Description
Shifly made 3.0 inch-77mm
335th MILITARY AIRLIFT SQUADRON
Lineage. Constituted 335th Troop Carrier Squadron Medium on 10 May 1949. Inactivated on 1 Feb 1953. Activated in the Reserve on 1 Apr 1953. Redesignated: 335th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 Jul 1967; 335th Military Airlift Squadron on 25 Sep 1968. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1970. Reactivated on 1 Jul 1973. Redesignated: 335th Airlift Squadron on 1 Feb 1992. Inactivated on 30 Sep 1995.
Assignments. Continental Air Command 10 May 1949; 514th Troop Carrier Group, 26 Jun 1949-1 Feb 1953; 1 Apr 1953. 514th Troop Carrier Wing, 14 Apr 1959-17 Jan 1963; 903rd Troop Carrier (later Tactical Airlift) Group, 17 Jan 1963-1 Apr 1970. 514th Military Airlift Wing, 1 Jul 1973; 514th Operations Group, 1 Aug 1992-30 Sep 1995.
Stations. Birmingham Municipal Airport, AL, 26 Jun 1949; Mitchel AFB, NY, 10 Oct 1949-1 Feb 1953. Mitchel AFB, NY, 1 Apr 1953; Stewart AFB, NY, 15 Mar 1961; McGuire AFB, 1961-1995.
Aircraft. B-24, 1943-1944; Unkn, 1949-1950; C-46, 1951-1953; C-119, 1953-1961; C-141, 1966-1995.
Operations. Operational training, Feb-Mar 1943; replacement training, Apr 1943-Mar 1944. Called to active duty as part of the Korean War call-up. Transported U.S. Army troops and cargo, provided aerial resupply, and dropped paratroopers within the US, May 1951-Jan 1953 and performed similar duties worldwide.