326th Airlift Squadron

326th Airlift Squadron
326th Airlift Squadron
	326th Airlift Squadron Patch
Active	11 April 1944 - 26 December 1945 ; 15 July 1947 - 1 April 1951 ; 14 June 1952 - Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Airlift
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command ; 22nd Air Force ; 512th Airlift Wing ; 512th Operations Group
Garrison/HQ	Dover Air Force Base
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation ; Air Force Outstanding Unit Award ; Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm

The 326th Airlift Squadron (326 AS) is part of the 512th Airlift Wing at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission world wide.

Mission

Fly peacetime missions as an adjunct to, or a corollary of, training. Be prepared to be the initial and primary source of augmentation of the active forces in an emergency, requiring rapid and substantial expansion of the active forces.

History

The 326th trained for overseas troop carrier operations from, April-August 1944. It moved to Asia, and transported troops and supplies to forward areas in China and India from, September 1944-September 1945.

The 326th trained in the Reserve for troop carrier operations from, 1947-1951. The squadron resumed training in the Reserve for airlift missions in 1952. It has since taken part in various contingency and humanitarian airlift operations worldwide.

Lineage

Constituted 1 Combat Cargo Squadron on 11 Apr 1944

Activated on 15 Apr 1944

Redesignated 326 Troop Carrier Squadron on 29 Sep 1945

Inactivated on 26 Dec 1945

Activated in the Reserve on 15 Jul 1947

Redesignated 326 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 2 Sep 1949

Ordered to active service on 15 Mar 1951

Inactivated on 1 Apr 1951

Activated in the Reserve on 14 Jun 1952

Ordered to active service on 28 Oct 1962

Relieved from active duty on 28 Nov 1962

Redesignated: 326 Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 Jul 1967

Redesignated: 326 Military Airlift Squadron (Associate) on 25 Sep 1968

Redesignated: 326 Airlift Squadron (Associate) on 1 Feb 1992

Redesignated: 326 Airlift Squadron on 1 Oct 1994.

Assignments

1st Combat Cargo Group, 15 Apr 1944
Fourteenth Air Force, 16 Jun-26 Dec 1945

Attached to 69th Composite Wing, 16 Aug-10 Nov 1945

435th Troop Carrier Group, 15 Jul 1947
512th Troop Carrier Group, 2 Sep 1949-1 Apr 1951; 14 Jun 1952
512th Troop Carrier Wing, 14 Apr 1959
912th Troop Carrier (later, 912 Tactical Airlift; 912 Military Airlift) Group, 11 Feb 1963
512th Military Airlift (later, 512 Airlift) Wing, 1 Jul 1973
512th Operations Group, 1 Aug 1992-Present

Bases stationed

Bowman Field, KY, 15 Apr-1 Aug 1944
Sylhet, India, 21 Aug 1944

Detachment operated from Yunannyi, China, 15 Sep-2 Oct 1944

Detachment operated from Hathazari, India, 19 Oct-c. Dec 1944

Tulihal, India, 29 Nov 1944
Tsuyung, China, 12 Dec 1944
Hsingching, China, 29 Jan 1945

Detachment operated from Liangshan, 11 Mar-9 Jul 1945

Chengkung, China, 16 Aug 1945
Piardoba, India, 15 Nov-26 Dec 1945
Morrison Field, FL, 15 Jul 1947
Reading Muni Aprt, PA, 2 Sep 1949
New Castle County Aprt, DE, 1 May 1950-1 Apr 1951; 14 Jun 1952
Willow Grove NAS (later, US NAS Willow Grove), PA, 20 Jul 1958
Dover AFB, DE, 25 Sep 1968-Present

Aircraft operated

C-47 Skytrain (1944 – 1945)
C-46 Commando (1949 – 1951, 1952 – 1957)
AT-7 Navigator (1949 – 1951)
AT-11 Kansan (1949 – 1951)

C-119 Flying Boxcar (1957 – 1968)
C-141 Starlifter (1968 – 1973)
C-5 Galaxy (1973 – 2007)
C-17 Globemaster III (2007 – Present)

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