99th Airlift Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 99th Airlift Squadron


caption= 99th Airlift Squadron Patch
dates= 25 May 1943 - 27 March 1946
27 June 1949 - 14 March 1951
27 December 1965 - 12 September 1977
1 October 1988 - Present
country= United States
allegiance=
branch=United States Air Force
type= Airlift
role=
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command_structure= Air Mobility Command
18th Air Force
89th Airlift Wing
89th Operations Group
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garrison= Andrews Air Force Base
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colonel_of_the_regiment=
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patron=
motto= Sam Fox
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battles= Operation Overlord
Operation Dragoon
Operation Market Garden
Battle of Bastogne
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decorations= Distinguished Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
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The 99th Airlift Squadron (99 AS) is part of the 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. It operates C-9 Skytrain II and C-20 aircraft providing executive airlift.

History

The 99th participated in airborne assaults on Normandy, Southern France, Holland, Germany, relief of Bastogne, and transportation of cargo and personnel in European Theater of Operations and the Mediterranean Theater of Operations during World War II.

The 99th has conducted airlift support for the President and other high-ranking dignitaries of the U.S. and foreign governments from 1966–1977 and since 1988.

Operations

*World War II

Previous designations

*99th Troop Carrier Squadron (1943 – 1949)
*99th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949 – 1965)
*99th Military Airlift Squadron, Special Mission (1965 – 1988)
*99th Military Airlift Squadron (1988 – 1991)
*99th Airlift Squadron (1991 – Present)

Assignments

*441st Troop Carrier Group (1943 – 1945, 1949 - 1951)
*27th Air Transport Group (1945 - 1946)
*United States Air Forces in Europe (1945 - 1946)
*Strategic Air Command (1946)
*Military Airlift Command (1965 - 1966)
*89th Airlift Wing (1966 - 1977, 1988 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri (1943 – 1944)
*Camp Mackall, North Carolina (1944)
*Baer Field, Indiana (1944)
*RAF Langar, England (1944)
*RAF Merryfield, England (1944)
**Operated: Grosseto, Italy (18 July – 24 August 1944)
*Vertus, France (1944)
*Saint-Marceau, France (1944)
*Dreux, France (1944 - 1945)
*Vélizy-Villacoublay, France (1945)
*Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany (1945 – 1946)
*Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. (1946)
*O'Hare International Airport, Illinois (1949 – 1951)
*Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland (1966 – 1977, 1988 – Present)

Aircraft Operated

*C-47 Skytrain (1943 – 1945)
*CG-4 Waco (1943 – 1945)
*C-109 Liberator Express (1945 – 1946)
*C-46 Commando (1945, 1949 – 1951)
*C-53 Skytrooper (1945 – 1946)
*AT-6 Harvard II (1945 – 1946)
*B-25 Mitchell (1945 – 1946)
*B-29 Superfortress (1945 – 1946)
*C-45 Expeditor (1945 – 1946)
*C-61 Argus (1945 – 1946)
*C-78 (1945 – 1946)
*L-1 Vigilant (1945 – 1946)
*L-4 Grasshopper (1945 – 1946)
*L-5 Sentinel (1945 – 1946)
*P-47 Thunderbolt (1945 – 1946)
*P-51 Mustang (1945 – 1946)
*C-140 (1966 – 1971)
*VC-140 (1966 – 1977)
*C-131 Samaritan (1966 – 1968)
*U-4 (1966 – 1969)
*VC-6 (1966 – 1977)
*VC-131 (1968 – 1975)
*VC-9 (1975 – 1977)
*C-9 Skytrain II (1988 – Present)
*C-20 (1988 – Present)

References

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0099as.html Official USAF 99th Airlift Squadron History]

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