Description
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139th AIRLIFT SQUADRON
Lineage. Constituted 303 Fighter Squadron on 16 Jul 1942. Activated on 23 Jul 1942. Disbanded on 1 May 1944. Reconstituted, redesignated 139 Fighter Squadron, and allotted to ANG, on 24 May 1946. Redesignated 139 Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 1 Oct 1952; 139 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 10 Nov 1958; 139 Air Transport Squadron, Heavy on 2 Jan 1960; 139 Military Airlift Squadron on 1 Jan 1966; 139 Tactical Airlift Squadron c. 1 Mar 1971; 139 Airlift Squadron on 15 Mar 1992-.
Assignments. 337 Fighter Group, 23 Jul 1942-1 May 1944. 107 Fighter Group (later 107th Fighter-Interceptor Group), 18 Oct 1948; 109 Fighter Group (later Tactical Fighter Group, 109th Air Transport Group), 15 Apr 1956; 133 Air Transport Wing, 1 Octr 1961; 109 Air Transport Group (later Military Airlift, Tactical Airlift Group, Airlift Group), 1 Dec 1962; 109 Operations Group, 1 Oct 1995;
Stations. Morris Field, NC, 23 Jul 1942; Spartanburg Mun Aprt, SC, 23 Jul 1942; Sarasota, FL, 20 Aug 1942; Drew Field, FL, 22 Aug 1942; Sarasota, FL, 5 Jan 1943-1 May 1944. Schenectady County Airport (later. Stratton ANGB), NY, 18 Nov 1948-. (Operates from Christchurch IAP, New Zealand, 20 Feb 1998-; Williams Field, Antarctica, 1998-)
Aircraft. P-39, 1942; P-43, 1942; P-47, 1943; P-40, 1943-1944. P-47, 1948-1952; F-51, 1952-1954; F-94,1954-1957; F-86, 1957-1960; C-97, 1960-1971; C-130, 1971-; LC-130H, 1984-.
Operations. Operational training unit, 1942-1943; replacement training unit, 1943-1944. Air defense of eastern and northern New York. Training mission to include high-altitude interception, air-to-ground rocketry, ground strafing and tactical bombing. Intercontinental transports, with an Aeromedical Flight as a secondary mission. Federalized and placed on active duty on 1 Oct 1961-31 Aug 1962 for the Berlin Crisis. Flew scheduled MATS transport missions to Europe, Africa the Caribbean and South America. Flew resupply missions to Greenland Icecap’s radar stations assuming responsibility for the Volant DEW Line resupply mission to the DYE-1, 2, 3 and DYE-4 stations. Assumed the mission from the Air Force’s Alaskan Air Command. Assumed jurisdiction of the landing strip at the DYE-2 station for pilot training for practicing Antarctic takeoffs & landings (called Ice Station Ruby); the Raven Ski-way Training Facility. Airlift support to National Science Foundation’s South Pole research program and the USN’s VXE-6 unit and continued to augment the Antarctic flying operations. Assumed Antarctic mission completely from the USN in 1999. On 20 Feb 1998, responsibility for airlift support to the United States Antarctic Program (USAP).
Service Streamers. American Theater.
Campaigns. None.
Decorations. None.