326th Airlift Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 326th Airlift Squadron


caption= 326th Airlift Squadron Patch
dates= 11 April 1944 - 26 December 1945
15 July 1947 - 1 April 1951
14 June 1952 - 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
22nd Air Force
512th Airlift Wing
512th Operations Group
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garrison= Dover Air Force Base
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decorations= Distinguished Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
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The 326th Airlift Squadron (326 AS) is part of the 512th Airlift Wing at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission world wide.

Mission

Fly peacetime missions as an adjunct to, or a corollary of, training. Be prepared to be the initial and primary source of augmentation of the active forces in an emergency, requiring rapid and substantial expansion of the active forces.

History

The 326th trained for overseas troop carrier operations from, April-August 1944. It moved to Asia, and transported troops and supplies to forward areas in China and India from, September 1944-September 1945.

The 326th trained in the Reserve for troop carrier operations from, 1947-1951. THe squadron resumed training in the Reserve for airlift missions in 1952. It has since taken part in various contingency and humanitarian airlift operations worldwide.

Operations

*World War II
*Operation Just Cause

Previous designations

*1st Combat Cargo Squadron (1943 – 1944)
*326th Troop Carrier Squadron (1945 – 1949)
*326th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949 – 1967)
*326th Tactical Airlift Squadron (1967 – 1968)
*326th Military Airlift Squadron (Associate) (1968 – 1992)
*326th Airlift Squadron (Associate) (1992 – 1994)
*326th Airlift Squadron (1994 – Present)

Assignments

*1st Combat Cargo Group (1944 - 1945)
*14th Air Force (1945)
**Attached: 69th Composite Wing (16 August - 10 November 1945)
*435th Troop Carrier Group (1947 - 1949)
*512th Troop Carrier Group (1949 - 1951)
*512th Troop Carrier Wing (1952 - 1963)
*912th Military Airlift Group (1963 - 1973)
*512th Airlift Wing (1973 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Bowman Field, Kentucky (1944)
*Sylhet, India (1944)
*Tulihal, India (1944)
*Tsuyung, China (1944 - 1945)
*Hsingching, China (1945)
*Chengkung, China (1945)
*Piardoba, India (1945)
*Morrison Field, Florida (1947 - 1949)
*Reading Municipal Airport, Pennsylvania (1949 - 1950)
*New Castle Airport, Delaware (1950 - 1951, 1952 - 1958)
*Naval Air Station Willow Grove, Pennsylvania (1958 - 1968)
*Dover Air Force Base, Delaware (1968 – Present)

Aircraft operated

*C-47 Skytrain (1944 – 1945)
*C-46 Commando (1949 – 1951, 1952 – 1957)
*AT-7 Navigator (1949 – 1951)
*AT-11 Kansan (1949 – 1951)
*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1957 – 1968)
*C-141 Starlifter (1968 – 1973)
*C-5 Galaxy (1973 – 2007)
*C-17 Globemaster III (2007 – Present)

References

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0326as.html USAF 326th Airlift Squadron History]
* [http://www.512aw.afrc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3393 512th Airlift Wing Fact Sheet]

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