Although the wing's main task is tactical air transport, it has been widely employed in various humanitarian aid missions since 1960.

[7] During the Gulf War Air Transport Wing 62 assisted the coalition forces by providing logistic support.

[8] It also flew missions to provide humanitarian aid to Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and Turkey in 1990.

[9] From July 1992 until March 1995, Air Transport Wing 62 provided logistic support to UNPROFOR, the United Nations protection and peacekeeping force during the Yugoslav Wars, and flew supply missions into the besieged city of Sarajevo.

This detachment was responsible for air transport missions within the SAR commands at Holzdorf and Erfurt, as well as the emergency services centre at Neustrelitz.

[11] Between 1996 and 2004, Air Transport Wing 62 was part of SFOR, the NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina after the Bosnian war and continues to support KFOR, the NATO mission to establish a secure environment in Kosovo.

[7] During the 2000 Mozambique flood, Air Transport Wing 62 was employed to fly supplies into affected areas of the country.

[12] In November 2004, plans by the Federal Ministry of Defence were released to replace the wing's Transall C-130s and Bell UH-1Ds, with Airbus A400M[13] and NHIndustries NH90.

[17] Over the period 22–26 February 2011 Air Transport Wing 62 took part in Operation Pegasus, evacuating foreign nationals during the Libyan Civil War, during which they were credited with rescuing 262 persons.

The raven is an adaption of the cartoon character "Hans Huckebein" by the influential German caricaturist and painter Wilhelm Busch who was born close to Wunstorf Air Base in nearby Wiedensahl, also used for the designation of Focke-Wulf's never built, 1945-era Ta 183 jet fighter concept.