Name/Title
403 Troop Carrier Wing PatchEntry/Object ID
2016.13.23Description
403rd Troop Carrier Wing emblem approved 9 January 1953, replaced with new insignia in 1995.
403 TCW was activated in 1948 and based out of Selfridge in the mid 1950's.
Portland, Oregon, the birthplace of the 403rd where it was first designated as the 403rd Troop Carrier Wing in June 1949 and they flew Curtiss C-46 Commandos.
Soon after its conception, the 403rd TCW was mobilized to Ashiya Air Base, Japan in support of the Far East Command and United Nations forces during the Korean War. According to Judy G. Endicott’s The USAF in Korea: Campaigns, Units, and Stations 1950-1953, the wing’s 403rd Troop Carrier Group used C-119 Flying Boxcars to fly over 6,300 flights and dropped nearly 10,000 personnel, 18,000 tons of cargo, and 380 tons of supplies and airlifted almost 14,000 medical patients.
A few years after their 1953 return to Oregon from Japan, the Air Force saw fit to move the wing to Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan where it was designated as the 403rd Tactical Airlift Wing.
During its 26-year residency at Selfridge, the unit experienced its roles change multiple times going from a tactical airlift wing to a composite wing and back to a tactical airlift wing. It then changed directions becoming an aerospace rescue and recovery wing in 1976 and a rescue and weather reconnaissance wing in 1977.iCataloged By
Chris CausleyAcquisition
Accession
2016.13Source or Donor
Unknown DonorAcquisition Method
DonationSource (if not Accessioned)
Unknown Donor, Unknown DonorMade/Created
Date made
circa 1953 - circa 1995Time Period
Korean War, Cold War, Vietnam WarPlace
* Untyped Place
Selfridge Field, United StatesCity
Mt. ClemensState/Province
MichiganCounty
Macomb CountyLocation
Location
Box
Box D-5Other
Store Room 1 ShelfCategory
StorageCondition
Overall Condition
Very GoodRelationships
Related Places
Place
* Untyped Place
Selfridge Field, United StatesCity
Mt. ClemensState/Province
MichiganCounty
Macomb County
