45th Airlift Squadron

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unit_name= 45th Airlift Squadron


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dates= 30 May 1942 - 26 December 1945
1 July 1994 - Present
country= United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type= Airlift Training
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command_structure= Air Education and Training Command
19th Air Force
314th Airlift Wing
314th Operations Group
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garrison= Keesler Air Force Base
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Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
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The 45th Airlift Squadron (45 AS) is part of the 314th Airlift Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. It operates C-21 aircraft training pilots for executive airlift.

Mission

History

During World War II the 45th participated in airborne assaults on Sicily, Normandy, Holland, and Germany, and aerial transportation of personnel, supplies, and equipment in the European Theater of Operations and Mediterranean Theater of Operations.

Since 1994 it has trained pilots in operational support airlift mission.

Operations

*World War II

Lineage

*45th Transport Squadron (1942)
*45th Troop Carrier Squadron (1942 - 1994)
*45th Airlift Squadron (1994 - 1999)
*45th Airlift Flight (1999 - 2001)
*45th Airlift Squadron (2001 - Present)

Assignments

*316th Troop Carrier Group (1942 – 1945)
*81st Training Wing (1994 - 1999)
*314th Airlift Wing (1999 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Patterson Field, Ohio (1942)
*Bowman Field, Kentucky (1942)
*Lawson Field, Georgia (1942)
*Del Valle, Texas (1942)
*Egypt (1942 - 1943)
*Libya (1943)
*Nouvion, Algeria (1943)
*Guercif, French Morocco (1943)
*Enfidaville, Tunisia (1943)
*Mazara, Sicily (1943)
*Borizzo, Sicily (1943 - 1944)
*RAF Cottesmore, England (1944 - 1945)
*Pope Field, North Carolina (1945)
*Baer Field, Indiana (1945)
*Kipapa Airfield, Hawaii (1945)
*Wheeler Field, Hawaii (1945)
*Camp Anza, Arizona (1945)
*Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi (1994 - Present)

Aircraft Operated

*C-47 Skytrain (1942 – 1945)
*C-46 Commando (1945)
*C-12 Huron (1994 – 1999)
*C-21 (1994 – Present)

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