14th Airlift Squadron

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unit_name= 14th Airlift Squadron


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dates= 20 November 1940 - Present
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437th Airlift Wing
437th Operations Group
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The 14th Airlift Squadron (14 AS) is part of the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission world wide.

Mission

Provide services and support, which promote quality of life and project global power through combat-proven airlift and airdrop.

History

During World War II the 15th participated in airborne assaults on Sicily, Normandy, Holland, and Germany. It also conducted aerial transportation in Mediterranean Theater of Operations and European Theater of Operations.

During the Cold War the 4th was involved in the Berlin Airlift from 1948–1949, aerial transport from the U.S. to Japan, August–Dececember 1950, and between Japan and Korea, 16 November 1951–1 December 1952, worldwide airlift since 1953, including to Southeast Asia from 1966–1973 and supporting military operations in Grenada, October–November 1983, Panama, 18 December 1989–8 January 1990, and to Southwest Asia, August 1990–January 1991.

Operations

*World War II
*Korean War
*Operation Urgent Fury
*Operation Just Cause
*Operation Desert Storm
*Operation Fiery Vigil
*Operation Provide Hope
*Operation Provide Comfort
*Operation Provide Relief
*Operation Restore Hope
*Operation Southern Watch
*Operation Uphold Democracy
*Operation Support Hope
*Operation Joint Endeavor

Previous designations

*14th Transport Squadron (1940 – 1942)
*14th Troop Carrier Squadron (1942 – 1948)
*14th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1948)
*14th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy (1948 – 1966)
*14th Military Airlift Squadron (1966 – 1992)
*14th Airlift Squadron (1992 – Present)

Assignments

*61st Troop Carrier Group (1940 – 1945, 1946 – 1959)
**Attached 62d Troop Carrier Wing (5 December 1950 – 16 November 1951)
*63d Military Airlift Wing (1959 – 1992)
*437th Airlift Wing (1992 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Duncan Field, Texas (1940 – 1941)
*Augusta, Georgia (1941 – 1942)
*Pope Field, North Carolina (1942, 1943)
*Lockbourne, Ohio (1942)
*Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas (1942 – 1943)
*Lourmel, Algeria (1943)
*Kairouan, Tunisia (1943)
*Sicily (1943 – 1944)
*RAF Barkston Heath, England (1944 – 1945)
*Abbeville, France (1945)
*Waller Field, Trinidad (1945)
*Eschborn Air Base, Germany (1946 – 1947)
*Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany (1947 – 1950)
*McChord Air Force Base, Washington (1950 – 1951)
*Tachikawa, Japan (1951 – 1952)
*Larson Air Force Base, Washington (1952 - 1954)
*Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina (1954 - 1963)
*Hunter Air Force Base, Georgia (1963 – 1967)
*Norton Air Force Base, California (1967 – 1992)
*Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina (1992 – Present)

Aircraft operated

*C-33 (1941)
*C-39 (1941 – 1942)
*C-47 Skytrain (1942 – 1945, 1946 – 1948)
*C-54 Skymaster (1948 – 1952)
*C-124 Globemaster II (1952 – 1967)
*C-141 Starlifter (1967 – 1995)
*C-17 Globemaster III (1995 – Present)

External links

* [http://public.charleston.amc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4172 14th Airlift Squadron Home Page]