701st Airlift Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 701th Airlift Squadron


caption= 701st Airlift Squadron Patch
dates= 20 March 1943 - 12 September 1945
12 July 1947 - 27 June 1949
8 July 1952 - 1 July 1957
16 November 1957 - 15 December 1965
25 September 1970 - 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
22d Air Force
315th Airlift Wing
315th Operations Group
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garrison= Charleston Air Force Base
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Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
French Croix de Guerre with Palm
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
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The 701st Airlift Squadron (701 AS) is part of the 315th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft providing global airlfit.

Mission

To provide trained personnel to be a source of augmentation for the active forces in any emergency expansion of the Air Force strategic and aeromedical airlift capability.

History

The 701st saw combat in the European Theater of Operations from 13 December 1943-25 April 1945. It trained for bombardment missions from 1947-1949, and for fighter-bomber missions from 1952-1957.

The 701st has flown airlift missions from, 1957-1965 and since 1970. It patricipated in US Army troops and equipment movements to various parts of the nation during Cuban Missile Crisis, October-November 1962.

Operations

*World War II
*Operation Just Cause

Lineage

*701st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (1943)
*701st Bombardment Squadron, Heavy (1943 - 1947)
*701st Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy (1947 - 1952)
*701st Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1952 - 1957)
*701st Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1957 - 1958)
*701st Troop Carrier Squadron, Assault (1958 - 1970)
*701st Military Airlift Squadron (Associate) (1970 - 1992)
*701st Airlift Squadron (Associate) (1992 - 1994)
*701st Airlift Squadron (1994 - Present)

Assignments

*445th Bombardment Group (1943 – 1945, 1947 – 1949)
*445th Fighter-Bomber Group (1952 – 1957)
*445th Troop Carrier Wing (1957 – 1963)
*919th Troop Carrier Group (1963 – 1965)
*943 Military Airlift Group, Associate (1970 – 1973)
*315th Airlift Wing (1973 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Gowen Field, Idaho (1943)
*Wendover Field, Utah (1943)
*Sioux City Army Air Base Iowa (1943)
*RAF Tibenham, England (1943 - 1945)
*Fort Dix, New Jersey (1945)
*McChord Air Force Base, Washington (1947 - 1949)
*Buffalo, New York (1952 - 1955)
*Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, New York (1955 - 1957)
*Memphis Municipal Airport, Tennessee (1957 - 1965)
*Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina (1970 - Present)

Aircraft Operated

*B-24 Liberator (1943 – 1945)
*T-6 Texan (1952 – 1954)
*P-51 Mustang (1953 – 1954)
*T-33 Shooting Star (1954 – 1957)
*F-80 Shooting Star (1954 – 1956)
*T-28 Trojan (1955 – 1956)
*F-84 Thunderjet (1956 – 1957)
*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1957 – 1958)
*C-123 Provider (1958 – 1965)
*C-47 Skytrain (1962)
*C-141 Starlifter (1970 – 1997)
*C-17 Globemaster III (1997 – Present)

References

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0701as.html USAF 701st Airlift Squadron History]

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