01jan70 : activated as 39th ARRW at Richards-Gebaur AFB, MI and assigned to Military Airlift Command (MAC) with main missions of support SAC missiles sites and provide SAR in Vietnam. Subunits: ( Please not every ARRS had many Detachments )
41 ARRS
42 ARRS
43 ARRS
44 ARRS
54 ARRS
55 ARRS
71 ARRS
Jun71 : moved to Eglin AFB, FL. SAC support mission removed.
Sep72 : 48 ARRS attached
May73 : 67 ARRS attached
Jun73 : 42 and 44 ARRS deactivated
Jun74 : 43 ARRS deactivated
Jul74 : 54 and 71 ARRS deactivated
Sep75 : 41 ARRS deactivated
Jan76 : 48 ARRS deactivated. The only two units still assigned by this time were 55 ARRS at Eglin AFB, and 67 ARRS at RAF Woodbridge, UK
Jan78 : 37 ARRS (where), 38 ARRS (Homestead AFB) and 40 ARRS (Holloman AFB) joined
Jan81 : 38 ARRS deactivated
Feb87 : 37 ARRS deactivated
Mar87 : 7 SOS Rhein-Main, Germany joined
Dec87 : 40 and 48 ARRS deactivated. At this time remain 7 SOS, 55 and 67 ARRS
Mar88 : 39th ARRW redesignated 39 SOW (Special Operations Wing)
41 ARRS
42 ARRS
43 ARRS
44 ARRS
54 ARRS
55 ARRS
71 ARRS
Jun71 : moved to Eglin AFB, FL. SAC support mission removed.
Sep72 : 48 ARRS attached
May73 : 67 ARRS attached
Jun73 : 42 and 44 ARRS deactivated
Jun74 : 43 ARRS deactivated
Jul74 : 54 and 71 ARRS deactivated
Sep75 : 41 ARRS deactivated
Jan76 : 48 ARRS deactivated. The only two units still assigned by this time were 55 ARRS at Eglin AFB, and 67 ARRS at RAF Woodbridge, UK
Jan78 : 37 ARRS (where), 38 ARRS (Homestead AFB) and 40 ARRS (Holloman AFB) joined
Jan81 : 38 ARRS deactivated
Feb87 : 37 ARRS deactivated
Mar87 : 7 SOS Rhein-Main, Germany joined
Dec87 : 40 and 48 ARRS deactivated. At this time remain 7 SOS, 55 and 67 ARRS
Mar88 : 39th ARRW redesignated 39 SOW (Special Operations Wing)
I have two enveloped mailed with Canal Zone stamps affixed, sent from Albrook Rescue Coordination Center, Det 2, 39 ARRWg, APO New York 09020, one postmarked 7Dec72 at Albrook AFB and the other 16Nov73 at Balboa, CZ. So we know 39 ARRWg was working in the Canal Zone in 1972-3 at Albrook, which isn't listed above in the website. APO 09020 must have been an "MAO" (mail address only) APO number, because APO numbers beginning with 09 are assigned to Army and AF military post offices in Europe (via New York) - codes starting with 34... are used for central America (via Miami). History on Wiki shows this unit belonged to MAC to support SAC (at least in some places), so I have to presume, with all of the airplanes MAC has, that mail from the US went to APO Europe and MAC had no trouble re-routing it by air quickly to its detachment in Panama
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Models 39th ARRW,39th ARRW List of helicopters |
| C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |||
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| 37 | h-43 | 1960 | 59-1556 : Kaman K-600-3, cn37, ff:1959; del USAF as H-43B, 59-1556, 24Jun60; xfer 38+ |  N322WN - N556D | |||
| 54 w/o 1970 | h-43 | 59-1573 : Det 13, 43 ARRS, 39 ARRW;
w/o 3.2nm E Perrin AFB, TX. Took the lives of + | |||||
| 61-535 | ch-3c | 1965 | 64-14232 : Sikorsky S-61R, c/n 61-535 ff?; del USAF as CH-3C 64-14232, 10Nov65; conv + | ||||
| 61-572 | ch-3c | 65-12797 : asg 39th ARRW Det. 5 Tyndall AFB, FL, pictured sitting inside Hangar 5;
+ : Last duty station was with the 41st ARS (formerly Det 15, 39 ARRW) at Patr+ | |||||
| 61-575 | ch-3c | 65-12800 : asg 39th ARRW Det. 5 Tyndall AFB, FL. I was assigned to the maintenance c+ | |||||
| 61-583 | ch-3e | 1967 | 66-13285 : pictured as HH-3E type with 39 ARRW / Det5 at Tyndall AFB, FL : CH-3E asg 39 ARRW / Det5 at Tyndall AFB, FL. pictured on display during a+ | - N614DR | |||
