300th Airlift Squadron

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unit_name= 300th Airlift Squadron


caption= 300th Airlift Squadron Patch
dates= 4 June 1943 - 1 December 1943
20 June 1952 - 25 October 1955
31 July 1969 - Present
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type= Airlift
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22nd Air Force
315th Airlift Wing
315th Operations Group
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garrison= Charleston Air Force Base
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Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
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The 300th Airlift Squadron (300 AS) is part of the 315th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission world wide.

Mission

Train and equip C-17 aircrews for global air-land and airdrop operations.

History

During World War II the 300th airlifted military supplies from India to Allied forces in Burma and China in 1943. It flew airlift missions within Japan and to Southeast Asia from 1952-1955. The squadron airlifted US ex-prisoners of war from Japan to the U.S. following the Korean War and transported French troops wounded in the First Indochina War from Japan to France and Algeria in 1954.

It has flown worldwide airlift missions since 1969. Specifically, the 300th airlifted U.S. troops to Grenada and U.S. students from Grenada to the U.S. in 1983 and supported the 1989 contingency operation in Panama.

Operations

*World War II
*Operation Urgent Fury
*Operation Just Cause

Previous designations

*100th Transport Squadron (1943 – 1952)
*100th Air Transport Squadron, Medium (1952 – 1969)
*300th Military Airlift Squadron (Associate) (1969 – 1992)
*300th Airlift Squadron (Associate) (1992 – 1994)
*300th Airlift Squadron (1994 – Present)

Assignments

*29th Transport Group (1943)
*1503d Air Transport Wing (1952 - 1955)
*1611th Air Transport Group (1955)
*943d Military Airlift Group (1969 - 1973)
*315th Airlift Wing (1973 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Sookerating, India (1943)
*Tokyo International Airport, Japan (1952 – 1955)
*McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey (1955)
*Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina (1969 – Present)

Aircraft operated

*C-47 Skytrain (1943)
*C-46 Commando (1943)
*C-54 Skymaster (1952 – 1955)
*C-141 Starlifter (1969 – 1997)
*C-17 Globemaster III (1997 – Present)

References

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0300as.html Official USAF 300th Airlift Squadron History]

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