| 934th Airlift Wing | |
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| Active | 15 January 1963 — present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | Air Force |
| Type | Airlift |
| Size | 1,300 Personnel |
| Part of | Air Force Reserve Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Minneapolis-St Paul Joint Air Reserve Station |
| Nickname | Flying Vikings |
| Decorations | AFOUA RVGC w/ Palm |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Colonel Darrel G. Young[1] |
The 934th Airlift Wing (934 AW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of the Minneapolis-St Paul Joint Air Reserve Station, Minnesota.
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The wing’s mission is to fly C-130 H3 cargo aircraft, both airdropping and airlanding cargo and people. Aeromedical evacuation of patients within the theater of operations is another facet of the mission. The 934th Airlift Wing supports the Air Force mission on a daily basis, providing airlift both in the United States and around the world.
The 934th has provided worldwide airlift and airdrops of passengers and materiel since 1963. It has also periodically deployed to Panama, and later Puerto Rico, to fly cargo and personnel throughout Central and South America since 1979. The 934th deployed personnel and aircraft to participate in allied operations in the Persian Gulf area and the Balkans in 1990 and later. It has also participated in numerous joint airborne training exercises and humanitarian airlifts.
934th Operations Group (934 OG)
934th Maintenance Group (934 MXG)
934th Mission Support Group (934 MSG)
934th Aeromedical Staging Squadron (934 ASTS)
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