62d Airlift Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 62d Airlift Squadron


caption= 62d Airlift Squadron Patch
dates= 27 November 1942 - 27 August 1946
17 October 1949 - 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= Little Rock Air Force Base
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nickname= Blue Barons
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decorations= Distinguished Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
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The 62d Airlift Squadron (62 AS) is part of the 314th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. It operates C-130 Hercules aircraft training pilots for airlift and airdrop operations.

Mission

History

During World War II the 62d 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.

During the Korean War was part of airborne assaults on Sukchon and Munsan-ni, as well conducting aerial transportation between Japan and Korea.

The 48th flew airlift from the Philippines into Vietnam, March-May 1965. It has conducted C-130 Training since 1971.

Operations

*World War II
*Korean War
*Vietnam War

Lineage

*62d Troop Carrier Squadron (1942 - 1949)
*62d Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949 - 1966)
*62d Troop Carrier Squadron (1966 - 1967)
*62d Tactical Airlift Squadron (1967 - 1991)
*62d Airlift Squadron (1991 - Present)

Assignments

*315th Troop Carrier Group (1942 – 1943)
*314th Troop Carrier Group (1943 – 1946)
*314th Troop Carrier Wing (1949 - 1965)
**Attached: 322d Air Division (6 June - August 1961)
**Attached: 315th Air Division (19 May - 26 July 1962, 2 August - October 1964)
**Attached: 315th Air Division (March - May 1965)
*839th Air Division (1965 - 1966)
**Attached: 4413 Troop Carrier Wing, Provisional (1 December 1965 - 30 June 1966)
*64th Tactical Airlift Wing (1966 - 1971)
**Attached: 513th Tactical Airlift Wing (15 December 1967 - 8 April 1968, 29 June - 2 October 1968)
**Attached: 513th Tactical Airlift Wing (16 November 1969 - 11 January 1970, 3 July - 30 August 1970)
**Attached: 322d Tactical Airlift Wing (10 April - 12 June 1971)
*314th Tactical Airlift Wing (1971 - 1978)
*34th Tactical Training Group (1978 - 1991)
*314th Airlift Wing (1991 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri (1942)
*Del Valle Army Air Field, Texas (1942 - 1943)
*Pope Field, North Carolina (1943)
*Lawson Army Air Field Georgia (1943)
*Berguent, French Morocco (1943)
*Kairouan, Tunisia (1943)
*Castelvetrano, Sicily (1943 - 1944)
*RAF Saltby, England (1944 - 1945)
*Poix, France (1945)
*Villacoublay, France (1945 - 1946)
*Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. (1946)
*Greenville Army Air Field, South Carolina (1946)
*Smyrna Air Force Base, Tennessee (1949 - 1950)
*Ashiya, Japan (1950 - 1954)
*Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee (1954 - 1970)
**Deployed: Évreux-Fauville Air Base, France (6 June - August 1961)
**Deployed: Clark Air Base, Philippines (19 May - 26 July 1962, 2 August - October 1964)
**Deployed: Clark Air Base, Philippines (March - May 1965)
**Deployed: RAF Mildenhall, England (15 December 1967 - 8 April 1968, 29 June - 2 October 1968)
**Deployed: RAF Mildenhall, England (16 November 1969 - 11 January 1970)
*Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas (1970 - Present)
**Deployed: RAF Mildenhall, England (3 July - 30 August 1970)
**Deployed: Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany (10 April - 12 June 1971)

Aircraft Operated

*C-47 Skytrain (1943 – 1946)
*C-82 Packet (1949 – 1950)
*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1950 – 1957)
*C-130 Hercules (1956 – Present)

References

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0062as.html USAF 62d Airlift Squadron History]
* [http://www.littlerock.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5369 314th Operations Group Fact Sheet]

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