Without mission support, Ryan worked alone, late into the night.

The 374th includes four groups: operations, mission support, maintenance and medical.

Most of these had to do with mission support.

Missions are extensively coordinated and any delay has serious effect on mission support.

Other critical positions, such as attorneys, criminal investigators, and mission support, are also vulnerable.

It is also suited for search-and-rescue mission support and convoy security.

The wing is organized into operations, launch, mission support and medical groups, along with several directly assigned staff agencies.

In the mission support and maintenance groups majors may occasionally be squadron commanders.

The 14th Mission Support Group provides essential services with a 5-squadron/2-division, 750+ person work force and $38 million budget.

It is suspected that it had an auxiliary role and was used for trying out new technologies, research, or special mission support.