312th Airlift Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 312th Airlift Squadron


caption= 312th Airlift Squadron Patch
dates= 23 October 1943 - 7 September 1946
27 June 1949 - 2 April 1951
13 June 1952 - Present
country= United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type= Airlift
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4th Air Force
349th Air Mobility Wing
349th Operations Group
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garrison= Travis Air Force Base
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Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
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The 312th Airlift Squadron (312 AS) is part of the 349th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, California. It operates C-5 Galaxy aircraft providing strategic, global airlfit.

Mission

History

The 312th conducted aerial transportation in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. It trained in the Reserve for troop carrier missions from, 1949-1951, for fighter-bomber missions from, 1952-1957, and resumed its current role as an airlift squadron in 1957.

The 312th was called to active service during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and from 1968-1969. The squadron airlifted U.S. troops between the continental United States and Southeast Asia and flew other strategic airlift missions as needed across the Pacific Ocean, including channel flights, contingency and humanitarian relief operations, and joint training exercises.

Operations

*World War II
*Operation Just Cause

Lineage

*312th Troop Carrier Squadron (1943 - 1949)
*312th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949 - 1952)
*312th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1952 - 1957)
*312th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1957 - 1966)
*312th Military Airlift Squadron (1966 - 1969)
*312th Military Airlift Squadron (Associate) (1969 - 1992)
*312th Airlift Squadron (Associate) (1992 - 1994)
*312th Airlift Squadron (1994 - Present)

Assignments

*349th Troop Carrier Group (1943 – 1946, 1949 – 1951)
*349th Troop Carrier Wing (1952 – 1963)
*938th Military Airlift Group (1963 – 1973)
*349th Air Mobility Wing (1973 – Present)

Bases stationed

*Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri (1943 – 1944)
*Alliance Army Air Field, Nebraska (1944)
*Pope Field, North Carolina (1944 – 1945)
*Baer Field, Indiana (1945)
*RAF Barkston Heath, England (1945)
*Roye/Amy Airfield, France (1945)
*Bergstrom Field, Texas (1945 - 1946)
*Hamilton Air Force Base, California (1949 - 1951, 1952 - 1969)
*Travis Air Force Base, California (1969 - Present)

Aircraft operated

*C-53 Skytrooper (1943 – 1944)
*C-47 Skytrain (1943 – 1944, 1955 – 1956)
*C-46 Commando (1944 – 1946, 1949 – 1951, 1952 – 1955, 1957 – 1958)
*T-7 Navigator (1949 – 1951)
*T-11 Kansan (1949 – 1951)
*T-6 Texan (1952 – 1954)
*P-51 Mustang (1952 – 1954)
*T-28 Trojan (1953 – 1956)
*T-33 Shooting Star (1953 – 1957)
*F-80 Shooting Star (1953 – 1957)
*C-45 Expeditor (1955 – 1956)
*F-84 Thunderjet (1956 – 1957)
*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1958 – 1966)
*C-124 Globemaster II (1966 – 1969)
*C-141 Starlifter (1969 – 1973)
*C-5 Galaxy (1973 – Present)

References

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0312as.html USAF 312th Airlift Squadron History]

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