192nd AIRLIFT SQUADRON – ADVANCED MOUNTAIN AIRLIFT TACTICS SCHOOL – GRADUATE

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ADVANCED MOUNTAIN AIRLIFT TACTICS SCHOOL (AMATS)

The Advanced Mountain Airlift Tactics School (AMATS) is hosted by 192nd Airlift Squadron, Nevada Air National Guard which is designed to give C-130 operators an introduction to mountain flying, which has certain inherent dangers that are not present in less topographically diverse terrain.

192nd AIRLIFT SQUADRON

Lineage. Constituted 408th Fighter Squadron on 12 Oct 1943. Activated on 15 Oct 1943. Redesignated: 408th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 5 Apr 1944; 408th Fighter Squadron on 5 Jun 1944. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945. Redesignated 192nd Fighter Squadron, and allotted to NV ANG, on 24 May 1946. 192nd Fighter Squadron (SE) extended federal recognition on 12 Apr 1948. Redesignated: 192nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 9 Apr 1951; 192nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 1 Jun 1955; 192nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 1 Apr 1961; 192nd Reconnaissance Squadron on 15 Mar 1992; 192nd Airlift Squadron in Apr 1997-.

Assignments. 372nd Fighter (later Fighter-Bomber; Fighter) Group, 15 Oct 1943-7 Nov 1945. NV ANG, 12 Apr 1948; 152nd Fighter-Interceptor Group, 19 Apr 1958; 152nd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 1 Mar 1961; 152nd Reconnaissance Group, 15 Mar 1992; 152nd Operations Group, Apr 1997-. (attached: Tenth Air Force, Continental Air Command, 1 Mar 1951; Eighth Air Force, Strategic Air Command, 9 Apr 1951; Fifteenth Air Force, Strategic Air Command, 7 Aug 1951; Tactical Air Command, 16 Nov 1951-1 Dec 1952)

Stations. Hamilton Field, CA, 15 Oct 1943; Portland AAB, OR, 7 Dec 1943; Esler Field, LA, 25 Mar 1944; Pollock AAFld, LA, 15 Apr 1944; Esler Field, LA, 9 Feb 1945; Alexandria AAFld, LA, 14 Sep-7 Nov 1945. Reno AFB (later Stead AFB; ANGB), NV, 12 Apr 1948; Reno MAP, NV, 1 Feb 1954; May ANGB, NV, Apr 1956-. (operated from Bergstrom AFB TX, 9 Apr 1951; George AFB, CA, 7 Aug 1951; Richards-Gebaur AFB, MO, 26 Jan 1968; Howard AFB, Panama, Itazuke AB Japan, 18 Nov 1968-3 Feb 1969; Sheikh Isa AB, Bahrain, Jan-Mar 1991)

Aircraft. P-39, 1943-1944; P-40, 1944-1945; P-51, 1945. P-51D, 1948-1955; F-86A, 1955-1958; F-86L, 1958-1961; RB-57B/C, 1961-1965; RB-57A, 1965; F-101H, 1965-1971; RF-101B, 1971-1975; RF-4C, 1975-1995; C-130E, 1996-1998; C-130H, 1998-.

Operations. Replacement training and air support for maneuvers, 1944-1945. Called to active duty as part of the Korean War call-up, but remained in CONUS, 1 Mar 1951-1 Dec 1952. Air defense of Northwest US, 1955-1961. Called to active duty as part of the Pueblo Crisis call-up, 26 Jan 1968-9 Jun 1969. Won RAM ‘86 competition, Nov 1986; RAM ’90 competition, 1990. Called to active duty as part of Operation DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STROM, 3 Dec 1990-20 Apr 1991. Participated in Operations: CORONET SNIPE II, 1985; JOINT GUARD, 1997; NOBLE EAGLE, 2001, 2003; IRAQI FREEDOM, 2003-. Supported the Airlift mission and the Pacer Coin Reconnaissance mission, 1996-1998.

Service Streamers. American Theater.

Campaigns. None.

Decorations. None.

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