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On September 15, 1942, the United States Navy commissioned the Naval Reserve Aviation Base on the south side of the station. On 1 January 1943, the Naval Reserve Aviation Base was renamed Naval Air Station Memphis. During the war, Naval Air Station (NAS) Memphis was a primary flight training center for aviators.
313th Army Air Force Base Unit Was: Sewart AAF until 1947, then Sewart Air Force Base (1947-1971) Now: Smyrna Airport and Army Aviation Support Facility #1, Tennessee Army National Guard William Northern Field, Tullahoma Sub-base of Smyrna AAF 343d Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Tullahoma Regional Airport: Air Transport Command. Memphis AAF, Memphis
Stationed at: Memphis Air National Guard Base, Memphis Gained by: Air Mobility Command The 164th Airlift Wing in Memphis, flies the C-17 Globemaster III, a heavy logistics military transport aircraft designed to provide world-wide strategic airlift. . [2] Support Unit Functions and Capabilities:
The 30th Armored Division was inactivated on 1 December 1973, with its lineage carried by the 30th Armored Brigade and the 30th Support Group, TN ARNG. The 194th Engineer Brigade was activated as an entity of the Tennessee Army National Guard on 1 November 1973.
The 164th Airlift Wing is a unit of the Tennessee Air National Guard, stationed at Memphis Air National Guard Base, Tennessee.If activated to federal service in the United States Air Force, the 164th is gained by Air Mobility Command.
The Memphis Defense Depot is a decommissioned United States Army supply depot located on 642 acres (260 ha) in Memphis, Tennessee. It operated as a military depot from 1942 until 1997. It operated as a military depot from 1942 until 1997.
Formerly known as the Naval Air Station (NAS) Memphis, a major technical training center for the United States Navy and Marine Corps comprising over 3,800 acres (15 km 2), the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commission report resulted in significant changes to the base's mission and its re-designation in 1995 as the Naval Support Activity ...
155th Airlift Squadron – Lockheed C-5 Galaxy taking off from Memphis International Airport. Was expanded and the organization in Memphis was upgraded to a Group level on 1 April 1961, the squadron being assigned to the new 164th Military Airlift Group.