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4440th Aircraft Delivery Group

Field	Value
unit_name	4440th Aircraft Delivery Group
image	4440th Aircraft Delivery Group - Emblem.png
image_size	250
caption	Emblem of the 4440th Aircraft Delivery Group
dates	1958–1969
country	United States
branch	United States Air Force

The 4440th Aircraft Delivery Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to Headquarters, Tactical Air Command, based at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. It was inactivated on 15 October 1969.

Mission

The group planned, surveyed and exercised operational control of all aircraft movements; and controlled obligation and liquidation of all funds allocated for expenditure in connection with ferrying missions. Every type and designation of aircraft not assigned to a specific unit was ferried from one unit assignment to another by this organization, 1951–1969.

History

Missions of the unit included the movement of all Jet Fighters from the United States (F-84F, F-84G, F-86F, T-33) over the North Atlantic Transport Route to United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) units and Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP) Recipients in 1953.

It also conducted transfers of F-47 Thunderbolt aircraft from Texas to Central and South American countries under MDAP in 1953; B-57 Canberra aircraft to Far East Air Force in Japan, 4 November 1955.

From Hq TAC at Langley AFB in Virginia, controllers in the command post of the 4440th Aircraft Delivery Group monitored and directed ferry movements of Air Force aircraft. Intercommand transfer, flights to overhaul, delivery of military aircraft to foreign governments - all were missions of the 4440th. Aircraft delivered were F-100D/F, KB-50J, F-84F, C-130, SA-16, B-66, C-54, C-119C/G, C-47 and B-57.

In early 1960s, assumed control of 431st Air Refueling Squadron after inactivation of 4505th ARW with KB-50 Tankers. The squadron was inactivated in March 1965. Primary mission during the 1960s was movement of aircraft to South Vietnam and Thailand bases to support Vietnam War. Delivered F-4 Phantom II, F-100 Super Sabre, F-105 Thunderchief, A-37 Dragonfly and various Forward Air Controller O-2 and OV-10 aircraft. Delivered F-4 Phantom II to NATO as well as F-111 and F-105 aircraft.

Flew numerous MDAP aircraft from the United States to Howard AFB, Panama Canal Zone. Unit inactivated in October 1969.

Lineage

Designated by TAC as the 4440th Aircraft Delivery Group on 1 January 1958
Organized on 15 January 1958 : Inactivated on 15 October 1969

Assignments

Tactical Air Command, 15 Jan 1958
Ninth Air Force, 1 Apr 1958
836th Air Division, 1 Feb 1959
4505th Air Refueling Wing, 1 Jul 1961
Tactical Air Command, 8 Oct 1963 – 15 Oct 1969

Units

431st Air Refueling Squadron, 8 Oct 1963 – 8 Mar 1965 (KB-50s)

Stations

Westover AFB, Massachusetts, 16 July 1951
Kelly AFB, Texas, 1 December 1955
Langley AFB, Virginia, 15 January 1958 – 15 October 1969

References

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