The 50th Troop Carrier Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. The wing was formed in 1941 as the 50th Transport Wing, a headquarters for air transport organizations of the Air Corps. In 194
C-47 of the wing's 442d Troop Carrier Group in D Day markings
The 437th Operations Group is an active United States Air Force unit. It is the flying component of the Eighteenth Air Force 437th Airlift Wing, stationed at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina.
50th Troop Carrier Wing
…436th Troop Carrier Group: 3 March – 20 April 1943; 10–13 August 1943; c. 15 January – 13 March 1944 437th Troop Carrier Group: January – c. 26 August 1944; 10 – 18 July 1945 438th Troop Carrier Group: c. 15 February – 15 March 1944; 10 July – 3 August 1945…
Emblem of the 437th Operations Group
A C-17 Globemaster III from the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., flies over downtown Charleston, S.C., during a training mission
A C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., moves up the taxiway as another begins its climb over the mountains surrounding Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan