73d Airlift Squadron

The 73d Airlift Squadron (73 AS) is part of the 932nd Airlift Wing at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. It operates C-9 Skytrain II and C-40 Clipper aircraft providing executive airlfit.

Mission

Provide first-class, worldwide, safe, and reliable airlift for distinguished visitors and their staffs.

History

During World War II the 73d participated in airborne assaults on Normandy, Holland, and Germany, the relief of Bastogne, and transportation of passengers and cargo in European Theater of Operations.

It transported personnel, equipment, and supplies and airdropped airborne troops and equipment from, 1957-1967. The squadron conducted long range movement of troops, cargo, and equipment from 1965–1969 and trained for space capsule recovery from, 1961-1969. It augmented the active duty 375th Airlift Wing in operating the aeromedical airlift system from, 1969-2005. Since 2005 the 73d has conducted executive airlift.

Operations

• World War II

Lineage

• 73d Troop Carrier Squadron (1943–1949)
• 73d Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949–1967)
• 73d Military Airlift Squadron (1967–1969)
• 73d Aeromedical Airlift Squadron (Associate) (1969–1994)
• 73d Airlift Squadron (1994–Present)

Assignments

• 434th Troop Carrier Group (1943–1946, 1947–1948)
• 436th Troop Carrier Wing (1948–1949)
• 434th Troop Carrier Group (1949–1953, 1949–1954)
• 434th Troop Carrier Wing (1957–1963)
• 932nd Airlift Wing (1963–Present)

Bases stationed

Aircraft operated

• C-47 Skytrain (1943–1946, 1949)
• CG-4 Waco (1943–1945)
• C-46 Commando (1945–1946, 1949–1953, 1957)
• T-11 Kansan (1947–1952, 1953)
• T-7 Navigator (1947–1952)
• T-6 Texan (1953)
• C-45 Expeditor (1953–1954)
• C-119 Flying Boxcar (1957–1967)
• C-124 Globemaster II (1967–1969)
• C-9 Skytrain II (1969 – Present)
• C-40 Clipper (2005 – Present)

References

External links

• USAF 73d Airlift Squadron History
• 932nd Airlift Wing Fact Sheet
• 932nd Airlift Wing History