621st Contingency Response Wing

The 621st Contingency Response Wing (621 CRW) is a United States Air Force rapid response expeditionary wing, based out of the McGuire Air Force Base entity of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey and Travis Air Force Base, California highly-specialized in training and rapidly deploying personnel globally to quickly open airfields and establish, expand, sustain, and coordinate air mobility operations during a variety of contingency operations.

The 621st consists of approximately 1500 airmen in three groups, thirteen squadrons and more than 20 geographically separated operating locations aligned with major Army and Marine Corps combat units. Two Contingency Response Groups (the 621st Contingency Response Group at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey and the 821st Contingency Response Group at Travis Air Force Base, California) each consist of three operational squadrons and one support squadron and provide the core cadre of expeditionary command and control, airlift, air refueling operations and aircraft maintenance personnel for deployment worldwide as mobility control teams and airfield assessment teams. These teams rapidly survey, assess and establish contingency air bases and expand existing Air Mobility Command support infrastructure worldwide. A third group, the 621st Air Mobility Advisory Group, consists of five bi-coastal squadrons that advise partner nations, augment theater command and control, and liaise with joint partners to facilitate mobility operations. .