65th Airlift Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 65th Airlift Squadron


caption= 65th Airlift Squadron Patch
dates= 7 December 1942 - 27 January 1946
9 August 1947 - 1 July 1966
10 March 1992 - Present
country= United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type= Airlift Training
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command_structure= Pacific Air Forces
13th Air Force
15th Airlift Wing
15th Operations Group
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garrison= Hickam Air Force Base
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Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
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The 65th Airlift Squadron (65 AS) is part of the 15th Airlift Wing at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. It operates C-37 and C-40 Clipper aircraft providing executive airlfit in the Pacific theater.

Mission

History

The 65th conducted aerial transportation and evacuation in the Pacific Theater of Operations from 26 July 1943-c. August 1945, and in Korea from 9 May 1952 – 31 December 1952.

It has flown worldwide aerial transportation operations since 1992.

Operations

*World War II
*Korean War

Lineage

*65th Troop Carrier Squadron (1942 - 1949)
*65th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949 - 1992)
*65th Airlift Squadron (1992 - Present)

Assignments

*403d Troop Carrier Group (1942 – 1943)
*54th Troop Carrier Wing (1943)
*433d Troop Carrier Group (1943 - 1945)
*403d Troop Carrier Group (1945 – 1946)
*419th Troop Carrier Group (1947 - 1949)
*403d Troop Carrier Group (1949 – 1957)
*442d Troop Carrier Group (1957 - 1959)
*403d Troop Carrier Wing (1959 - 1963)
*929th Troop Carrier Group (1963 - 1966)
*15th Airlift Wing (1992 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Bowman Field, Kentucky (1942)
*Alliance, Nebraska (1942 - 1943)
*Pope Field, North Carolina (1943)
*Baer Field Indiana (1943)
*New Guinea (1943 - 1944)
*Biak (1944 - 1945)
*Morotai (1945)
*Dulag, Leyte (1945 - 1946)
*Clark Field, Luzon (1945)
*Richmond Field, Virginia (1947 - 1949)
*Portland, Oregon (1949 - 1952)
*Ashiya Air Base, Japan (1952 - 1953)
*Portland International Airport, Oregon (1953 - 1955)
*Paine Air Force Base, Washington (1955 - 1957)
*Davis Field, Oklahoma (1957 - 1966)
*Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii (1992 - Present)

Aircraft Operated

*C-47 Skytrain (1943 – 1945)
*C-46 Commando (1944 – 1945, 1947 – 1952)
*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1952, 1953 – 1966)
*C-135 Stratolifter (1992 – )
*C-37 ( – Present)
*C-40 Clipper ( – Present)

References

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0065as.asp USAF 65th Airlift Squadron History]
* [http://www2.hickam.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5160 65th Airlift Squadron Fact Sheet]

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