52d Airlift Squadron
52d Airlift Squadron |
Emblem of the 52d Airlift Squadron |
Active |
1942–2009 |
Country |
United States |
Branch |
United States Air Force |
Type |
Airlift |
The 52d Airlift Squadron is a Regular Component United States Air Force unit. Its currently assigned to the 19th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, but is based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. There, the squadron flies and maintains aircraft with the Air Force Reserve's 302d Airlift Wing.
History
Lineage
- Constituted as 52d Transport Squadron on 30 May 1942
- Activated on 15 June 1942
- Redesignated as 52d Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 July 1942
- Disbanded on 14 April 1944
- Reconstituted, and redesignated 52d Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 10 May 1949
- Activated in the Reserve on 27 June 1949
- Ordered to active service on 1 May 1951
- Inactivated on 9 May 1951
- Redesignated 52d Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy, on 19 March 1953
- Activated on 20 June 1953
- Redesignated as: 52d Military Airlift Squadron on 8 January 1966
- Inactivated on 8 February 1969
- Redesignated as 52d Airlift Squadron on 1 January 1992
- Inactivated on 30 September 1992
- Inactivated on 27 September 1997
- Activated on 3 October 2009 as an active associate squadron with the Air Force Reserve's 302d Airlift Wing
Assignments
- Attached for operational control to 322d Air Division, c. 29 January-c. 1 August 1960 and c. January 1962
- Remained under operational control of 322d Air Division
- Remained under operational control of 322d Air Division, to 8 February 1969
- 63d Operations Group, 1 January-30 September 1992
Stations
- Camp Williams, Wisconsin, 15 June 1942
- Dodd AAF, Texas, 17 September 1942
- Stuttgart AAF, Arkansas, 18 November 1942
- Victorville AAF, California, 25 December 1942
- Lawson AAF, Georgia, 5 May 1943
- Grenada AAF, Mississippi, 3 June 1943
- Sedalia AAF, Missouri, c. 19 January- 14 April 1944
- Floyd Bennett NAS, New York, 27 June 1949 – 9 May 1951
- Altus AFB, Oklahoma, 20 June 1953
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- Operated from Rhein-Main AB, West Germany, 29 January-c. 1 August 1960 and c. January 1962–
- Continued to operate from Rhein-Main AB, West Germany
- Continued to operate from Rhein-Main AB, West Germany, to 8 February 1969
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Aircraft
- Douglas DC-3, 1942
- C-39, 1942
- C-53, 1942–1943
- C-47, 1942–1944; 1949–1951
- T-6, 1949–1950
- T-7, 1949–1951
- T-11, 1949–1951
- C-124, 1953–1969
- C-141, 1988–1992
- C-130E, 1994–1997
- C-130H3, 2009–present
Operations
Replacement training, 1943–1944. Worldwide Airlift, 1953–1969. Supported Project Deep Freeze in the Antarctic, 1956–1958. Worldwide airlift, 1988–1992, including airdrop of troops and equipment in Operation JUST CAUSE in Panama on 20 December 1989. Tactical Airlift, 1994–1997. Organization re-activated to duty on 3 October 2009 as an active associate airlift squadron dually-assigned to the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson AFB, Colo. Participated in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan 23 Aug 2010 – present.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
- Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5