15th Airlift Squadron

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unit_name= 15th Airlift Squadron


caption= 15th Airlift Squadron Patch
dates= 20 November 1940 - Present
country= United States
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type= Airlift
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command_structure= Air Mobility Command
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437th Airlift Wing
437th Operations Group
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garrison= Charleston Air Force Base
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nickname= Global Eagles, "The Company"
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The 15th Airlift Squadron (15 AS) is part of the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission world wide.

Mission

Constantly ready to provide safe and superior combat airlift.

History

During World War II the 15th participated in airborne assaults on Sicily, Normandy, Holland, and Germany. It also conducted aerial transportation in Mediterranean Theater of Operations and European Theater of Operations.

During the Cold War the 4th was involved in the Berlin Airlift from 1948–1949, aerial transport from the U.S. to Japan, August–Dececember 1950, and between Japan and Korea, 13 December 1950–November 1952, worldwide airlift since 1953, including to Southeast Asia from 1966–1973 and supporting military operations in Grenada, October–November 1983, Panama, 18 December 1989–8 January 1990, and to Southwest Asia, August 1990–January 1991.

Operations

*World War II
*Korean War
*Operation Urgent Fury
*Operation Just Cause
*Operation Desert Storm
*Operation Enduring Freedom
*Operation Iraqi Freedom

Previous designations

*15th Transport Squadron (1940 – 1942)
*15th Troop Carrier Squadron (1942 – 1948)
*15th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1948)
*15th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy (1948 – 1966)
*15th Military Airlift Squadron (1966 – 1992)
*15th Airlift Squadron (1992 – Present)

Assignments

*61st Troop Carrier Group (1940 – 1945, 1946 – 1959)
*63d Military Airlift Wing (1959 – 1993)
*437th Airlift Wing (1993 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Duncan Field, Texas (1940 – 1941)
*Augusta, Georgia (1941 – 1942)
*Pope Field, North Carolina (1942 – 1943)
*Lourmel, Algeria (1943)
*Sicily (1943 – 1944)
*RAF Barkston Heath, England (1944 – 1945)
*Abbeville, France (1945)
*Waller Field, Trinidad (1945)
*Eschborn Air Base, Germany (1946 – 1947)
*Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany (1947 – 1950)
*McChord Air Force Base, Washington (1950)
*Ashiya, Japan (1950 – 1952)
*Tachikawa, Japan (1952)
*Larson Air Force Base, Washington (1952 - 1954)
*Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina (1954 - 1963)
*Hunter Air Force Base, Georgia (1963 – 1967)
*Norton Air Force Base, California (1967 – 1993)
*Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina (1993 – Present)

Aircraft operated

*C-33 (1941)
*C-39 (1941 – 1942)
*C-47 Skytrain (1942 – 1945, 1946 – 1948)
*C-54 Skymaster (1948 – 1952)
*C-124 Globemaster II (1952 – 1967)
*C-141 Starlifter (1967 – 1993)
*C-17 Globemaster III (1993 – Present)

External links

* [http://public.charleston.amc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=6845 15th Airlift Squadron Home Page]