328th Airlift Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 328th Airlift Squadron


caption= 328th Airlift Squadron Patch
dates= 11 April 1944 - 26 December 1945
2 September 1949 - 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
914th Airlift Wing
914th Operations Group
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garrison= Niagara Falls International Airport
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decorations= Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
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The 328th Airlift Squadron (328 AS) is part of the 914th Airlift Wing at Niagara Falls International Airport, New York. It operates C-130 Hercules aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission world wide.

Mission

History

The 328th conducted aerial transportation in the China-Burma-India theater from, 28 August 1944-c. 20 October 1945. It performed troop carrier training from, 1947-1951. It has supported airborne forces and performed worldwide airlift since 1952. The squadron deployed to Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War and in Southwest Asia during the Gulf War.

Operations

*World War II
*Vietnam War
*Operation Desert Storm

Previous designations

*3d Combat Cargo Squadron (1944 – 1945)
*328th Troop Carrier Squadron (1945 – 1949)
*328th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949 – 1967)
*328th Tactical Airlift Squadron (1967 – 1992)
*328th Airlift Squadron (1992 – Present)

Assignments

*1st Combat Cargo Group (1944 - 1945)
**Attached: Air Transport Command (23 June - 20 August 1945)
**Attached: 69th Composite Wing (25 August - 10 November 1945)
*512th Troop Carrier Group (1949 - 1951, 1952 - 1957)
*349th Troop Carrier Group (1957 - 1958)
*512th Troop Carrier Wing (1958 - 1963)
*914th Airlift Wing (1963 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Bowman Field, Kentucky (1944)
*Baer Field, Indiana (1944)
*Sylhet, India (1944)
*Tulihal, India (1944 - 1945)
*Hathazari, India (1945)
*Myitkyina, Burma (1945)
*Luliang, China (1945)
*Kunming, China (1945)
*Kharagpur, India (1945)
*Reading Municipal Airport, Pennsylvania (1949 - 1950)
*New Castle Airport, Delaware (1950 - 1951, 1952 - 1957)
*Paine Air Force Base, Washington (1957 - 1958)
*Niagara Falls International Airport, New York (1958 – Present)

Aircraft operated

*C-47 Skytrain (1944 – 1945)
*C-46 Commando (1949 – 1951, 1952 – 1958)
*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1957 – 1971)
*C-130 Hercules (1971 – Present)

References

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0328as.html USAF 328th Airlift Squadron History]

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