9th Airlift Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 9th Airlift Squadron


caption= 9th Airlift Squadron Patch
dates= 1 January 1938-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
436th Airlift Wing
436th Operations Group
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garrison= Dover Air Force Base
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nickname= Proud Pelicans
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The 9th Airlift Squadron (9 AS) provides global reach with unique outsized and oversized airlift capability. The "Proud Pelicans" provide worldwide airlift to meet Department of Defense, Department of State and Presidential mobility requirements. The unit supports global engagement through direct delivery of time-critical theater deployment assets and ensures combat readiness of Air Mobility Command (AMC) active duty C-5 Galaxy airlift crews. The 9 AS mission capability includes clandestine delivery, extraction and airdrop of special operations forces and equipment.

Mission

Train and equip C-5 aircrews for global air-land and airdrop operations.

History

The 9th conducted replacement training through 1943, and subsequently aerial transportation in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

It has provided worldwide airlift since 1953. The 9th resupplied scientific camps in Antarctica from 1959–1961, and 1965–1968. It also flew missions to Southeast Asia from 1965–1968, and 1972–1973 and participated in the evacuation of refugees from Southeast Asia in April 1975. The squadron supported operations in Grenada, 24 October 1983 – 11 December 1983; Panama, 19 December 1989–14 January 1990; and Southwest Asia, August 1990–July 1991.

Operations

*World War II
*Operation Deep Freeze
*Operation Urgent Fury
*Operation Just Cause
*Operation Desert Storm

Previous designations

*9th Transport Squadron (1938 – 1942)
*9th Troop Carrier Squadron (1942 – 1949)
*9th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949 - 1953)
*9th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy (1953 - 1966)
*9th Military Airlift Squadron (1966 – 1991)
*9th Airlift Squadron (1991 – Present)

Assignments

*63d Troop Carrier Group (1940 - 1946)
*54th Troop Carrier Wing (1946 - 1951)
*63d Air Transport Wing (1953 - 1963)
*1607th Air Transport Wing (1965 - 1966)
*436th Military Airlift Wing (1966 - 1968)
*436th Airlift Wing (1971 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Patterson Field, Ohio (1940 - 1941)
*Brookley Field, Alabama (1941 - 1942)
*Camp Williams, Wisconsin (1942)
*Dodd Field, Texas (1942)
*Stuttgart, Arkansas (1942)
*Victorville, California (1942 - 1943)
*Ft. Sumner Army Air Field, New Mexico (1943)
*Lawson Field, Georgia (1943)
*Grenada Army Air Field, Mississippi (1943 – 1944)
*Hickam Field, Hawaii (1944)
*Abemama Island, Gilbert Islands (1944)
*Saipan (1944 – 1946)
*Guam (1946)
*Floyd Bennett Field, New York (1949 – 1951)
*Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma (1953)
*Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina (1953 – 1963)
*Dover Air Force Base, Delaware (1965 – 1968, 1971 – Present)

Aircraft Operated

*C-33 (1940 - 1941)
*C-34 (1940 - 1941)
*C-39 (1940 – 1941)
*C-50 (1942)
*C-53 Skytrooper (1942 - 1943)
*C-47 Skytrain (1942 – 1946, 1949 – 1951)
*C-46 Commando (1945 – 1946)
*C-54 Skymaster (1946)
*C-124 Globemaster II (1953 – 1963)
*C-141 Starlifter (1966 – 1968)
*C-5 Galaxy (1971 – Present)

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