Aerial Delivery: Rigger

Historical Aerial Delivery and Rigger Units

World War Ⅱ 1942—45

  • Airborne Div
    Airborne QM Co
    Parachute Maint Co
  • 11th
    408th
    11th
  • 13th
    409th
    13th
  • 17th
    411th
    17th
  • 82nd
    407th
    82nd
  • 101st
    426th
    101st
  • 1st Airborne
    Task Force#
    334th QM Depot Supply Co
    Unknown
  • 15th*
    410th

#Provisional 7th Army Airborne Division that air-assaulted into Southern France
*planned in 1943, but never formed

Post-World War Ⅱ/Korean War

  • Airborne Divs 1945-57
    Airborne QM Company
    Parachute Maint Company
  • 11th
    408th
    11th
  • 82nd
    407th
    82nd
  • 101st (Inactivated 1945)
    426th
    101st*

*Reactivated & redesignated as the 521st Airborne Quartermaster Parachute Maintenance Company in Aug 1950

Reserve Airborne Divisions 1946-1952

  • 80th
    80th
    780th
  • 84th
    406th
    784th
  • 100th
    100th
    100th
  • 108th
    108th
    108th

Airborne Regimental Combat Teams 1950-1957

  • 187th
    187th Plt
    187th Det
  • 508th
    Unknown
    508th QM Parachute Maint Det
  • Korean War Era
    Non-Divisional Aerial Delivery Units
    Assignment
  • # 248th QM Det
    1st SF Group, Okinawa (around 1957)
  • # 306th QM Aerial Supply Co
    Fort Bragg, NC
  • 519th Airborne QM Co
    508th Abn Regt Combat Team 1951-57
  • 557th QM Aerial Supply Co
    Fort Bragg, NC & 7th Army, Germany
  • 558th QM Aerial Supply Co
    Fort Richardson, Alaska
  • 601st QM Aerial Supply Co
    Attached, 11th Abn Div
    Fort Campbell, KY
  • 610th QM Aerial Supply Co
    Fort Bragg, NC
  • 612th QM Aerial Supply Co
    306th Logistic Command
    Fort Bragg, NC
  • 623rd QM Air Equipment Repair Co
    Infantry Center, 3rd Army
    Fort Benning, GA
  • 7720th Parachute Packing and Repair Det
    Coleman Barracks,
    Mannheim, Germany
  • 7772nd QM Parachute Packing & Repair Det
    HQ, Area Command
    Heidelberg, Germany
  • 8081st QM Aerial Supply Co*
    Far East Command, Japan
  • 8190th Army Unit
    QM Maintenance Det
    443rd QM Maintenance Depot,
    790th Reclamation & Maintenance Co
    Korea

*Activated as 2348th Quartermaster Airborne Air Supply and Packaging Company was also called the 8081st Army Unit
# Possible Aerial Delivery Units, not confirmed

Pentomic Era Airborne Divisions 1957—63

  • Airborne Div
    Supply and Trans Company
    Parachute Supply & Maint Company
  • 11th
    11th
    11th
  • 82nd
    407th
    82nd
  • 101st
    426th
    101st

Vietnam-Era Airborne Divisions/Brigades

  • 82nd Airborne Div
    502d & 82nd Supply & Air Equipment Support Cos
  • 3rd Bde (Separate)
    82nd Airborne Div
    Vietnam 1968-1969
    82nd Support Bn
  • 101st Airborne Div
    426th & 321st Supply & Air Equipment Support Cos
  • 1st Bde (Separate)
    101st Airborne Div
    Vietnam 1965-1967
    101st Support Bn
  • 3rd Bde
    101st Airborne Div (Air Assault)
    Fort Campbell, KY 1972-1974
    504th QM Co Aerial Delivery
  • 1st Bde (Airborne)
    1st Cavalry Div (Airmobile)
    Vietnam 1965-1966
    Aerial Equipment Supply Det
    Support Co, 15th Supply & Services Bn
  • 1st Bde (Airborne)
    8th Infantry Div (Mechanized)
    Germany 1963-1973
    11th Parachute Supply & Maintenance Co
  • 1st Bde
    11th Air Assault Div (Test)
    Fort Benning, GA 1963-1965
    165th Aerial Equipment Supply Det
  • 36th Airborne Bde
    Texas National Guard 1973-1980
    Unknown
  • 71st Airborne Bde
    Texas National Guard 1968-1973
    371st Support Bn
  • 173rd Airborne Bde (Separate)
    Vietnam 1963-1972
    Air Equipment Support Plt, C Co
    173rd Support Bn

Vietnam Era Aerial Delivery Units

  • 101st QM Co (Provisional)
    Air Equipment Support
    Fort Campbell/Vietnam
  • 109th QM Co
    (Air Delivery)
    Fort Campbell/Vietnam
  • 383rd QM Det
    (Air Equipment Supply)
    Vietnam
  • 549th QM Co
    (Air Delivery)
    Okinawa/Vietnam
  • 623rd QM Co
    (Air Equipment Repair Depot)
    Fort Bragg/Vietnam

U.S. Army Reserve Aerial Delivery Units 1970s to 1990

  • 421st QM Co
    (Aerial Delivery)
    81st ARCOM
  • 431st QM Co
    (Aerial Delivery Equipment Repair & Supply)
    123rd ARCOM
  • 775th QM Co
    (Aerial Delivery)
    103rd Support Bde
  • 824th QM Co
    (Aerial Delivery)
    120th ARCOM
  • 861st QM Co
    (Aerial Delivery Equipment Repair & Supply)
    121st ARCOM

Aerial Delivery Units 1970s-1990s (Inactivated or Redesignated)

  • Rigger Det
    7th Supply & Trans Bn, 7th Inf Div 1988-1990
  • 49th QM Det
    (Air Drop)
    Fort Bragg, NC
  • 51st QM Det
    (Air Drop)
    Fort Bragg, NC
  • 53rd QM Det
    (Airdrop Support)
    Fort Campbell, KY
  • Co E, 407th Supply & Trans Bn
    82nd Airborne Div
    Fort Bragg, NC
  • * E Co, 426th Supply & Trans Bn
    Fort Campbell, KY

* Predecessor to the 53rd Quartermaster Detachment

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