68th Airlift Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 68th Airlift Squadron


caption= 68th Airlift Squadron Patch
dates= 22 January 1943 - 15 January 1946
3 August 1947 - 14 July 1952
18 May 1955 - Present
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type= Airlift
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4th Air Force
433d Airlift Wing
433d Operations Group
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garrison= Kelly Field Annex
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Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
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The 68th Airlift Squadron (68 AS) is part of the 433d Airlift Wing at Kelly Field Annex, Texas. It operates C-5 Galaxy aircraft providing global airlfit.

Mission

History

The 68th flew troop carrier missions in New Guinea, Philippines, and the western Pacific from 1943-1945 and particiapted in the airborne assault at Aparri, Luzon, 23 June 1945.

It has conducted worldwide airlift since 1955. Specific contributions have included the 68th flying medical supplies, tanks, and field rations to Panama in 1989 and 1990 and airlifting personnel and materiel destined for southwestern Asia, 1990-1991.

Operations

*World War II
*Operation Just Cause
*Operation Desert Shield

Lineage

*68th Troop Carrier Squadron (1943 - 1949)
*68th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949 - 1967)
*68th Tactical Airlift Squadron (1967 - 1985)
*68th Military Airlift Squadron (1985 - 1992)
*68th Airlift Squadron (1992 - Present)

Assignments

*433d Troop Carrier Group (1943 – 1946, 1947 – 1952)
*433d Troop Carrier Wing (1955 – 1963)
*922d Tactical Airlift Group (1963 - 1974)
*921st Tactical Airlift Group (1974)
*433d Airlift Wing (1974 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Florence Army Air Field, South Carolina (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)
*Tanauan, Leyte (1945)
*Clark Field, Luzon (1945)
*Iwo Jima (1945)
*Iejima (1945)
*Tachikawa, Japan (1945 - 1946)
*Cleveland Municipal Airport, Ohio (1947 - 1950)
*Greenville Air Force Base, South Carolina (1950 - 1951)
*Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany (1951 - 1952)
*Brooks Air Force Base, Texas (1955 - 1960)
*Kelly Field Annex, Texas (1992 - Present)

Aircraft Operated

*C-47 Skytrain (1943 – 1945)
*B-17 Flying Fortress (1944)
*C-46 Commando (1944 – 1945, 1949 – 1950, 1955 – 1958)
*T-11 Kansan (1948 – 1951)
*T-7 Navigator (1949 – 1951)
*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1950 – 1952, 1958 – 1971)
*T-28 Trojan (1955)
*C-45 Expeditor (1955 – 1958)
*C-130 Hercules (1971 – 1985)
*C-5 Galaxy (1985 – Present)

References

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0068as.html USAF 68th Airlift Squadron History]

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