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.

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History

Lineage

Activated on 15 June 1942
Redesignated as 52d Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 July 1942
Disbanded on 14 April 1944
Activated in the Reserve on 27 June 1949
Ordered to active service on 1 May 1951
Inactivated on 9 May 1951
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

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

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

Aircraft

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.