458th Airlift Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 458th Airlift Squadron


caption= 458th Airlift Squadron Patch
dates= 1 July 1942 - 27 December 1945
12 October 1966 - 1 March 1972
1 April 1975 - Present
country= United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type= Airlift
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command_structure= Air Mobility Command
18th Air Force
375th Airlift Wing
375th Operations Group
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garrison= Scott Air Force Base
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Presidential Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
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The 458th Airlift Squadron (458 AS) is part of the 375th Airlift Wing at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. It operates C-12 Huron and C-21 aircraft providing executive airlift.

Mission

History

The 458th conducted replacement training from 1942–1944 and participated in combat in the Western Pacific from, c. 12 April 1945 – 14 August 1945.

The squadron provided tactical airlift in Southeast Asia from January 1967-February 1972, and military airlift operations worldwide from 1975-1978. The 458th specialized in worldwide aeromedical evacuation from 1978-1990. It conducted airlift in Southwest Asia from August 1990-May 1991.

Operations

*World War II
*Vietnam War
*Operation Desert Shield

Previous designations

*458th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (1942 – 1944)
*458th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy (1944 – 1952)
*458th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1952 – 1966)
*458th Troop Carrier Squadron (1966 – 1967)
*458th Tactical Airlift Squadron (1967 – 1991)
**Consolidated with: 1401st Military Airlift Squadron (activated in 1975) in 1991
*458th Airlift Squadron (1991 – Present)

Assignments

*330th Bombardment Group (1942 – 1945)
*Pacific Air Forces (1966 - 1967)
*483d Tactical Airlift Wing (1967 - 1972)
*89th Military Airlift Wing (1975 - 1978)
*375th Airlift Wing (1978 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Salt Lake City Army Air Base, Utah (1942)
*Alamogordo, New Mexico (1942, 1942 – 1943)
*Biggs Field, Texas (1942, 1943 – 1944)
*Walker Army Air Field, Kansas (1944, 1944 – 1945)
*Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas (1944)
*North Field, Guam (1945)
*Camp Anza, California (1945)
*March Air Force Base, California (1949 – 1951)
*Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, South Vietnam (1967 - 1972)
*Scott Air Force Base, Illinois (1975 – Present)

Aircraft Operated

*B-17 Flying Fortress (1942, 1944)
*B-24 Liberator (1942 – 1944)
*B-29 Superfortress (1944 – 1945)
*C-7 Caribou (1967 – 1972)
*T-39 Sabreliner (1975 – 1984)
*C-12 Huron (1976 – 1977, 1984 – Present)
*C-21 (1984 – Present)

References

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0458as.html USAF 458th Airlift Squadron History]
* [http://public.scott.amc.af.mil/units/375thoperationsgroup.asp 375th Operations Group]

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