357th Airlift Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 357th Airlift Squadron


caption= 357th Airlift Squadron Patch
dates= 28 January 1942 - 15 April 1946
14 June 1952 - Present
country= United States
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type= Airlift
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22d Air Force
908th Airlift Wing
908th Operations Group
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garrison= Maxwell Air Force Base
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The 357th Airlift Squadron (357 AS) is part of the 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. It operates C-130 Hercules aircraft providing global airlfit.

Mission

History

The 357th flew operational missions and later conducted replacement training from, 1942-1944. The squadron went on to see combat in Western Pacific, July-August 1945.

Since 1963, the squadron has flown numerous, worldwide airlift missions, including missions in the Gulf War and the Bosnian relief effort.

Operations

*World War II
*Operation Desert Shield

Lineage

*357th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (1942 - 1944)
*357th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy (1944 - 1952)
*357th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1952 - 1967)
*357th Tactical Airlift Squadron (1967 - 1969)
*357th Tactical Air Support Squadron (1969 - 1971)
*357th Tactical Airlift Squadron (1971 - 1992)
*357th Airlift Squadron (1992 - Present)

Assignments

*302d Bombardment Group (1942 – 1944)
*331st Bombardment Group (1944 – 1946)
*302d Troop Carrier Group (1952 – 1957)
*445th Troop Carrier Group (1957 – 1958)
*446th Troop Carrier Wing (1958 - 1961)
*302d Troop Carrier Wing (1961 - 1963)
*908th Airlift Wing (1963 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Geiger Field, Washington (1942)
*Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona (1942)
*Wendover Field, Utah (1942)
*Pueblo Army Air Base Colorado (1942)
*Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona (1942 - 1943)
*Clovis Army Air Field, New Mexico (1943)
*Langley Field, Virginia (1943 - 1944)
*Chatham Army Air Field, Georgia (1944)
*Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas (1944)
*McCook Army Air Field, Nebraska (1944 - 1945)
*Northwest Field, Guam (1945 - 1946)
*Clinton County Air Force Base, Ohio (1952 - 1957)
*Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina (1957 - 1958)
*New Orleans Naval Air Station, Louisiana (1958 - 1961)
*Bates Field, Alabama (1961 - 1964)
*Brookley Air Force Base, Alabama (1964 - 1969)
*Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama (1969 - Present)

Aircraft operated

*B-24 Liberator (1942 – 1944)
*B-17 Flying Fortress (1944)
*B-29 Superfortress (1945 – 1946)
*C-46 Commando (1952 – 1957)
*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1956 – 1969)
*U-3 (1969 – 1970)
*O-2 Skymaster (1970 – 1971)
*C-7 Caribou (1971 – 1983)
*C-130 Hercules (1983 – Present)

References

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0357as.html USAF 357th Airlift Squadron History]

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