evacuation operations following the collapse of the Afghan government. Operations for NASA With a separation of over 1,000 miles, teams from the 621st remained ready to launch at a moment's notice in support of the Space Shuttle launches during the years of the program (1981-2011). Designed to provide a quick response mobility force, the 621st CRW's shuttle support mission was only to be executed in the event of a post launch emergency that forced the shuttle to land at an alternate location. CRW Airmen sat on-call during the schedule launch to facilitate the response in case the shuttle mission was aborted. Lineage Constituted as the 621st Air Mobility Operations Group on 24 June 1994 Activated on 22 July 1994 Redesignated the 621st Contingency Response Wing on 1 March 2005 Assignments Twenty-First Air Force (later, 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force), 22 July 1994 United States Air Force Expeditionary Center (USAF EC), 19 March 2012 – present Components 621st Air Mobility Advisory Group (621 AMAG) 321st Air Mobility Operations Squadron (321 AMOS) 621st Air Mobility Operations Squadron (621 AMOS) 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron (571 MSAS) 621st Mobility Support Operations Squadron (621 MSOS) 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron (818 MSAS) - "By order of the Secretary of the Air Force, the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron will provide air mobility advisory and training assistance in support of the Air Force goals of building partner capacity (April 19, 2011)." 621st Contingency Response Group (621 CRG) 321st Contingency Response Squadron (321 CRS) 621st Contingency Response Squadron (621 CRS) 621st Contingency Response Support Squadron (621 CRSS) 821st Contingency Response Group (821 CRG) 821st Contingency Response Squadron (821 CRS) 821st Contingency Response Support Squadron (821 CRSS) 921st Contingency Response Squadron (921 CRS) Stations McGuire Air Force Base (later, part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst), New Jersey, 22 July 1994 Travis Air Force Base, California, 29 May 2012 References External links 621st Contingency Response Wing Fact Sheet 621 CRW Official Site Military units and formations in New Jersey 0621