58th Airlift Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 58th Airlift Squadron


caption= 58th Airlift Squadron Patch
dates= 12 November 1942 - 25 March 1946
28 June 1947 - 3 October 1950
27 December 1965 - 15 August 1971
1 September 1977 - 1 October 1993
30 January 1996 - Present
country= United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type= Airlift Training
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19th Air Force
97th Air Mobility Wing
97th Operations Group
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Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
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The 58th Airlift Squadron (58 AS) is part of the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft training pilots for airlift and airdrop operations.

Mission

The 58 AS is responsible for providing pilot and loadmaster initial qualification and advanced upgrades for all United States active duty, reserve, and guard units.

History

The 56th conducted aerial transportation in Pacific Theater, and participated in the airborne assault on Nadzab, New Guinea, on 5 September 1943 during World War II.

The 58th provided global airlift from, 1966-1971 and 1977-1993. It has conducted C-17 aircrew training since 1996.

Operations

*World War II

Lineage

*58th Troop Carrier Squadron (1942 - 1949)
*58th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949 - 1965)
*58th Military Airlift Squadron, Special (1965 - 1967)
*58th Military Airlift Squadron (1967 - 1992)
*58th Airlift Squadron (1992 - Present)

Assignments

*375th Troop Carrier Group (1942 – 1946, 1947 – 1950)
*11th Air Force (1947)
*Military Airlift Command (1965 – 1966)
*63d Military Airlift Wing (1966)
*436th Military Airlift Wing (1966 - 1971)
*435th Tactical Airlift Wing (1977 - 1978)
*322d Air Division (1978 - 1983)
*608th Military Airlift Group (1983 - 1992)
*86th Airlift Wing (1992 - 1993)
*97th Air Mobility Wing (1996 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Bowman Field, Kentucky (1942 - 1943)
*Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri (1943)
*Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Field, North Carolina (1943)
*Baer Field, Indiana (1943)
*New Guinea (1943 - 1944)
*Biak (1944 - 1945)
*San Jose, Occidental Mindoro (1945)
*Porac, Pampanga (1945)
*Okinawa (1945)
*Tachikawa, Japan (1945 - 1946)
*Youngstown Municipal Airport, Ohio (1947 - 1949)
*Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Pennsylvania (1949 - 1950)
*Robins Air Force Base, Georgia (1966 - 1971)
*Ramstein Air Base, Germany (1977 - 1993)
*Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma (1996 - Present)

Aircraft Operated

*C-47 Skytrain (1942 – 1945)
*B-17 Flying Fortress (1944)
*C-46 Commando (1944 – 1946, 1949 – 1950)
*AT-6 Harvard II (1948)
*AT-11 Kansas (1948)
*C-124 Globemaster II (1966 – 1967)
*C-141 Starlifter (1967 – 1971)
*VC-140 (1977 – 1986)
*VC-135 (1977 – 1993)
*CT-39 Sabreliner (1978 – 1983)
*C-12 Huron (1978 – 1993)
*C-21 (1984 – 1993)
*C-20 (1987 – 1993)
*T-43 (1988 – 1993)
*C-17 Globemaster III (1996 – Present)

References

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0058as.html USAF 58th Airlift Squadron History]
* [http://www.altus.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4937 58th Airlift Squadron Fact Sheet]

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