Description
Computer made/mounted on velcro 3. 5 inch-90mm
310th AIRLIFT SQUADRON (AMC)
Lineage. Constituted 310 Troop Carrier Squadron on 25 May 1943. Activated on 1 Oct 1943. Inactivated on 31 Jul 1945. Redesignated 310 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 10 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949. Ordered to Active Service on 1 May 1951. Inactivated on 1 Feb 1953. Redesignated 310 Troop Carrier Squadron, Assault, Rotary Wing on 16 Nov 1954. Activated on 8 Feb 1955. Inactivated on 7 Sep 1956. Redesignated 310 Troop Carrier Squadron, Assault, and activated, on 24 May 1963. Organized on 8 Jul 1963. Redesignated: 310 Air Commando Squadron, Troop Carrier on 8 Mar 1965; 310 Air Commando Squadron, Tactical Airlift on 1 Aug 1967; 310 Special Operations Squadron on 1 Aug 1968; 310 Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 Jan 1970. Inactivated on 15 Nov 1972. Redesignated 310 Military Airlift Squadron, and activated, on 1 Dec 1984. Redesignated 310 Airlift Squadron on 1 Jun 1992. Inactivated on 31 Mar 1999. Activated on 1 Jan 2001.
Assignments. 443 Troop Carrier Group, 1 Oct 1943; I Troop Carrier Command, 15 Feb 1944; Eighth Air Force, 21 Apr 1944; 315 Troop Carrier Group, 26 Apr 1944-31 Jul 1945. 443 Troop Carrier Group, 27 Jun 1949-1 Feb 1953. Eighteenth Air Force (attached to 464 Troop Carrier Wing), 8 Feb 1955-7 Sep 1956. Pacific Air Forces, 24 May 1963; 315 Troop Carrier (later, 315 Air Commando) Group, 8 Jul 1963; 315 Air Commando (later, 315 Special Operations; 315 Tactical Airlift) Wing, 8 Mar 1966; 377 Combat Support Group (later, 377 Air Base Wing), 15 Jan-15 Nov 1972. 61 Military Airlift Group, 1 Dec 1984; 24 Operations Group, 1 Jun 1992; Twenty-First Air Force, 1 Oct 1997-31 Mar 1999. 6 Operations Group, 1 Jan 2001-.
Stations. Sedalia AAFld, MO, 1 Oct 1943; Alliance AAFld, NE, 19 Jan 1944; Camp Mackall, NC, 8 Mar-21 Apr 1944; Spanhoe, England, 21 Apr 1944; Amiens, France, 6 Apr-19 May 1945; Waller Field, Trinidad, 30 May-31 Jul 1945. Hensley Field, TX, 27 Jun 1949; Donaldson AFB, SC, 9 Aug 1951-1 Feb 1953. Pope AFB, NC, 8 Feb 1955-7 Sep 1956. Tan Son Nhut Afld, South Vietnam, 8 Jul 1963; Nha Trang Aprt (later, AB), South Vietnam, 29 Jun 1965; Phan Rang AB, South Vietnam, 14 Jul 1967; Tan Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam, 27 Jan-15 Nov 1972. Howard AFB, Panama, 1 Dec 1984-31 Mar 1999. MacDill AFB, FL, 1 Jan 2001-.
Aircraft. Principally C-47, 1943-1945. C-46, 1949-1952; C-119, 1952-1953. H-19, 1955-1956. C/UC-123, 1963-1972; C-7, 1972. C-22, 1985-1991; C-130, 1984-1996; C-21, 1989-1999; C-27, 1991-1999; CT-43, 1992-1997. C-37, 2001-; EC-135, 2001-.
- Airborne assaults on Normandy, Holland, and Germany, as well as aerial transportation in ETO, during World War II. Awarded Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for service at Normandy, 5-6 Jun 1944. Helicopter support for atomic weapons tests (Operation RED WING) on the Bikini and Eniwetok atolls in the Marshall Islands, Feb-Jun 1956. Airdrop and airlift to combat forces in Southeast Asia, 1963-1972; also vegetation destruction and malaria control flights, Aug 1970-Jun 1972. Awarded Presidential Unit Citations (PUCs) for service in Vietnam, 21 Jan-12 May 1968; 1 Apr-30 Jun 1970. Airlift in South and Central America, 1985-1999, including the invasion of Panama (Operation JUST CAUSE), Dec 1989-Jan 1990. Airlifted combatant commanders, government and military official throughout the US and worldwide in support of Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), 2001-.
Service Streamers. World War II American Theater.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Central Europe. Vietnam: Vietnam Advisory; Vietnam Defensive; Vietnam Air; Vietnam Air Offensive; Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase II; Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase III; Vietnam Air/Ground; Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase IV; TET 69/ Counteroffensive; Vietnam Summer/Fall, 1969; Vietnam Winter/Spring, 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Southwest Monsoon; Commando Hunt V; Commando Hunt VI; Commando Hunt VII; Vietnam Ceasefire.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. Panama, 1989-1990.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: Normandy, 5-6 Jun 1944. Presidential Unit Citations: Vietnam, 21 Jan-12 May 1968; 1 Apr-30 Jun 1970. Presidential Unit Citation (Navy): Khe Sanh, 20 Jan-31 Mar 1968. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards with Combat “V” Device: [8 Jul] 1963-30 Apr 1965; 30 Jun-9 Jul 1965; 15 Oct 1966-30 Apr 1967; 10 Jun-31 Dec 1967; 15 Jul 1968-30 Jun 1969; 1 Jan 1971-26 Jan 1972; 27 Jan-15 Nov 1972. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Dec 1984-30 Jun 1986; 1 Jul 1986-30 Jun 1988; 1 Jul 1988-30 Jun 1989; 20 Dec 1989-14 Feb 1991; 11 Feb 1992-31 Jul 1993; 1 Jun 1996-31 May 1998. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Crosses with Palm: 22 Apr 1966-1 Jan 1970; 1 Jan 1970-15 Nov 1972.
Emblem. Approved on 7 Jul 1994.