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  • 86th Airlift Wing
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  • The wing's primary mission is to conduct airlift, airdrop and aeromedical evacuation operations flying the C-21A, C-20H, C-37A, C-40B and C-130J aircraft. The 86th Airlift Wing commander also serves as the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) commander, leading the largest American community outside the United States.
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Garrison
Branch
  • 23
command structure
  • 35
Role
  • Airlift
identification symbol
  • 125
Country
  • United States
Current Commander
  • Brigadier General Patrick X. Mordente
Type
  • Wing
identification symbol label
  • 86
Caption
  • Ten 86th Airlift Wing C-130J Super Hercules return home after supporting Exercise Bayonet Resolve, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 5, 2011.
Dates
  • 1948
Unit Name
  • 86
notable commanders
Battles
  • 150
  • Operation Desert Storm * Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
decorations
  • 150
Motto
  • "Virtus Perdurat""Enduring Courage"
abstract
  • The wing's primary mission is to conduct airlift, airdrop and aeromedical evacuation operations flying the C-21A, C-20H, C-37A, C-40B and C-130J aircraft. The 86th Airlift Wing commander also serves as the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) commander, leading the largest American community outside the United States.