8th Airlift Squadron

The 8th Airlift Squadron (8 AS) is part of the 62d Airlift Wing as McChord Air Force Base, Washington. It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission world wide.

Mission

Train and equip C-17 aircrews for global air-land and airdrop operations.

The history of the 8th includes airborne assaults on Sicily and Southern France, support of partisans in Northern Italy and the Balkans, and transportation of personnel and supplies in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, during World War II. It provided airlift from the United States to Japan during the Korean War. The 8th also airdropped equipment and personnel during the invasion of Panama on 20 December 1989.

8th Transport Squadron (1933–1942)
8th Troop Carrier Squadron (1942–1948)
8th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1948–1949)
8th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy (1949–1965)
8th Air Transport Squadron, Heavy (1965–1966)
8th Military Airlift Squadron (1966–1991)
8th Airlift Squadron (1991 – Present)

C-39 (1940–1942)
C-47 Skytrain (1942–1945)
C-46 Commando (1946–1947)
C-82 Packet (1947–1949)
C-54 Skymaster (1949–1951)
C-124 Globemaster II (1951–1969)
C-141 Starlifter (1966–2002)
C-17 Globemaster III (1999 – Present)

Numbered Air Forces

Command
Organizations

Bases

Groups

Wings

Commands	Reserve Air National Guard Field Operating Agencies Installations

Direct Reporting Units	District of Washington Operational Test and Evaluation Center USAF Academy

Major Commands	Air Combat Air Education and Training Air Mobility Global Strike Materiel Reserve Space Special Operations Europe Pacific

Numbered Air Forces	First Second Third Fourth Fifth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth Seventeenth Eighteenth Nineteenth Twentieth Twenty-Second Twenty-Third Twenty-Fourth

Wings (ANG) Groups (ANG) Squadrons (ANG) Civilian auxiliary: Civil Air Patrol

Personnel and
training

Uniforms and
equipment

History and
traditions