Roughly one-quarter (135) of assigned personnel are full-time Air Reserve Technicians who provide continuity between weekend training periods.

The majority of personnel are traditional reservists that meet during one required weekend unit training assembly each month, augmented by numerous additional weekends and weekdays in an additional drill or active duty status.

The reservists represent a wide variety of civilian careers, including airline pilots, doctors, engineers, elected officials, teachers, plumbers, mechanics, corporate managers and local, state and federal government employees.

[3] Although this 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.

To resolve this, at the start of 1962, Continental Air Command, (ConAC) determined to reorganize its reserve wings by establishing groups with support elements for each of its troop carrier squadrons.

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

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