732d Airlift Squadron

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unit_name= 732d Airlift Squadron


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dates= 15 June 1942 - 15 December 1945
29 May 1947 - 20 March 1951
14 June 1952 - 25 January 1966
1 April 1970 - Present
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22nd Air Force
514th Air Mobility Wing
514th Operations Group
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garrison= McGuire Air Force Base
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The 732d Airlift Squadron (732 AS) is part of the 514th Air Mobility Wing at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft providing global airlfit.

Mission

History

The 731st saw combat in the European Theater of Operations, 13 May 1943-19 April 1945.

The squadron trained in bombardment operations from, 1947-1951 and 1955-1957, reconnaissance operations from, 1952-1955, and troop carrier operations 1957-1966. After 1970, itparticipated in strategic airlift missions and exercises. In 1989 took part in Operation Just Cause in Panama by transporting U.S. troops.

Operations

*World War II
*Operation Just Cause

Lineage

*332d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (1942 - 1943)
*332d Bombardment Squadron, Heavy (1943 - 1947)
*332d Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy (1947 - 1949)
*332d Bombardment Squadron, Light (1949 - 1952)
*332d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (1952 - 1955)
*332d Bombardment Squadron, Tactical (1955 - 1957)
*732d Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1957 - 1970)
*732d Military Airlift Squadron (Associate) (1970 - 1992)
*732d Airlift Squadron (Associate) (1992 - 1994)
*732d Airlift Squadron (1994 - Present)

Assignments

*94th Bombardment Group (1942 – 1945, 1947 – 1951)
*94 Troop Carrier Wing (1952 – 1963)
*902d Troop Carrier Group (1963 – 1966)
*903d Military Airlift Group (1970 – 1973)
*514th Air Mobility Wing (1973 - Present)

Bases stationed

*MacDill Field, Florida (1942)
*Pendleton Field, Oregon (1942)
*Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona (1942)
*Biggs Field, Texas (1942 - 1943)
*Pueblo Army Air Base, Colorado (1943)
*RAF Earls Colne, England (1943)
*RAF Bury St. Edmunds, England (1943 - 1945)
*Camp Kilmer, New Jersey (1945)
*Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia (1947 - 1951, 1952 - 1955)
*Scott Air Force Base, Illinois (1955 - 1957)
*Grenier Air Force Base, New Hampshire (1957 - 1966)
*McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey (1970 - Present)

Aircraft Operated

*B-17 Flying Fortress (1942 – 1945)
*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1959 – 1965)
*C-141 Starlifter (1970 – 2004)
*C-17 Globemaster III (2004 – Present)

References

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0732as.html USAF 732d Airlift Squadron History]

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