52d Transport Wing 52d Troop Carrier Wing 52d Fighter Wing (NY ANG)
139th Fighter Squadron – North AmericanF-51H Mustang 44-64383,Schenectady County Airport, New York
Active	1942–1946; 1946–1950
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Wing
Role	Command and Control
Engagements	American Theater of World War II European Theater of World War II
Insignia
52d Troop Carrier Wing emblem

The52d Troop Carrier Wing (52 TCW) is a disbanded unit of theUnited States Air Force. It was last assigned to theNew York Air National Guard (NY ANG) as the52d Fighter Wing, being stationed atWestchester County Airport, New York. It was inactivated on 31 October 1950 and the unit designation withdrawn and returned to the Air Force by theNational Guard Bureau. It was disbanded on 15 June 1983.

Thewing was established and activated as anairlift unit, the52d Transport Wing on 15 June 1942. It was a major training organization forI Troop Carrier Command, from 1942 to 1943, training subordinate units in the United States prior to overseas deployment.

The wing deployed to North Africa in 1943 and was assigned toTwelfth Air Force. Its units subsequently engaged incombat operations, supportingFifth Army units in the North African and TunisianCampaigns. The wing's five groups also carried Army parachutists and towed gliders duringOperation Husky. It provided supply transportation during the subsequent Italian Campaign during the balance of 1943

The wing was reassigned toNinth Air Force and moved to England during February 1944. Its subordinate units began training for the invasion of continental Europe. This training involved airdropping paratroopers and towing gliders. Groups present for the invasion training were the61st Troop Carrier Group,313th Troop Carrier Group,314th Troop Carrier Group,315th Troop Carrier Group,316th Troop Carrier Group,349th Troop Carrier Group, and434th Troop Carrier Group.

In June 1944, subordinate units of the wing dropped paratroopers inNormandy, subsequently flying numerous missions to bring in reinforcements and needed supplies. During the airborne attack on the Netherlands (Operation Market Garden), in September 1944, the 52nd dropped paratroops, towed gliders, and flew resupply missions. Several of its subordinate units also participated in the invasion of southern France in August 1944. The 52nd supported the101st Airborne Division in theBattle of the Bulge by towing gliders full of supplies nearBastogne on 27 December 1944. In addition, its units participated inOperation Varsity, the air assault across the Rhine River in early 1945 and later flew numerous aerial resupply and casualty evacuation flights of wounded personnel as well as theater troop transport operations. It operated untilV-E Day, then returned to the United States until inactivation in 1946.

The wartime 52d Troop Carrier Wing was allotted to the New York Air National Guard, on 28 August 1946. It was re-designated as the52d Fighter Wing and organized atWestchester County Airport, New York, being extended federal recognition on 3 October 1947 by theNational Guard Bureau.

It was a command and control organization, controlling onebombardment group atFloyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn and a fightergroup atNiagara Falls International Airport. The wing also controlled Air National Guard units in New Jersey and Delaware.

At the end of October 1950, the ANG converted to the wing-base (Hobson Plan) organization. As a result, the wing was inactivated on 31 October 1950 and the allocation was withdrawn from the New York ANG. The106th Bombardment Wing at Brooklyn, and107th Fighter Wing at Niagara Falls formed and were simultaneously allotted to the NY ANG and activated to replace the 52d, reporting directly to theNew York National GuardAdjutant General in Albany.

The NY ANG 52d Fighter Wing should not be confused with the52d Fighter Wing first activated in June 1948 and currently active.

• Constituted as52d Transport Wing on 30 May 1942

Activated on 15 June 1942

Redesignated52d Troop Carrier Wing in July 1942

Inactivated on 27 August 1946.

• Redesignated52d Fighter Wing. Allotted to ANG (NY) on 28 August 1946

Extended federal recognition on 3 October 1947

Inactivated and allotment to the Air National Guard withdrawn on 31 October 1950

• Disbanded on 15 June 1983

• I Troop Carrier Command, 15 June 1942
• Twelfth Air Force, 8 May 1943
• XII Troop Carrier Command (Provisional), 15 December 1943
• IX Troop Carrier Command, 17 February 1944 – July 1945
• I Troop Carrier Command, July 1945 – 27 August 1946
• New York Air National Guard, 3 October 1947 – 31 October 1950

• 106th Bombardment Group, 3 October 1947 – 31 October 1950
• 107th Fighter Group, 3 October 1947 – 31 October 1950
• 119th Fighter Squadron, 9 February 1947 – 26 May 1949

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