514th Air Mobility Wing

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514th Air Mobility Wing
A wing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft carrying Vice President Joe Biden arrives at Sather Air Base, Iraq
Active	1949–1953; 1953–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Airlift
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ	McGuire Air Force Base
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel William GUTERMUTH
Insignia
514th Air Mobility Wing emblem (approved 18 January 2007)[1]
514th Air Mobility Wing emblem (approved 13 March 1995)[1]
Patch with 514th Troop Carrier Wing emblem (approved 9 September 1954)[2]

The 514th Air Mobility Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force based at the McGuire AFB element of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The 514th is an associate Air Force reserve unit. The wing flies aircraft assigned to the active-duty 305th Air Mobility Wing, also based at McGuire. The 514th shares the responsibility of maintaining and flying the McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III.

The wing was organized in June 1949, when Continental Air Command reorganized its reserve units under the wing base organization. It was mobilized for the Korean War, serving at its home station as part of Eighteenth Air Force, which was initially composed of reserve troop carrier units. The wing was released from active duty and inactivated in February 1953.

The wing was reactivated in April 1953. In 1968, it lost its aircraft and became an associate unit, flying and maintaining aircraft of the regular 438th Military Airlift Wing, and later of the 305th Air Mobility Wing.