621st Contingency Response Wing

621st Contingency Response Wing
Active March 2005 – Present
Country United States
Branch Air Force
Type Rapid Mobility, Contingency Response, Initial Airbase Holding
Size 650 military and civilian personnel
Part of Air Mobility Command
Garrison/HQ Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
Nickname(s) "The Devil Raiders"
Engagements Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Unified Response
Commanders
Current
commander
Col. James Copher

The 621st Contingency Response Wing (621 CRW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.

Mission

The 621 CRW is responsible for training and rapidly deploying personnel to quickly open airfields in remote locations and extend Air Mobility Command's ability to deploy people and equipment around the globe.

Most of the operations can be classified by three types, Joint Task Force - Port Opening (JTF-PO), where USAF and US Army units create distribution chains, Expeditionary Air Mobility Support, (EAMS) where CRW personnel augment existing forces for the mission, and Initial Airbase Opening (IAO)

Unit history and significant operations

Operations for NASA

With a separation of over 1,000 miles, teams from the 621st are ready to launch at a moment's notice in support of the Space Shuttle launches.

Designed to provide a quick response mobility force, the 621st CRW's shuttle support mission will only be executed in the event of a post launch emergency that forces the shuttle to land at an alternate location. CRW Airmen will sit on-call during the schedule launch to facilitate the response in case the shuttle mission is aborted.[7]

Assignments

Major command

Numbered Air Force

Subordinate organizations

621st Contingency Operations Support Group (621 COSG)

817th Contingency Response Group (817 CRG)

818th Contingency Response Group (818 CRG)

615th Contingency Operations Support Group (615 COSG)

570th Contingency Response Group (570 CRG)

571st Contingency Response Group (571 CRG)

123d Contingency Response Group (123 CRG)

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