Group, 17 June 1949 – 1 November 1955 29th Air Depot Wing, 10 November 1949 – 10 November 1951 San Bernardino Air Material Area, 1 December 1949 – 1 July 1966 1002d Inspector General Group, 1950s - 31 December 1971 2950th Depot Training Wing, 7 November 1951 – 19 November 1952 2848th Air Base Wing, 1 May 1953 – 1 April 1967 Air Force Audio-Visual Center, 8 April 1969 – 30 March 1994 63d Military Airlift Wing, 1 April 1967 – 30 March 1994 944th Military Airlift Group, 25 March 1968 – 1 July 1993 (AFRES) 445th Military Airlift Wing, 1 July 1973 – 30 March 1994 (AFRES) 27th Air Division, 20 September 1950 – 1 October 1959 Los Angeles Air Defense Sector, 15 February 1959 – 25 June 1966 1st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 1 December 1951 – 6 February 1952 4705th Defense Wing, 1 February 1952 – 1 March 1952 659th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 20 June 1953 – 22 June 1955 685th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 January 1951 – 6 February 1952 865th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 8 November 1955 – 1 April 1956 1601st USAF Dispensary (Medical and Dental Clinics), dates including 1967-1970 630 Maintenance Squadron (Total years unknown, but was probably organized in April 1967 along with the 63d MAW. The 630 MS did exist in 1969-70 as noted on my orders when assigned there) Military Airlift Command Non-Commissioned Officer Academy Highlights On 24 March 1944, the second of only two Vultee XP-54 experimental fighters made its first and only flight, landing at Norton with a failed Lycoming engine. The P-54 project was canceled and the airframe grounded to support the first prototype. Norton AFB served as the last assignment for Chuck Yeager. He retired at the base on 1 June 1975. Norton AFB was the final duty station of Sgt. John Levitow the lowest ranking member of the Air Force to be awarded the Medal of Honor, where he served as a loadmaster with the 63d Military Airlift Wing. The famed C-141 Starlifter Hanoi Taxi was based at Norton AFB with the 63d Military Airlift Wing at the time of its famous missions as part of Operation Homecoming. In 1957, while flying aboard a C-124 Globemaster II, the WAF Band was invited by General James L. Jackson, Deputy Commander of the San Bernardino Air Materiel Area, Air Materiel Command, to move to his headquarters