formation flyover throughout Washington State's Puget Sound Region. In August 2021, aircraft from 62 AW joined efforts to evacuate Americans and Afghan Allies from Kabul during the fall of the Afghan government to the Taliban, during the 2021 Taliban offensive and the subsequent Fall of Kabul. Lineage Established as 62nd Troop Carrier Wing on 28 July 1947 Organized on 15 August 1947 Redesignated: 62nd Troop Carrier Wing, Medium, on 22 August 1948 Redesignated: 62nd Troop Carrier Wing, Heavy, on 12 October 1949 Inactivated on 1 June 1950 Activated on 17 September 1951 Redesignated: 62nd Air Transport Wing, Heavy, on 1 January 1965 Redesignated: 62nd Military Airlift Wing on 8 January 1966 Redesignated: 62d Airlift Wing on 1 December 1991. Designated 62d Air Expeditionary Wing in September 2001 when wing elements deployed to combat areas. Assignments Twelfth Air Force, 15 August 1947 Fourth Air Force, 10 December 1948 – 1 June 1950 Eighteenth Air Force, 17 September 1951 Twenty-Second Air Force, 1 July 1957 Fifteenth Air Force, 1 July 1993 Eighteenth Air Force, 1 October 2003–present Air Mobility Command when wing elements deployed to combat areas any time after 11 September 2001. Components Wings 302d Troop Carrier Wing: attached 27 June 1949 – 5 May 1950 Groups 61st Troop Carrier Group: attached 21 November 1952 – 24 August 1954 62nd Troop Carrier (later, 62 Operations) Group: 15 August 1947 – 1 June 1950 (detached 2 May – 1 June 1950); 1 October 1951 – 15 January 1960; 1 December 1991–present Squadrons 4th Troop Carrier (later, 4 Air Transport; 4 Military Airlift; 4 Airlift) Squadron: attached 8–14 January 1960, assigned 15 January 1960 – 1 December 1991 7th Troop Carrier (later, 7 Air Transport; 7 Military Airlift) Squadron: attached 8–14 January 1960, assigned 15 January 1960 – 22 December 1969 8th Troop Carrier (later, 8 Air Transport; 8 Military Airlift) Squadron: attached 8–14 January 1960, assigned 15 January 1960 – 1 December 1991. 10th Airlift Squadron: 1 October 2003 – 6 December 2016 19th Air Transport (later 19th Military Airlift) Squadron: 1 July 1963 – 22 December 1969 28th Air Transport (later 28th Military Airlift) Squadron: 1 July 1963 – 22 December 1969 36th Tactical Airlift (later, 36 Military Airlift) Squadron: 1 July 1975 – 1 December 1991. Stations McChord Field (later, McChord AFB), Washington, 15 August 1947 – 1 June 1950; 17 September 1951 Larson AFB, Washington, 21 April 1952 McChord