at Miami International Airport,[3] and formed its cadre from the inactivating 49th Air Division and 100th Bombardment Group.

Although it remained at Miami, the wing deployed twice while on active duty: to Laurinburg-Maxton Airport, North Carolina from 21 July until 1 September 1951 and to Grenier Air Force Base, New Hampshire from 2 January to 3 March 1952.

In the summer of 1956, the wing participated in Operation Sixteen Ton during its two weeks of active duty training.

Sixteen Ton was performed entirely by reserve troop carrier units and moved United States Coast Guard equipment From Floyd Bennett Naval Air Station to Isla Grande Airport in Puerto Rico and San Salvador in the Bahamas.

The dispersal of separate squadrons to smaller population centers was intended to facilitate recruiting and manning.

[18][19] In August 1956, the wing's 77th Troop Carrier Squadron left Miami for Pinellas County Airport, Florida.

The squadron's stay in the Tampa Bay area was brief, however, for in November 1957 it moved again, this time to New Orleans Naval Air Station, Louisiana.

[23][21][20][18] In 1960, the wing left busy Miami International Airport and moved south to Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.

[2] To resolve the mobilization problem, at the start of 1962 ConAC determined to reorganize its reserve wings by establishing groups with support elements for each of its troop carrier squadrons.

However, as this plan was entering its implementation phase, another partial mobilization occurred for the Cuban Missile Crisis.

[2] Reactivated first at RAF High Wycombe, England, 24 December 1968, then moved to Wiesbaden, West Germany on 1 July 1969, the 435th served as a support wing of Military Airlift Command, providing deployed airlift control elements and aircraft maintenance at aerial ports in portions of Europe, the Middle East, Southwest Asia, and Africa.

While continuing to function as a tactical and support wing, the 435th TAW gained the mission of aeromedical evacuation in Europe and the Middle East.

On 1 October 1993 the 55 AAS and 58 AS were inactivated as part of the general drawdown of USAF units and installations in Europe at the end of the Cold War.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency