Space Base Delta 3 (SBD 3) is a

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unit assigned to the

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. The unit is stationed at

Los Angeles Air Force Base Los Angeles Air Force Base (LAAFB) is a United States Space Force base located in El Segundo, California. Los Angeles Air Force Base houses and supports the headquarters of the Space Systems Command field command of the United States Space Fo ...

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, United States. It is the successor to the 61st Air Base Group of the United States Air Force and the Los Angeles Garrison, which existed through the first two years of the Space Force. The garrison operates

and supports Space Systems Command. The origins date to

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where the 61st Troop Carrier Group (61 TCG) was a

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transport unit assigned to both Twelfth and

Ninth Air Force The Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It is the Air Force Service Component of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), a joint D ...

s in North Africa, Italy and Western Europe. The 61 TCG was highly decorated for its combat parachute infantry drops during the Invasion of

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(

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); Invasion of

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(

Operation Avalanche Operation Avalanche was the codename for the Allied landings near the port of Salerno, executed on 9 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy during World War II. The Italians withdrew from the war the day before the invasion, but ...

); Invasion of France (

Operation Overlord Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allies of World War II, Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Front (World War II), Western Europe during World War II. The ope ...

); the airborne invasion of the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

( Operation Market-Garden); and the airborne crossing of the

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( Operation Varsity).

History

: ''For additional history and lineage, see

61st Air Base Wing The 61st Air Base Wing is an inactive wing of the United States Air Force, last stationed at Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, California. The 61st was the host unit at Los Angeles Air Force Base, and commanded all the Air Force support g ...

'' The group was established before the

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, in December 1940, with

transport aircraft. It initially trained under

I Troop Carrier Command The I Troop Carrier Command is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Continental Air Forces, at Stout Field, Indiana, where it was disbanded in November 1945, and its resources transferred to IX Troop Carrier C ...

in the southeast United States. Trained in paratroop missions and glider towing, it was deployed to the

Mediterranean Theater of Operations The Mediterranean Theater of Operations, United States Army (MTOUSA), originally called the North African Theater of Operations, United States Army (NATOUSA), was a military formation of the United States Army that supervised all U.S. Army for ...

(MTO) and flew combat missions in the North African and Tunisian Campaigns under

Twelfth Air Force The Twelfth Air Force (12 AF; Air Forces Southern, (AFSOUTH)) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. The command is the air component to U ...

. It flew airborne assault and resupply

airdrop An airdrop is a type of airlift in which items including weapons, equipment, humanitarian aid or leaflets are delivered by military or civilian aircraft without their landing. Developed during World War II to resupply otherwise inaccessible tr ...

missions during the

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s of

and

in 1943 and transported cargo and personnel throughout the North African and

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. Reassigned to

and was moved to England in the

European Theater of Operations The European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA) was a Theater (warfare), theater of Operations responsible for directing United States Army operations throughout the European theatre of World War II, from 1942 to 1945. It command ...

(ETO). Flew airborne assault missions during the

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and later supported Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands. In 1945 it participated in the airborne assault across the

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. Also provided transport services in the European theater, hauling gasoline, ammunition, food, medicine, and other supplies, and evacuating wounded personnel. Moved to Trinidad in May 1945. Assigned to Air Transport Command. Used C-47's to transport troops returning to the US. Inactivated in Trinidad on 31 July 1945

Cold War

It was reactivated in Germany on 30 September 1946. Assigned to

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. Redesignated 61st Troop Carrier Group (Medium) in July 1948, and 61st Troop Carrier Group (Heavy) in August 1948. In Germany, the group participated in the

Berlin Airlift The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, roa ...

, from June 1948 to May 1949, the group's C-54 aircraft ferried coal, flour, and other cargo into Berlin. In 1950, the group moved to the United States shortly after the outbreak of the

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for duty with

Military Air Transport Service The Military Air Transport Service (MATS) is an inactive United States Department of Defense, Department of Defense Unified Command. Activated on 1 June 1948, MATS was a consolidation of the United States Navy's Naval Air Transport Service (NA ...

. Attached to

Far East Air Forces The Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force and is also the air component command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). PACAF is headquartered at the Hickam AFB portion of Join ...

, it flew airlift missions on the Northern Pacific Route from the United States to Japan in support of UN forces in

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before moving to Japan and conducting airlift missions from Japan to Korea from 1950–1952. Returned to the US in November 1952 to join

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, to which the group had been assigned in October 1951. Converted from C-54 to C-124 aircraft and carried out worldwide

strategic Strategy (from Greek στρατηγία ''stratēgia'', "troop leadership; office of general, command, generalship") is a general plan to achieve one or more long-term or overall goals under conditions of uncertainty. In the sense of the "art o ...

airlift An airlift is the organized delivery of Materiel, supplies or personnel primarily via military transport aircraft. Airlifting consists of two distinct types: strategic and tactical. Typically, strategic airlifting involves moving material lo ...

operations from 1952–1959. Inactivated on 8 October 1959. The 61st Military Airlift Group was reactivated at

Howard Air Force Base Howard Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located in Panama. It discontinued military operations on 1 November 1999 as a result of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, which specified that US military facilities in the former P ...

, Panama on 1 December 1984. At Howard, the group was the parent unit for the 310th Military Airlift Squadron (310th MAS) with a diverse array of aircraft (C-21A, CT-43A, C-130E/H, C-27A). The C-21 and CT-43 provided VIP airlift support for the Commander-In-Chief, U.S. Southern Command (CINCSOUTH). The C-130s and C-27s flew tactical airlift operations in Central and South America from 1984–1992. The unit was inactivated and its assets absorbed by the

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when the 310th's mission was transferred to

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on 1 June 1992.

Base support

The 61st Air Base Group operated

and supported the

Space and Missile Systems Center Space Systems Command (SSC) is the United States Space Force's research and development, space development, Military acquisition, acquisition, space launch, launch, and Military logistics, logistics field command. It is headquartered at Los An ...

(SMC) since 1994. On July 14, 2022, the Los Angeles Garrison became Space Base Delta 3. Now-Space Base Delta 3 continues to provide facilities support for the successor to SMC,

Lineage

* Established as 61st Transport Group on 20 November 1940 : Activated on 1 December 1940 : Redesignated 61st Troop Carrier Group on 4 July 1942 : Inactivated on 31 July 1945 * Activated on 30 September 1946 : Redesignated: 61st Troop Carrier Group, Medium, on 1 July 1948 : Redesignated: 61st Troop Carrier Group, Heavy, on 15 August 1948 : Inactivated on 8 October 1959 * Redesignated 61st Military Airlift Group, and activated, on 1 December 1984 : Inactivated on 1 June 1992 * Redesignated 61st Air Base Group on 16 September 1994 : Activated on 1 October 1994 * Redesignated 61st Mission Support Group on 1 August 2006 * Redesignated 61st Air Base Group on 30 July 2010 * Redesignated Los Angeles Garrison on 13 August 2021, and became part of the Space Force that day * Redesignated Space Base Delta 3 on 14 July 2022

Assignments

* Unknown, 1 December 1940 – 31 March 1942 * 50th Transport Wing, 31 March 1942 * 51st Transport Wing (later 51st Troop Carrier Wing), 1 June 1942 * 52d Troop Carrier Wing, 6 August 1942 * 50th Troop Carrier Wing, 12 October 1942 * 53d Troop Carrier Wing, 3 November 1942 * 52d Troop Carrier Wing, 15 February 1943 *

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, 7 May 1945 * Attached to Caribbean Division, Air Transport Command, 29 May – 31 July 1945 * 51st Troop Carrier Wing (known as European Air Transport Service, Provisional), 30 September 1946 *

, 20 December 1947 * 61st Troop Carrier Wing, 1 July 1948 : Attached to: 1st Airlift Task Force, 5–26 November 1948 : Attached to: Airlift Wing rovisional 26 November 1948 – 20 January 1949 : Attached to: 7497th Airlift Wing, 20 January – 10 July 1949 : Attached to:

, 21–26 July 1950 : Attached to: North Pacific Air Transport Wing, Provisional, 26 July – 24 August 1950 : Attached to: 1705th Air Transport Wing, 24 August – 10 December 1950 : Attached to: Far East Air Force Combat Cargo Command, Provisional, 10 December 1950 – 1 January 1951 * 1705th Air Transport Wing, 1 January 1951 : Attached to: Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command, Provisional, 1–25 January 1951 : Attached to:

315th Air Division The 315th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force formation. Originally designated the 315th Bombardment Wing, it was activated in July 1944 at Peterson Field, Colorado as a command organization for four very heavy Boeing B-29 Superf ...

, 25 January – 1 October 1951 *

Eighteenth Air Force Eighteenth Air Force (18 AF) is the only Numbered Air Force (NAF) in Air Mobility Command (AMC) and one of the largest NAFs in the United States Air Force. Eighteenth Air Force was activated on 28 March 1951, inactivated on 1 January 1958, and ...

, 1 October 1951 : Attached to: 315th Air Division, 1 October – 5 November 1951 : Attached to: 6122 Air Base Wing, 5 November 1951 – 26 March 1952 : Attached to:

374th Troop Carrier Wing 374th may refer to: *374th Airlift Wing, unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Fifth Air Force, stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan *374th Fighter Squadron or 171st Air Refueling Squadron, unit of the Michigan Air National Guard's 127th W ...

, 26 March – 21 November 1952 : Attached to: 62d Troop Carrier Wing, 21 November 1952 – 25 August 1954 : Attached to: 63d Troop Carrier Wing, 25 August 1954 – 1 July 1957 * 63d Troop Carrier Wing, 1 July 1957 – 8 October 1959 * Twenty-First Air Force, 1 December 1984 – 1 June 1992 *

, 1 October 1994 * 61st Air Base Wing, 1 August 2006 * Space and Missile Systems Center, 30 July 2010 – present

Components

* 4th Troop Carrier Squadron: attached 10 December 1950 – 24 July 1951 *

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: attached 30 September – 15 October 1946 * 13th Transport (later, 13th Troop Carrier) Squadron: 1 December 1940-c. 10 October 1942 * 14th Transport (later, 14th Troop Carrier) Squadron: 4 December 1940 – 31 July 1945; 30 September 1946 – 8 October 1959 (detached c. 5 December 1950 – 26 March 1952; 21 November – 1 December 1952; August 1956 – March 1957; August-8 October 1959) * 15th Transport (later, 15th Troop Carrier) Squadron: 4 December 1940 – 31 July 1945; 30 September 1946 – 8 October 1959 (detached February–August 1957) * 53d Transport (later, 53d Troop Carrier) Squadron: 1 June 1942 – 31 July 1945; 30 September 1946 – 8 October 1959 (detached 26 March – 14 September 1952; September 1958-c. March 1959) *

59th Troop Carrier Squadron The 59th Troop Carrier Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 61st Troop Carrier Group, based at Waller Field, Trinidad. It was inactivated on 31 Jul 1945. History Activated in June 1942 as a I Tro ...

: 23 October 1942 – 31 July 1945 * 310th Military Airlift Squadron: 1 December 1984 – 1 June 1992.

Stations

Olmsted Field Harrisburg Air National Guard Base is a United States Air Force base, located at Harrisburg International Airport, Pennsylvania. It is located west-southwest of Middletown, Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Air National Guard facility is sit ...

, Pennsylvania, 1 December 1940 *

Daniel Field Daniel Field is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 kilometre, km) west of the central business district of Augusta, Georgia, Augusta, a city in Richmond County, Georgia, United States. It is owned by the City of Augusta ...

, Georgia, 9 July 1941 *

Pope Field Pope Field is a U.S. military facility located northwest of the central business district of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Fayetteville, in Spring Lake, North Carolina, Spring Lake, Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States.. Federal A ...

, North Carolina, 26 May 1942 *

Lubbock Army Air Field Reese Technology Center is a research and business park located on the grounds of former Reese Air Force Base in western Lubbock, Texas, Lubbock at the unincorporated community of Reese Center, Texas, Reese Center. History In 1995, Reese Air For ...

, Texas, 23 September 1942 * Pope Field, North Carolina, 26 February 1943 – 4 May 1943 * Lourmel Airfield, Morocco, 15 May 1943 * Kairouan Airfield, Tunisia, 21 June 1943 * Licata Airfield,

, Italy, 1 September 1943 * Sciacca Airfield, Sicily, Italy, 6 October 1943 *

RAF Barkston Heath Royal Air Force Barkston Heath or RAF Barkston Heath is a Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground under the command of RAF Cranwell near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. RAF Barkston Heath is the home of 57 Sqn's B Flight of No. 3 Flying Train ...

(AAF-483), England, 18 February 1944 * Abbeville/Drucat Airfield (B-92), France, 13 March – 19 May 1945 * Waller Field,

Trinidad Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in ...

, 29 May – 31 July 1945 * Eschborn Airfield, Germany, 30 September 1946 *

Rhein-Main Air Base Rhein-Main Air Base was a United States Air Force air base near the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was a Military Airlift Command (MAC) and United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) installation, occupying the south side of Frankfurt ...

, Germany, 11 February 1947 – 21 July 1950 *

McChord Air Force Base McChord Field (formerly and still commonly known as McChord Air Force Base) is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord AFB is the home of the 62nd Airlift Wing, ...

, Washington, 26 July – 5 December 1950 *

Ashiya Air Base is a military airdrome of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force . It is located north of Ashiya in the Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. History Ashiya Airfield was established as a Japanese Army Air Force facility in 1944 and was used primarily as a de ...

, Japan, 10 December 1950 *

Tachikawa Air Base is an aerodrome, airfield in the city of Tachikawa, Tokyo, Tachikawa, in the western part of Tokyo, Japan. Currently under the administration of the Ministry of Defense (Japan), Ministry of Defense, it has also served as a civilian airport with ...

, Japan, 26 March – 15 November 1952 *

Larson Air Force Base Larson Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located five miles (8 km) northwest of the central business district (CBD) of Moses Lake, in Grant County, Washington. After its closure in 1966, the airport facility became ...

, Washington, 21 November 1952 *

Donaldson Air Force Base Donaldson Air Force Base is a former facility of the United States Air Force located south of Greenville, South Carolina. It was founded in 1942 as Greenville Army Air Base; it was deactivated in 1963 and converted into a civilian airport. It ...

, South Carolina, 25 August 1954 – 8 October 1959 * Howard Air Force Base, Panama, 1 December 1984 – 1 June 1992 * Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, 1 October 1994 – present

Aircraft

C-47 Skytrain The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota ( RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II. During the war the C-47 was used for troo ...

, 1942–1945; 1946–1948 * CG-4 Waco (Glider), 1942–1945 *

C-54 Skymaster The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War. Like the Douglas C-47 Skytrain derived from the DC-3, the C-54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian ...

, 1948–1952 *

C-124 Globemaster The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", is a retired American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California. The C-124 was the primary heavy-lift transport for United States Air Forc ...

, 1952–1959 *

C-130 Hercules The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed Corporation, Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 w ...

, 1984–1992. * C-22A (Boeing 727-30), 1985–1990

List of commanders

Commanders of the 61st Air Base Group

* Col Andrew Jasinski, 1 October 1994 – 8 September 199561st Air Base Group
, Historical Overview of the Space and Missile Systems Center, 1954–2003, History Office Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, California, 2004, p. 79. * Col Gilbert A. Engel, 8 September 1995 – 12 September 1997 * Col Dieter V. Barnes, 12 September 1997 – 18 June 1999 * Col David E. Price, 18 June 1999 – 26 September 2000 (later promoted to brigadier general) * Col Phil W. Parker, 26 September 2000 – 27 September 2002 * Col Brian E. Kistner, 27 September 2002 – 11 May 2004 * Col Carl E. Brazelton, 11 May 2004 – 21 July 2004 * Col Joseph M. Codispoti, 21 July 2004 – 29 June 2006 * Col Nannette Benitez, 29 June 2006 - July 2008 The 61st Air Base Group redesignated 61st Mission Support Group, 20 June 2006 : Activated 1 August 2006 * Col Theresa Katein, July 2008 - 1 August 2010 The 61st Air Base Wing inactivated 30 July 2010 : 61st Mission Support Group redesignated as 61st Air Base Group * Col Frank W. Simcox, 1 August 2010 - 29 June 2012 * Col Sam McNiel, 29 June 2012 * Col Donna Turner * Col Charles P. Roberts, 30 June 2016 – 11 July 2018 * Col Ann M. Igl, 11 July 2018 – 15 July 2020 * Col Becky M. Beers, 15 July 2020 – 14 July 2022

Commanders of the 61st Air Base Wing

61st Air Base Group redesignated 61st Air Base Wing, 20 Jun 2006 : Activated, 1 Aug 2006 * Col Joseph H. Schwarz, 1 Aug 2006 - 22 July 2008 * Col Anita E. Latin, 22 Jul 2008

Commanders of Space Base Delta 3

References

* * Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. {{Navboxes , list = {{USAAF 9th Air Force UK {{USAAF 12th Air Force World War II {{USAAF 1st Air Force World War II Air base groups of the United States Air Force Deltas of the United States Space Force Military units and formations established in 1994