Twenty-Second Air Force


Twenty-Second Air Force is a Numbered Air Force component of Air Force Reserve Command. It was activated on 1 July 1993 and is headquartered at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia.
In the event of mobilization, some of the Twenty-Second Air Force's subordinate units would come under the operational control of the Air Mobility Command's 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force, headquartered at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, while others would come under OPCON of Air Education and Training Command's 19th Air Force at Randolph AFB, Texas.

Mission

22 AF is responsible for recruiting and training reservists and for maintaining subordinate units at the highest level of combat readiness. A by-product of training is to coordinate daily support of the active duty air force.
22 AF's wartime mission is to provide combat-ready airlift and support units and augments personnel requirements to Air Mobility Command in the United States.
Twenty-Second Air Force manages more than 25,000 Reservists and has 149 unit-equipped aircraft. Reserve crews in 22 AF fly the C-130 Hercules, including the WC-130 "Hurricane Hunter" aircraft, which are located at nine different Air Force Reserve wings. The wings, flying squadrons and support units are spread throughout nine states – from New York to Mississippi, Ohio and Minnesota, with its westernmost wing in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Units

Established as the Domestic Division, Air Corps Ferrying Command in the early days of World War II, the organization's mission was the transport of newly produced aircraft from points within the United States to Ports of Embarkation for shipment to Britain and other overseas Allies. In 1946, the organization was transferred to Air Transport Command and became, in essence, a military airline its Continental Division, managing transport routes within the United States.
When the USAF was created as a separate service in 1947, Military Air Transport Service was established to support the new Department of Defense, with responsibility for its support falling to the Department of the Air Force. Redesignated Western Transport Air Force, the organization managed all MATS operations from the Mississippi River west to the east coast of Africa until MATS was replaced by the Military Airlift Command in 1966. When MATS became MAC, WESTAF was redesignated 22d AF, with headquarters at Travis AFB, CA.
During the 1960s, Twenty-Second Air Force transports flew missions worldwide, supporting the efforts of the United States in Southeast Asia, Europe and other places around the world. In December 1974, the Twenty-Second Air Force absorbed Tactical Air Command's Twelfth Air Force C-130 Hercules tactical airlift operations.
On 29 March 1979, the Twenty-Second Air Force assumed responsibility for managing Military Airlift Command resources in the Pacific. For this mission, the unit provided a single commander for MAC airlift units in the Pacific theater; command and control of theater-assigned airlift forces for Pacific Air Forces; theater tactical airlift war planning and Pacific exercise planning; and aerial ports in the Pacific area to support the air movement of personnel, cargo, equipment, patients, and mail. The division participated in tactical exercises such as Team Spirit, Ulchi Focus Lens, and Capstan Dragon.
The unit was relieved from assignment to Military Airlift Command and assigned to Air Mobility Command on 1 June 1992. Activated the same day at Dobbins ARB, GA, with a change in assignment to the Air Force Reserve. It is under the peacetime command of Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command at Robins Air Force Base, GA.

Lineage

; Continental Division, Air Transport Command
  • Established as the Domestic Wing, Air Corps Ferrying Command and activated on 18 February 1942
; Twenty-Second Air Force
  • Designated and organized as Continental Division, Military Air Transport Sservice on 1 July 1948

    Assignments

  • Air Corps Ferrying Command, 1 July 1948
  • Air Mobility Command, 1 June 1992 – 1 July 1993
  • Air Force Reserve, 1 July 1993 – present

    Components

Continental Division, Air Transport Command

; Sectors
; Wings
  • 23d AAF Ferrying Wing, Ferrying Command, 20 Jun 1942 – 1 Sep 1943
  • 24th AAF Ferrying Wing, 27 Jun 1942 – 9 October 1943
  • 25th AAF Ferrying Wing, 27 Jun 1942 – 30 September 1943
  • 26th AAF Ferrying Wing, 27 Jun 1942 – 30 Sep 1943
  • 27th AAF Ferrying Wing, 19 Jun 1942 – 16 Oct 1943
  • Foreign Wing, Ferrying Command, 28 Feb – 19 Jun 1942
  • Domestic Transportation Wing, Air Transport Command, 27 Nov 1944 – 15 Jan 1945
  • Central Ferrying Wing, Air Transport Command, 22 Oct 1944 – 10 Mar 1945
  • Western Ferrying Wing, Air Transport Command, 22 Oct 1944 – 10 Mar 1945
  • Eastern Ferrying Wing, Air Transport Command, 22 Oct 1944 – 10 Mar 1945
; Groups
  • 2d Ferrying Group
  • 3d Ferrying Group
  • 4th Ferrying Group
  • 5th Ferrying Group
  • 6th Ferrying Group
  • 7th Ferrying Group
  • 20th Ferrying Group, 3 Feb 1943 – 31 March 1944
  • 21st Ferrying Group, 17 Nov 1943 – 31 March 1944
  • 33d Ferrying Group, 4 Mar 1943 – 31 Mar 1944

    Twenty-Second Air Force

Divisions
  • 323d Air Division, 1 Jul 1958 – 8 May 1960
  • 834th Air Division, 1 – 31 Dec 1974, 1 Oct 1978 – 1 Apr 1992
Wings
Groups
  • 1501st Air Transport Group, 1 Jan 1950 – 1 Jul 1952
  • 1601st Air Transport Group, 20 Oct 1949 – 18 Jun 1957
  • 1700th Air Transport Group, 1 Oct 1948 – 18 Dec 1957
  • 1701st Air Transport Group, 1 May–Jun 1953
  • 1702d Air Transport Group, 1 Oct 1948 – 17 Jul 1950
  • 1705th Air Transport Group, 24 Jan 1953 – 1 Jul 1957, 24 Jun 1958 – 18 Jun 1960.
  • 1st Aeromedical Transport Group Light, 8 Nov 1956 – 6 Jun 1964
  • 1706th Air Transport Group , 1 Feb 1953 – 8 Nov 1956.
  • 1708th Ferrying Group, 16 Jul 1951 – 1 Mar 1958.
  • 413th Flight Test Group, 1 Oct 2003 – present
  • 622d Flight Test Group, 24 Sep 2001 – 1 Oct 2003
  • 616th Military Airlift Group, 1 Nov 1975 – 9 Aug 1990, 1 Apr 1992 – 1 Jun 1992
Squadrons