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40 AIRLIFT SQUADRON
Lineage. Constituted 40th Transport Squadron on 2 Feb 1942. Activated on 18 Feb 1942. Redesignated: 40th Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 Jul 1942; 40th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy, on 21 May 1948. Inactivated on 14 Sep 1949. Redesignated 40th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 3 Jul 1952. Activated on 14 Jul 1952. Redesignated: 40th Troop Carrier Squadron on 1 Mar 1966; 40th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 May 1967; 40th Airlift Squadron on 1 Jan 1992. Inactivated on 16 Jul 1993. Activated on 1 Oct 1993.
Assignments. San Antonio Air Depot, 18 Feb 1942; 317th Transport (later, 317th Troop Carrier) Group, 22 Feb 1942-14 Sep 1949. 317th Troop Carrier Group, 14 Jul 1952; 317th Troop Carrier Wing, 12 Mar 1957; 322d Air Division, 25 Sep 1958; 317th Troop Carrier (later, 317th Tactical Airlift) Wing, 15 Apr 1963 (attached to Detachment 1, 322d Air Division, 24 Nov 1964-19 Feb 1965; 513th Tactical Airlift Wing, 16 Mar-26 May 1968 and 4 Mar-7 May 1975; 322d Tactical Airlift Wing, 31 Aug-17 Oct 1971 and 7 Apr-16 Jun 1973; 435th Tactical Airlift Group, 12 Jan-15 Mar 1976 and 26 Apr-15 Jul 1977; 435th Tactical Airlift Wing, 4 Oct-15 Dec 1976); 317th Tactical Airlift Group, 1 Oct 1978 (attached to 313th Tactical Airlift Group, 29 Nov 1978- 16 Feb 1979); 317th Tactical Airlift Wing, 1 Apr 1980 (attached to 313th Tactical Airlift Group, 7 Jun-8 Aug 1980, 3 Oct-16 Dec 1981, 3 Feb-14 Apr 1983, 7 Apr-17 Jun 1984, 4 Aug-16 Oct 1985, 3 Oct-16 Dec 1986, 20 Nov 1987-10 Feb 1988, 4 Feb-12 Apr 1989, 31 Mar-9 Apr 1990, 8 Jul-13 Aug 1991); 317th Operations Group, 1 Jan 1992-16 Jul 1993 (attached to 313th Tactical Airlift Group, 28 Jul-Oct 1992). 7th Operations Group, 1 Oct 1993-.
Stations. Duncan Field, TX, 18 Feb 1942; Bowman Field, KY, 19 Jun 1942; Lawson Field, GA, 10 Oct 1942; Maxton, NC, 2-10 Dec 1942; Garbutt Field, Australia, 23 Jan 1943; Port Moresby, New Guinea, 4 Oct 1943; Finschhafen, New Guinea, 21 Apr 1944; Hollandia, New Guinea, 22 Jun 1944; Leyte, 19 Nov 1944; Clark Field, Luzon, 5 Mar 1945; Okinawa, c. 16 Aug 1945; Osaka, Japan, 21 Oct 1945; Tachikawa AB, Japan, 19 Jan 1946; Matsushima, Japan, 17 Oct 1946; Tachikawa AB, Japan, 1 Aug-16 Nov 1948; Wiesbaden, Germany, 16 Nov 1948; Celle RAF Station, Germany, 15 Dec 1948-14 Sep 1949. Rhein-Main AB, Germany, 14 Jul 1952; Neubiberg AB, Germany, 15 May 1953; Evreux-Fauville AB, France, 6 Dec 1957-20 Jun 1964; Lockbourne AFB, OH, 20 Jun 1964 (deployed at Evreux-Fauville AB, France, 24 Nov 1964-19 Feb 1965 and RAF Mildenhall, England, 16 Mar- 26 May 1968); Pope AFB, NC, 31 Aug 1971-16 Jul 1993 (deployed at Rhein-Main AB, Germany, 31 Aug-17 Oct 1971, 7 Apr-16 Jun 1973, 4 Oct- 15 Dec 1976 and RAF Mildenhall, England, 4 Mar-16 May 1975, 12 Jan- 15 Mar 1976, 26 Apr-15 Jul 1977, 29 Nov 1978-16 Feb 1979, 7 Jun-6 Aug 1980, 3 Oct-12 Dec 1981, 3 Feb-14 Apr 1983, 7 Apr-17 Jun 1984, 4 Aug- 16 Oct 1985, 3 Oct-16 Dec 1986, 20 Nov 1987-10 Feb 1988, 4 Feb-12 Apr 1989, 31 Mar-9 Apr 1990, 8 Jul-13 Aug 1991, 28 Jul-Oct 1992). Dyess AFB, TX, 1 Oct 1993-.
Aircraft. Principally C-47, 1942-1946; C-46, 1946-1948; C-54, 1946-1949. C-119, 1952-1957; C-130, 1957-1993.
Operations. Paratroop drops on Nadzab (New Guinea), Noemfoor, Tagaytay (Luzon), Corregidor, and Aparri (Luzon), as well as aerial transportation in South, Southwest, and the Western Pacific in World War II. Berlin Airlift, 1948. Trained airlift crew members for duty in Southeast Asia in the late 1960s. Airlift support for operations in Panama, 18 Dec 1989-17 Jan 1990; and Southwest Asia, 10 Aug 1990-Mar 1991.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Japan; Papua; New Guinea; Northern Solomons; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines. Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. Panama, 1989-1990.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Papua, [Jan 1943]; New Guinea, 30 Jan-1 Feb 1943; Philippine Islands, 16-17 Feb 1945. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 29 Oct-16 Dec 1956; 8 Jul-10 Aug 1960; 1 Sep 1962-15 Apr 1963; 1 Apr 1964-30 Jun 1965; 1 May 1972-30 Apr 1973; 1 May 1973-30 Apr 1975; 1 May 1975-30 Apr 1977; 1 Jun 1979-31 May 1981; 1 Jun 1982- 31 May 1984; 1 Mar 1987-31 Mar 1988; 6 Oct 1989-13 Jan 1990. Philippine Presidential Unit Citation (WWII). Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm: 10 May-8 Aug 1972.
Emblem. On a Blue disc, a caricatured figure in flight uniform, sighting a gun and riding on the back of a stylized diving bird Gold, all in front of a White cloud formation extending across the disc bend sinisterwise. Approved on 27 Oct 1942 (28656 A.C.).
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