309th Airlift Squadron

309th Airlift Squadron
309th Airlift Squadron Patch
Active	25 May 1943 - 31 July 1945 27 June 1949 - 1 February 1953 8 October 1954 - 9 July 1956 18 March 1963 - 31 July 1970 12 March 2002 - Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Airlift
Part of	United States Air Forces in Europe 3rd Air Force 86th Airlift Wing 86th Operations Group
Garrison/HQ	Chièvres Air Base
Engagements	Operation Overlord Operation Market Garden Operation Plunder
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Presidential Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm

The 309th Airlift Squadron (309 AS) is part of the 86th Airlift Wing at Chièvres Air Base, Belgium. It operates C-37 aircraft providing executive airlfit for NATO.

Contents 1 Mission 2 History 2.1 Operations 2.2 Lineage 3 Assignments 4 Bases stationed 5 Aircraft operated 6 References 7 External links

Mission

History

The 309th provided aerial transportation in the European Theater of Operations of materiel, equipment, and troops, and participated in the airborne assaults on Normandy, Holland, and Germany from 6 June 1944-May 1945.

The 309th flew intratheater combat cargo and troop carrier missions in Southeast Asia from 1 July 1963-26 June 1970.

Operations

• World War II
• Vietnam War

Lineage

309th Troop Carrier Squadron (1943–1949) 309th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949–1954) 309th Troop Carrier Squadron, Assault, Rotary Wing (1954–1963) 309th Troop Carrier Squadron, Assault (1963–1965) 309th Air Commando Squadron, Troop Carrier (1965–1967)

309th Air Commando Squadron, Tactical Airlift (1967–1968) 309th Special Operations Squadron (1968–1970) 309th Tactical Airlift Squadron (1970–2002) 309th Airlift Squadron (2002–Present)

Assignments

443d Troop Carrier Group (1943–1944) I Troop Carrier Command (1944) 8th Air Force (1944) 315th Troop Carrier Group (1944–1945) 443d Troop Carrier Group (1949–1953) 8th Air Force (1954–1956) Attacehed: 63d Troop Carrier Wing (1954–1956)

9th Air Force (1963) Attached: 464th Troop Carrier Wing (1963) Pacific Air Forces (1963) 315th Tactical Airlift Wing (1963–1970) 86th Airlift Wing (2002–Present)

Bases stationed

Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri (1943–1944) Alliance Army Air Field, Nebraska (1944) Camp Mackall, North Carolina (1944) RAF Spanhoe, England (1944–1945) Amiens, France (1945) Waller Field, Trinidad (1945)

Hensley Field, Texas (1949–1951) Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina (1951–1953, 1954–1956) Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina (1963) Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam (1963–1967) Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam (1967–1970) Chièvres Air Base, Belgium (2002–Present)

Aircraft operated

L-3 Grasshopper (1943) C-53 Skytrooper (1943–1944) C-47 Skytrain (1944–1945) B-24 Liberator (1944–1945) C-46 Commando (1945, 1951–1952)

C-119 Flying Boxcar (1952–1953) H-19 Chickasaw (1954–1956) H-21 Shawnee (1956) C-123 Provider (1963–1970) C-37 (2002 – Present)

References

• USAF 309th Airlift Squadron History

External links

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