1st Troop Carrier Group (Provisional)

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1st Troop Carrier Group (Provisional)
Active	1950–1951
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Airlift
Part of	Far East Air Forces
Engagements	Korean War[1]

The 1st Troop Carrier Group (Provisional) was a United States Air Force unit that fought in the Korean War. The unit was attached to Far East Air Forces' Fifth Air Force.

1st TCG was organized at Ashiya Air Base, Japan on 26 August 1950 under operational control of FEAF through the 1st Troop Carrier Task Force (Provisional). The 1st TCG and its provisional squadrons were based at Tachikawa and supported by the 374th Troop Carrier Wing. Personnel from units of Thirteenth and Twentieth Air Forces and the Far East Air Materiel Command (FEAMCOM) manned the 1st TCG. Using C-46s and briefly C-47s, the group began airlifting freight and passengers between Japan and Korea on 2 September 1950. The group transported a U.S. Marine unit to Pyongyang on 25 and 26 November, then flew emergency air evacuations from Sinanju and other forward bases as the Chinese advanced. Leaving Kimpo AB on 4 January, the group inactivated effective 25 January, with many of its personnel transferring to the 86th Troop Carrier Squadron of the 437th TCG. In its five months of operation, the group carried over 28,000 passengers, 7,000 air evacuees, and almost 12,000 tons of cargo.

Lineage[edit]

• Designated by Far East Air Forces as the 1st Troop Carrier Group (Provisional), Medium and organized on 15 August 1950

Redesignated Troop Carrier Group, Medium No. 1 (Provisonal)^[2]

Discontinued on 25 January 1951

Assignments[edit]

• 1st Troop Carrier Task Force (Provisional) (attached to 374th Troop Carrier Wing), 15 August 1950 – c. September 1950
• Far East Combat Cargo Command (Provisional) (attached to 374th Troop Carrier Wing), c. September 50 – 25 January 1951

Components[edit]

• 46th Troop Carrier Squadron (Provisional), 15 August 1950 – 25 January 1951
• 47th Troop Carrier Squadron (Provisional), 15 August 1950 – 25 January 1951
• 48th Troop Carrier Squadron (Provisional), 15 August 1950 – 25 January 1951

Stations[edit]

• Ashiya Air Base, Japan, 15 August 1950 – 25 January 1951

Aircraft[edit]

• Curtiss C-46 Commando
• Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Campaigns[edit]

• United Nations Defensive
• United Nations Offensive

See also[edit]

• United States Air Force In South Korea

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

Citations

Bibliography[edit]

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

• Futrell, Robert Frank (1983) The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950–1953, Maxwell AFB, Alabama Office of Air Force History, ISBN 0-912799-71-4
• Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

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