10th Airlift Squadron

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10th Airlift Squadron
10th Airlift Squadron Patch
Active	1 January 1938 - Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Airlift
Part of	Air Mobility Command
Garrison/HQ	McChord Air Force Base
Decorations	DCU AFOUA

The 10th Airlift Squadron (10 AS) is part of the 62d Airlift Wing at McChord Air Force Base, Washington. It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission world-wide.

Mission

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

History

Paratroopers about to board an aircraft of the 10 TCS during World War II

During World War II the 10th participated in the airborne invasions of North Africa, Sicily, and Greece; the support of partisans in the Balkans and transportation missions in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. The 10th took part in the Berlin Airlift from 1948–1949 and continued airlift operations in Europe until 1961. It conducted airlift tasks in connection with aircraft delivery from 1969–1970 and performed the airlift portion of the European Distribution System from 1983-1990.

Operations

Previous designations

10th Transport Squadron (1938–1942)
10th Troop Carrier Squadron (1942–1948)
10th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1948)
10th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy (1948–1949)
10th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949–1969)
10th Air Transport Squadron (1969–1983)
10th Military Airlift Squadron (1983–2002)
10th Airlift Squadron (2002– Present)

Assignments

60th Troop Carrier Group (1940–1945)
60th Troop Carrier Group (1946–1958)
322d Air Division (1958–1961)
2d Aircraft Delivery Group (1969–1970)
322d Airlift Division (1984)
608th Military Airlift Group (1984–1991)
62d Airlift Wing (2003–Present)

Bases stationed

Olmsted Field, Pennsylvania (1940–1941)
Westover Field, Massachusetts (1941–1942)
RAF Chelveston, United Kingdom (1942)
RAF Aldermaston, United Kingdom (1942)
Algeria (1942–1943)
El Djem Airfield, Tunisia (1943)
Ponte Olivo Airfield, Sicily (1943)
Gerbini Airfield, Sicily (1943)
Pomigliano Airfield, Italy (1943–1944, 1944–1945)
Brindisi Airfield, Italy (1944)
Waller Field, Trinidad (1945)
Munich, Germany (1946–1948)
Kaufbeuren Air Base, Germany (1948)
Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany (1948–1949)
Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany (1949–1955)
Dreux-Louvillier Air Base, France (1955–1961)
Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois (1969–1970)
Zweibrücken Air Base, Germany (1984–1991)
McChord Air Force Base, Washington (2003 – Present)

Aircraft operated

C-47 Skytrain (1942–1945, 1946–1948)
C-54 Skymaster (1948–1949)
C-82 Packet (1949–1953)
C-119 Flying Boxcar (1953–1960)
VT-29A (1969–1970)
C-131 Samaritan (1969–1970)
C-23 (1984–1990)
C-17 Globemaster III (2003 – Present)

External links

10th Airlift Squadron Public Page

Air Mobility Command (AMC)

Numbered Air Forces

Eighteenth Air Force

Command
Organizations

Bases

Groups

Wings

Air Base	87th 628th 319th

Air Mobility	6th 60th 305th 375th

Air Refueling (Tanker)	22d 92d

Airlift	19th 62d 89th 436th 437th

Air Mobility Operations	515th 521st

Contingency Response	621st

United States Air Force

Leadership

Structure

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

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