21st AIRLIFT SQUADRON – BEE LINERS – DESERT

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21st AIRLIFT SQUADRON (AMC)

Lineage. Constituted as 21 Transport Squadron on 7 Mar 1942. Activated on 3 Apr 1942. Redesignated 21 Troop Carrier Squadron on 5 Jul 1942. Inactivated on 31 Jan 1946. Activated on 15 Oct 1946. Redesignated: 21 Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy, on 21 May 1948; 21 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 2 Feb 1951; 21 Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy, on 1 Dec 1952; 21 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 18 Sep 1956; 21 Troop Carrier Squadron on 8 Dec 1966; 21 Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 Aug 1967; 21 Airlift Squadron on 1 Apr 1992.

Assignments. Air Transport Command, US Army Forces in Australia (later, Air Carrier Service, Air Service Command, Fifth Air Force), 3 Apr 1942; 374 Troop Carrier Group, 12 Nov 1942-31 Jan 1946 (attached to 54 Troop Carrier Wing, 2 Jul-c. 1 Sep 1944). 374 Troop Carrier Group, 15 Oct 1946 (attached to Guam Air Materiel Area, Provisional, 1 Feb-31 Aug 1947; Twentieth Air Force, 5 Mar-15 May 1949; 19 Bombardment Wing, 16 May 1949-31 Jan 1950; Thirteenth Air Force, 1-16 Feb 1950; 18 Fighter-Bomber Wing, 17 Feb-8 Jun 1950; Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command, Provisional, 16 Oct 1950-25 Jan 1951; 374 Troop Carrier Wing, 29 Jun 1951-27 Mar 1952; 6122 Air Base Wing, 28 Mar-14 Apr 1952; 403 Troop Carrier Wing, 14 Apr-1 Dec 1952; 374 Troop Carrier Wing, 3 Feb 1956-); 483 Troop Carrier Group, 18 Sep 1956 (remained attached to 374 Troop Carrier Wing to 1 Jul 1957; attached to 483 Troop Carrier Wing, 1 Jul 1957-7 Dec 1958); 483 Troop Carrier Wing, 8 Dec 1958; 315 Air Division, 25 Jun 1960 (attached to Detachment 1, HQ, 315 Air Division, 25 Jun 1960-20 Oct 1964; 6315 Operations Group, 20 Oct 1964-7 Aug 1966); 374 Troop Carrier (later, 374 Tactical Airlift) Wing, 8 Aug 1966; 374 Operations Group, 1 Apr 1992; 60 Operations Group, 1 Oct 1993-.

Stations. Archerfield, Australia, 3 Apr 1942; Port Moresby, New Guinea, 18 Feb 1943; Archerfield, Australia, 28 Sep 1943; Nadzab, New Guinea, 26 Aug 1944; Biak, 14 Oct 1944; Atsugi, Japan, 20 Sep 1945; Manila, Philippines, Dec 1945-31 Jan 1946. Harmon Field (later, AFB), Guam, 15 Oct 1946; Clark AFB, Philippines, 27 Jan 1950; Tachikawa AB, Japan, 29 Jun 1950; Ashiya AB, Japan, 21 Jul 1950; Brady AB, Japan, 3 Sep 1950; Itazuke AB, Japan, 24 Oct 1950; Tachikawa AB, Japan, 25 Jan 1951; Ashiya AB, Japan, 26 Jul 1951; Tachikawa AB, Japan, 18 Oct 1951; Ashiya AB, Japan, 28 Mar 1952; Tachikawa AB, Japan, 1 Dec 1952 (deployed at Kisarazu AB, Japan, 14-20 Nov 1955; advanced party at Naha AB, Okinawa, 18 Aug-14 Nov 1958); Naha AB, Okinawa, 15 Nov 1958; Ching Chuan AB, Taiwan, 31 May 1971; Clark AB, Philippines, 1 Nov 1973; Yokota AB, Japan, 1 Oct 1989-1 Oct 1993; Travis AFB, CA, 1 Oct 1993-.

Aircraft. DC-2, DC-3, C-39, C-40, C-49, C-50, C-53, C-56, C-60, B-17, B-18, and LB-30, 1942; C-47, 1942-1946; C-46, 1945-1946. C-46, 1946-1949, 1950, 1952; C-54, 1946-1950, 1952-1956; C-47, 1950-1952; C-119, 1956-1959; C-130, 1958-1971, 1971-1993; C-5, 1993-.

Operations. Included paratroop drops at Nadzab, New Guinea, in Sep 1942 and airborne assault on Sukchon/Sunchon, Korea, in Oct 1950, as well as aerial transportation in South and Southwest Pacific during World War II and in Far East during Korean War. Continued troop carrier and transport operations in the Far East after 1953. Furnished aircraft and crews for transport and special operations in Southeast Asia, 1962-1973. Flew logistical support and evacuation missions to Cambodia, 17 Mar-12 Apr 1975, and South Vietnam, 17 Mar-29 Apr 1975. Airlift in Southwest Asia, Dec 1990-Jul 1991, and evacuation of Clark AB, Philippines, Jun-Jul 1991. Provided airlift support for personnel, equipment and supplies to all branches of the US military, 1993-.

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Papua; New Guinea; Northern Solomons; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines. Korea: UN Defensive, with Arrowhead; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea Summer-Fall, 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Papua, 23 Jul 1942-23 Jan 1943; Papua, 12 Nov-22 Dec 1942; Wau, New Guinea, 30 Jan-1 Feb 1943; Korea, 27 Jun-15 Sep 1950; Korea, 28 Nov-10 Dec 1950. Presidential Unit Citation: Southeast Asia, 8 Aug 1967-7 Aug 1968. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat “V” Device: 12 Feb-17 May 1975. Meritorious Unit Award: 1 Jul 2005-30 Jun 2007. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jan-30 Jun 1961; 1 Jul 1964-30 Apr 1966; 8 Aug 1966-7 Aug 1967; 1 Jul 1983-30 Jun 1985; 1 Nov 1993-31 Jul 1995; 1 Aug 1995-30 Jul 1997; 1 Jul 1997-30 Jun 1999; 1 Jul 1999-30 Jun 2000; 1 Jul 2000-30 Jun 2001; 1 Jul 2001-30 Jun 2003; 1 Jul 2003-30 Jun 2004; 1 Jul 2004-30 Jun 2005. Philippine Presidential Unit Citation (WWII). Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation: 1 Jul 1951-27 Jul 1953. Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation: 21 Jul-15 Aug 1972.

Emblem. Approved on 9 Dec 1994.

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Weight 0.0000 kg
Dimensions 0.00 × 0.00 × 0.00 cm