68th Airlift Squadron

68th Airlift Squadron
68th Airlift Squadron Patch
Active	22 January 1943 - 15 January 1946 3 August 1947 - 14 July 1952 18 May 1955 - Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Airlift
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command 4th Air Force 433d Airlift Wing 433d Operations Group
Garrison/HQ	Kelly Field Annex
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Philippine Presidential Unit Citation

The 68th Airlift Squadron (68 AS) is part of the 433d Airlift Wing at Kelly Field Annex, Texas. It operates C-5 Galaxy aircraft providing global airlfit.

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 68th flew troop carrier missions in New Guinea, Philippines, and the western Pacific from 1943–1945 and particiapted in the airborne assault at Aparri, Luzon, 23 June 1945.

It has conducted worldwide airlift since 1955. Specific contributions have included the 68th flying medical supplies, tanks, and field rations to Panama in 1989 and 1990 and airlifting personnel and materiel destined for southwestern Asia, 1990-1991.

Operations

• World War II
• Operation Just Cause
• Operation Desert Shield

Lineage

• 68th Troop Carrier Squadron (1943–1949)
• 68th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949–1967)
• 68th Tactical Airlift Squadron (1967–1985)
• 68th Military Airlift Squadron (1985–1992)
• 68th Airlift Squadron (1992–Present)

Assignments

• 433d Troop Carrier Group (1943–1946, 1947–1952)
• 433d Troop Carrier Wing (1955–1963)
• 922d Tactical Airlift Group (1963–1974)
• 921st Tactical Airlift Group (1974)
• 433d Airlift Wing (1974–Present)

Bases stationed

Florence Army Air Field, South Carolina (1943) Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri (1943) Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Field, North Carolina (1943) Baer Field Indiana (1943) New Guinea (1943–1944) Biak (1944–1945) Tanauan, Leyte (1945) Clark Field, Luzon (1945)

Iwo Jima (1945) Iejima (1945) Tachikawa, Japan (1945–1946) Cleveland Municipal Airport, Ohio (1947–1950) Greenville Air Force Base, South Carolina (1950–1951) Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany (1951–1952) Brooks Air Force Base, Texas (1955–1960) Kelly Field Annex, Texas (1992–Present)

Aircraft operated

• C-47 Skytrain (1943–1945)
• B-17 Flying Fortress (1944)
• C-46 Commando (1944–1945, 1949–1950, 1955–1958)
• T-11 Kansan (1948–1951)
• T-7 Navigator (1949–1951)
• C-119 Flying Boxcar (1950–1952, 1958–1971)
• T-28 Trojan (1955)
• C-45 Expeditor (1955–1958)
• C-130 Hercules (1971–1985)
• C-5 Galaxy (1985 – Present)

References

• USAF 68th Airlift Squadron History

External links

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