Lineage: Established as the 582nd Air Resupply and Communications wing on 3 Sep 52. Activated on 24 Sep 52. Inactivated on 14 Aug 53.
Assignments: Air Resupply and Communications Service - 24 Sep 52 to 14 Aug 53
Components: Group: 582nd - 24 Sep 52 to 14 Aug 53 (not operational).
Squadron: 582nd - attached 20 May to 14 Aug 53.
Stations: Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, 24 Sep 52 to 1 May 53; Great Falls AFB, Montana, 1 May to 14 Aug 53.
Commanders: Colonel Robert W. Fish, 24 Sep 52 to 8 Jul 53; Colonel Earl J. Livesay, 8 Jul 53 to 14 Aug 53.
Aircraft: C-119, 1953; B-29, 1953; SA-16, 1953.
Operations: Performed psychological warfare and unconventional operations.
Service Streamers: None
Campaign Streamers: None
Decorations: None
Emblem: Per fess indented or and azure, the silhouette of a transport plane sable and in base a broken chain of three links proper below two lightning bolts points conjoined argent, on a chief gules a wreath surmounted by a sword fesswise, hilt to dexter both of the first. Motto: LIBERTAS PER VERITATEM - Freedom through truth. (Approved on 14 Apr 53).
Revised: 9 Apr 03