[5] Although this dispersal was not a problem when the entire wing was called to active service, mobilizing a single flying squadron and elements to support it proved difficult.

However, as this plan was entering its implementation phase, another partial mobilization occurred for the Cuban Missile Crisis, with the units being released on 22 November 1962.

The group was equipped with Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars for Tactical Air Command airlift operations.

It has supported missions included military airlift to South Vietnam beginning in 1965 and to U.S. forces in the Dominican Republic during a 1965 crisis.

It refueled aircraft and airlifted passengers and cargo for various training exercises and contingency and humanitarian operations around the world.

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