129th Rescue Wing
Unit's Artwork: Click on Image to View Full Size	Branch:  Air National Guard
	Unit:  129th Rescue Wing
	Squadron:  129th Rescue Squadron
	Equipment:  HC-130 Hercules
	Home Base:  NAS Moffett, CA
	Deployed Location:  Kuwait
Unit Information:  In April 1955 the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, was activated as the 129th Air Resupply Group and was based at Hayward Airport, California. The unit’s mission was airlift of personnel and material using C-46 aircraft. Later that year, the Group was transferred from U.S. Continental Air Command to U.S. Tactical Air Command (TAC). Although the mission remained the same, the 129th underwent three name changes and several aircraft conversions between its initial activation and April 1975. The mission was unchanged even after the name was changed to Troop Carrier Group. Upon the arrival of the SA-16 Albatross seaplane, the Wing was redesignated the 129th Air Commando Group. The 129th later acquired the C-119 Flying Boxcars and its named changed to Special Operations Group. During this period the Wing also utilized small observation planes (U-10s, U-6s and U-3s) as ancillary aircraft. * All Unit Information obtained from Public Sites