75th Airlift Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 75th Airlift Squadron


caption= 75th AIrlift Squadron Patch
dates= 30 January 1943 - 31 March 1944
20 June 1952 -
country= United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type= Airlift
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command_structure= United States Air Forces in Europe
3rd Air Force
86th Airlift Wing
86th Operations Group
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garrison= Ramstein Air Base
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motto= To Support is to Defend
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decorations= Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
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The 75th Airlift Squadron (75 AS) is part of the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It operates C-5 Galaxy aircraft providing theater airlfit in Europe.

Mission

History

The 75th conducted operational training and air transport of cargo during World War II. It began airlift to Alaska and throughout the Pacific in 1952. The squadron flew almost exclusively to Southeast Asia, October 1965-April 1975. It also supported operations in Panama, 20 December 1989 and ongoing military operations in Southwest Asia since August 1990.

Operations

*Vietnam War
*Operation Just Cause
*Operation Desert Shield
*Operation Enduring Freedom
*Operation Iraqi Freedom

Lineage

*75th Ferrying Squadron (Special) (1943)
*75th Transport Transition Squadron (1943 - 1952)
*75th Air Transport Squadron, Medium (1952 - 1953)
*75th Air Transport Squadron, Heavy (1953 - 1966)
*75th Military Airlift Squadron (1966 - 1991)
*75th Airlift Squadron (1991 - Present)

Assignments

*2d Operational Training Unit (1943 – 1944)
*1701st Air Transport Group (1952 – 1953)
*1501st Air Transport Wing (1953 – 1966)
*60th Air Mobility Wing (1966 - 1993)
*86th Airlift Wing (1993 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Homestead Army Air Base, Florida (1943 - 1944)
*Great Falls Air Force Base, Montana (1952 - 1953)
*Travis Air Force Base, California (1953 - 1993)
*Ramstein Air Base, Germany (1993 - Present)

Aircraft Operated

*C-46 Commando (1943 – 1944)
*C-54 Skymaster (1943 – 1944, 1952 – 1953)
*AT-6 Harvard II (1943)
*AT-17 Bobcat (1943)
*B-24 Liberator (1943 – 1944)
*C-36 Electra (1943)
*C-49 (1943)
*C-57 Lodestar (1943)
*C-60 Lodestar II (1943 – 1944)
*C/UC-78 (1943)
*C-87 Liberator Express (1943 – 1944)
*C-97 Stratofreighter (1953 – 1960)
*C-124 Globemaster II (1960 – 1965)
*C-141 Starlifter (1965 – 1971)
*C-5 Galaxy (1970 – )

References

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0075as.html USAF 75th Airlift Squadron History]

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