page_title: Sewart Air Force Base
section_title: 64th Troop Carrier/Tactical Airlift Wing
hierarchical_section_title: Sewart Air Force Base / History / 64th Troop Carrier/Tactical Airlift Wing
caption_attribution_description: English: C-130E #69-6569 of the 61st Tactical Airlift Squadron, Sewart Air Force Base TN.
context_page_description: Sewart Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located in Smyrna, about 25 miles southeast of Nashville, Tennessee. During World War II, it was known as Smyrna Army Airfield.
context_section_description: With the departure of the 314th and 463d TCWs to PACAF, the 64th Troop Carrier Wing was activated at Sewart on 7 March 1966, replacing the 4413th. On 1 May 1967 the unit was re-designated as the 64th Tactical Airlift Wing.
  The 64th initially performed global airlift and medical evacuation missions, including several deployments to South Vietnam and Thailand.  However beginning in 1968, its primary mission was providing C-130 combat crew training for other units deploying to the Vietnam War.
  C-130E squadrons of the 64th at Sewart:
  61st Troop Carrier: 1 July 1966 – 31 May 1971 (Tail Code: SR), green band on the vertical stabilizer
  62d  Troop Carrier: 1 July 1966 – 31 May 1971 (Tail Code: ST), blue band on the vertical stabilizer
  At Sewart, the 64th was awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device for the period 1 July 1966 – 30 June 1967 and (without "V" device) 1 June 1969 – 31 May 1971.
  On 9 December 1965 the Department of Defense announced the closure of several military bases in the United States, including Sewart AFB.  Closure activities continued for the next five years and on 9 March 1971, the last C-130 Hercules left one of the Sewart AFB runways.  The 64th TAW was inactivated on 31 May 1971 and Sewart AFB was officially closed.
caption: Lockheed C-130E-LM Hercules AF Serial No. 69-6569 of the 62nd Tactical Airlift Squadron, 20 May 1970. This aircraft was later converted to an AC-130E gunship, then upgraded to an AC-130H, named "Fatal Attraction".
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