4453rd CCTW History

We would like to thank Lee R. DeHaven for the following 4453rd CCTW history. Some additional information has been contributed by Buck Seibert and Tom Pirtle. We know this in not complete and may contain some errors. If you have any aditional information or corrections to the 4453rd CCTW history please let us know and we will add it here.

Organizational Dates
4453rd Combat Crew Training Squadron (CCTS)	22 Oct 1962 - 1 Jan 1964

4453rd Combat Crew Training Group (CCTG)	1 Jan 1964 - 1 Apr 1964
4457th CCTS [original squadron]
4458th CCTS [original squadron]
Reorganized with the following squadrons on	17 Dec 1963
4454th CCTS [operational squadron]	1 Jan 1964 - 16 Aug 1971
4455th CCTS [operational squadron]	1 Jan 1964 - 30 Sep 1971
4456th CCTS [operational squadron]	1 Jan 1964 - 30 Jul 1971
4457th CCTS [academic squadron]	1 Jan 1964 - xx xxx 1971

4453rd Combat Crew Training Wing (CCTW)	1 Apr 1964 - 30 Sep 1971
Retained the above 4 squadrons

The 4472nd CCTS [DC-130A drone carrier] operated 10 Jul 1968 - 1 Jul 1969.
Redesignated the 4472nd Support Squadron [special projects activity] and coded
within the 4453rd CCTW 1 Jul 1969 - 1 Jul 1971

Bases
MacDill AFB Tampa, Florida	1 Jan 1963 - 8 Jan 1964
Davis-Monthan AFB Tucson, Arizona	8 Jan 1964 - 30 Sep 1971

Commands
836th Air Division, 9th Air Force	1 Jan 1963 - 1 Jul 1964
12th Air Force	1 Jul 1964 - 30 Sep 1971

Aircraft Models
F-4B	1963 - 1964
F-4C	1963 - 1971
F-4D	1966 - 1971

	1962		1967
	1963		1968
	1964		1969
	1965		1970
	1966		1971