23 November 2004 Activated on 18 January 2005 Consolidated with the 516th Tactical Airlift Wing on 23 June 2006 Redesignated 516th Aeronautical Systems Wing on 14 July 2006 Inactivated on 30 June 2010 Assignments Fourteenth Air Force, 26 June 1949 Tactical Air Command, 17 April 1951 Tactical Air Command, 19 July 1962 (not organized) Twelfth Air Force, 1 January 1963 839th Air Division, 1 July 1963 838th Air Division, 9 November 1964 Twelfth Air Force, 24 December 1969 834th Air Division, 15 March – 1 June 1972 Aeronautical Systems Center, 18 January 2005 – 30 June 2010 Stations Memphis Municipal Airport, Tennessee, 26 June 1949 – 16 January 1953 Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, 1 January 1963 – 1 June 1972 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 18 January 2005 – 30 June 2010 Components Groups 516th Troop Carrier Group: 26 June 1949 – 16 January 1953 (consolidated with C-17 Systems Group on 23 June 2006) 836th Aeronautical Systems Group, 30 June 2008 – 30 June 2010 C-5 Systems Group (later 716th Aeronautical Systems Group): 18 January 2005 – 30 June 2010 C-17 Systems Group (later 516th Aeronautical Systems Group): 18 January 2005 – 30 June 2010 C-130 Systems Group (later 866th Aeronautical Systems Group): 18 January 2005 – 30 June 2010 Squadrons 17th Troop Carrier Squadron: 1 January 1963 – 15 June 1964 18th Troop Carrier Squadron (later 18th Tactical Airlift Training Squadron): 1 January – 1 June 1963; 15 October 1969 – 1 June 1972 345th Troop Carrier Squadron: 8 January 1963 – 27 November 1965 346th Troop Carrier Squadron (later 346th Tactical Airlift Squadron): 1 April 1963 – 15 March 1969 (detached 1 July – c. 1 September 1964, 5 February – 30 May 1968) 347th Troop Carrier Squadron (later 347th Tactical Airlift Squadron): 1 July 1963 – 1 June 1972 (detached 18 May—c. 20 July 1964, 22 June – 27 September 1967, 27 – 11 January March 1968, 15 June – 15 October 1968, 25 February – 28 May 1969, 13 June – 3 September 1969, 3 February – 10 April 1970, 7 September – 11 November 1970, 4 June – 10 August 1971, 4 February – 17 April 1972) 348th Tactical Airlift Squadron: 5 July 1968 – 1 June 1972 (detached 15 October 1968 – 10 January 1969, 1 September – 13 November 1969, 5 May – 7 July 1970, 5 January – 10 March 1971,