73d Airlift Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 73d Airlift Squadron


caption= 73d Airlift Squadron Patch
dates= 9 February 1943 - 31 July 1946
1 August 1947 - 24 March 1954
8 June 1957 - Present
country= United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type= Airlift
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command_structure= Air Force Reserve Command
4th Air Force
932d Airlift Wing
932d Operations Group
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garrison= Scott Air Force Base
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battles= Operation Overlord
Operation Market Garden
Battle of Bastogne
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decorations= Distinguished Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
French Croix de Guerre with Palm
French Fourragère
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
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The 73d Airlift Squadron (73 AS) is part of the 932d Airlift Wing at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. It operates C-9 Skytrain II and C-40 Clipper aircraft providing executive airlfit.

Mission

Provide first-class, worldwide, safe, and reliable airlift for distinguished visitors and their staffs.

History

During World War II the 73d participated in airborne assaults on Normandy, Holland, and Germany, the relief of Bastogne, and transportation of passengers and cargo in European Theater of Operations.

It transported personnel, equipment, and supplies and airdropped airborne troops and equipment from, 1957-1967. THe squadron conducted long range movement of troops, cargo, and equipment from 1965-1969 and trained for space capsule recovery from, 1961-1969. It augmented the active duty 375th Airlift Wing in operating the aeromedical airlift system from, 1969-2005. Since 2005 the 73d has conducted executive airlift.

Operations

*World War II

Lineage

*73d Troop Carrier Squadron (1943 - 1949)
*73d Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949 - 1967)
*73d Military Airlift Squadron (1967 - 1969)
*73d Aeromedical Airlift Squadron (Associate) (1969 - 1994)
*73d Airlift Squadron (1994 - Present)

Assignments

*434th Troop Carrier Group (1943 – 1946, 1947 – 1948)
*436th Troop Carrier Wing (1948 – 1949)
*434th Troop Carrier Group (1949 - 1953, 1949 - 1954)
*434th Troop Carrier Wing (1957 - 1963)
*932d Airlift Wing (1963 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Alliance Army Air Field, Nebraska (1943)
*Baer Field, Indiana (1943)
*RAF Fulbeck, England (1943)
*RAF Welford, England (1943 - 1944)
*RAF Fulbeck, England (1944)
*RAF Aldermaston, England (1944 - 1945)
*Mourmelon-le-Grand, France (1945)
*Baer Field, Indiana (1945)
*Alliance Army Air Field, Nebraska (1945)
*George Field, Illinois (1945 - 1946)
*Greenville Army Air Base, South Carolina (1946 - 1947)
*Lunken Airport, Ohio (1947 - 1949)
*Atterbury Air Force Base, Indiana (1949 - 1952)
*Lawson Air Force Base, Georgia (1952 - 1953)
*Atterbury Air Force Base, Indiana (1953 - 1954)
*Dress Memorial Airport, Indiana (1957)
*Scott Air Force Base, Illinois (1957 - Present)

Aircraft Operated

*C-47 Skytrain (1943 – 1946, 1949)
*CG-4 Waco (1943 – 1945)
*C-46 Commando (1945 – 1946, 1949 – 1953, 1957)
*T-11 Kansan (1947 – 1952, 1953)
*T-7 Navigator (1947 – 1952)
*T-6 Texan (1953)
*C-45 Expeditor (1953 – 1954)
*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1957 – 1967)
*C-124 Globemaster II (1967 – 1969)
*C-9 Skytrain II (1969 – Present)
*C-40 Clipper (2005 – Present)

References

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0073as.html USAF 73d Airlift Squadron History]
* [http://www.932aw.afrc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=261 932d Airlift Wing Fact Sheet]
* [http://www.932aw.afrc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=264 932d Airlift Wing History]

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