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317th Airlift Wing
Active
1948–1949; 1952–1993; 1997–present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Part of
Air Mobility Command 18th Air Force
Garrison/HQ
Dyess Air Force Base
Motto(s)
"I Gain By Hazard"
Equipment
C-130 Hercules
Decorations
Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Commanders
Current commander
Col. James G. Young
Vice commander
Col. Steven P. Wick
Command Chief
CCM Arthur J. Williams IV
Insignia
317th Airlift Group emblem (Approved 15 May 1958)[1]
Military unit
A C-130 Hercules from the former 317th Airlift Group from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, prepares to take off for an airlift mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.
The 317th Airlift Wing (317 AW) is a United States Air Force unit, stationed at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. Assigned to Air Mobility Command (AMC) Eighteenth Air Force, the 317 AW operates as a tenant unit at Dyess AFB, an installation under the control of the 7th Bomb Wing (7 BW) of the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).
Previously designated as the 317th Airlift Group (317 AG), the unit was redesignated as the 317th Airlift Wing (317 AW) on 6 July 2017.[2]
The 317 AW is a "tactical" airlift organization, flying the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules. Since December 2003, the 317th has been in a continuously deployed status in support of the Global War on Terrorism, with elements being deployed into combat areas. It has been engaged in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF); Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), as well as supporting other Air Expeditionary units around the world.
During World War II, the unit's predecessor, the 317th Troop Carrier Group was one of the most highly decorated troop carrier units of the United States Army Air Forces.
^Kane, Robert B. (27 May 2015). "Factsheet 317 Airlift Group (AMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
^"Dyess Air Force Base > Units". www.dyess.af.mil.
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