- 19th Airlift Squadron
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unit_name= 19th Airlift Squadron
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dates=1 January 1941 -26 August 1948
10 June 1952 -18 January 1955
1 August 1984 -
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battle_honours=The 19th Airlift Squadron (19 AS) was most recently part of the
60th Air Mobility Wing atTravis Air Force Base ,California . It operatedC-12 Huron and C-21 aircraft providing executive airlift.History
THe 19th conducted aerial transportation in the
Hawaiian Islands and to forward bases in thePacific duringWorld War II , during theBerlin Airlift from, July-August1948 , and betweenJapan andKorea from,10 June 1952 -27 July 1953 . It provided intratheater airlift for high-rankingPacific Air Forces and civilian officials and small mission-essential equipment from,1984 -1993 . [http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9864 AFHRA 19 AS Page] ]*
World War II
*Korean War *19th Transport Squadron (1940 - 1942)
*19th Troop Carrier Squadron (1942 – 1952)
*19th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1952 - 1984)
*1403d Military Airlift Squadron (1984 – 1992)
*19th Airlift Squadron (1992 – Present)*
7th Air Force (1941 – 1944)
*VI Air Service Area Command (1944 – 1945)
*Army Air Force, Middle Pacific( 1945 - 1946)
*Pacific Air Command (1946)
*Troop Carrier Group (1946)
*374th Troop Carrier Wing (1946 - 1947)
*Pacific Air Command (1947 - 1948)
*9th Air Force (1948)
**Attached: Airlift Task Force (Provisional) (July - 16 August 1948)
*315th Troop Carrier Group (1952 - 1955)
*316th Airlift Group (1984 - 1989)
*374th Tactical Airlift Wing (1989 - 1993)
*60th Air Mobility Wing (1993 - )*
Hickam Field ,Hawaii (1941 - 1942)
*John Rogers Airport, Hawaii (1942 – 1946)
*Hickam Field, Hawaii (1946 - 1948)
*Bergstrom Air Force Base ,Texas (1948)
**Detachment Operated From:Rhein-Main Air Base ,Germany (2 July - 28 August 1948)
*Brady Air Base,Japan (1952 - 1955)
*Yokota Air Base , Japan (1984 - 1993)
*Travis Air Force Base ,California (1993 – )*C-33 (1941 - 1942)
*C-53 Skytrooper (1942 - 1945)
*C-57 (1943 – 1946)
*C-47 Skytrain (1943 – 1946)
*C-45 Expeditor (1944 - 1946)
*C-54 Skymaster (1946 – 1948)
*C-46 Commando (1946 – 1948, 1952 - 1954)
*C-12 Huron (1984 – )
*C-21 (1985 – )References
Notes
Bibliography
* [http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9864 19th Airlift Squadron History]
See also
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