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The 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing (AMOW) is part of Air Mobility Command and is stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It coordinates logistical air movements into, out of, and through Europe. The 521st AMOW expedites warfighting and humanitarian efforts by the United States Air Force throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It provides all command and control, en route maintenance support and air transportation services for air mobility operations in its area of responsibility.〔(Ramstein AFB Factsheet, 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing ) 30 Aug 2012 (retrieved Dec 20, 2012)〕 It performs this through Aircraft Maintenance Units, Maintenance Operations Centers, Quality Assurance, Regional Training Center, fuel cell, Aerospace Ground Equipment, Forward Supply Location, and Maintenance Recovery Teams. It operates Air Terminal Operations Centers, providing passenger and fleet services, cargo processing, special handling, ramp services, and load planning.〔 The Wing is composed of two groups.〔(Ramstein AB News Release ''Wing activation of the 521st AMOW'' ) 9/10/2008〕 These groups are assigned twelve squadrons and fourteen other geographically separated units.〔 ==History== The wing was originally constituted as the 555th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion The unit served as an aircraft warning unit in defense of the continental United States from 1942 to 1943. The battalion moved to England in 1944 where it provided communications support until the day after the Normandy landings when it moved to support the invading forces in France. It moved frequently to support elements of Ninth Air Force, arriving in Belgium in September and Germany in March 1945. It continued it mission during the occupation of Germany from 1945.〔(AFHRA Factsheet 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing )〕 At the end of 1945, the battalion was converted to an Air Corps unit, redesignated the 501st Tactical Control Group〔 and its component companies replaced by Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons. It provided radar coverage and navigational aid to allied aircraft flying over the U.S. Zone of Occupied Germany in 1946 and 1947. It was inactivated in 1947. The unit was reactivated as the 501st Aircraft Control and Warning Group in 1949 to replace the 7402d Aircraft Control and Warning Group.〔(Abstract, History of 501st Aircraft Warning & Control Gp Jul-Aug 1951 ) (retrieved Dec 20, 2012)〕 Between 1949 and 1960, it provided tactical control systems, including aircraft control and warning facilities, passive detection devices and guidance units in central Europe.〔 In 1952, it became a tactical control group again. In 1954, the group moved to Landstuhl Air Base. Starting in 1955, it and the 526th Tactical Control Group provided personnel for a provisional Tactical Control Wing, which it replaced as the 501st Tactical Control Wing in 1957 to provide radar and aircraft control for all of Twelfth Air Force.〔(Abstract, History 501st Tac Control Wg, Jan-Jun 1957 ) (retrieved Dec 20, 2012)〕 It operated the Tactical Control System to exercise operational control of offensive and defensive units in Europe.〔(Abstract, History 501st Tac Control Wing CY 1958 ) (retrieved Dec 20, 2012)〕 In the 1960s, its mission, personnel, and equipment were combined with those of the 86th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, which was redesignated the 86th Air Division (Defense).〔(Abstract, History 86th Air Div Jul-Dec 1960 ) (retrieved Dec 20, 2012)〕 Today the two subordinate groups include: *The 521st Air Mobility Operations Group * *725th Air Mobility Squadron (Naval Station Rota Spain)〔http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=15752〕 * *728th Air Mobility Squadron * *729th Air Mobility Squadron * *4th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron * *5th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron * *8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron *The 721st Air Mobility Group * *313th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron * *721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron * *724th Air Mobility Squadron * *726th Air Mobility Squadron * *727th Air Mobility Squadron * *721st Aerial Port Squadron 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「521st Air Mobility Operations Wing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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