A crowd of 150.000 visitors attended from the Münster region, acknowledging the achievements of the wing personnel during the build-up phase.
During combat operations while deployed in Southwest Asia from 26 August 1990 - 12 April 1991, wing personnel were credited with sixteen air-to-air victories.
Most of the wing personnel are located at the Air Force Village known as Camp Cunningham.
Four echelons of wing personnel variously traveled by train, ship, and air to reach their destination between November 1954 and January 1955.
Because of this, an Air Training Command team could not establish a firm school start date to train wing personnel.
Called to active service during the Korean War, wing personnel augmented other USAF organizations.
In 1990-1991, wing personnel transported passengers and materiel between the United States and Southwest Asia.
In the spring of 1996, wing personnel and aircraft deployed to Europe in support of peacekeeping operations in Bosnia.
While there, wing personnel were heavily involved in Hurricane Mitch relief to Honduras and Nicaragua.
Perhaps realizing the public confidence had suffered a blow, wing personnel made a stronger effort to reach out to local communities.