31st Airlift Squadron

31st Airlift Squadron

C-5 Galaxy aircraft unloading during Operation Desert Storm
Active 1942-1943; 1952-1969; 1989-1994
Country  United States
Branch  United States Air Force
Role Airlift
Motto(s) Temporem Ubique Latin Anytime, Anywhere
Insignia
Patch with 31st Airlift Squadron emblem
Patch with 31st Air Transport Squadron emblem

The 31st Airlift Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 436th Operations Group, Air Mobility Command, stationed at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. It was inactivated on 14 January 1994.

History

First activated as a ferrying unit during World War II. Served on the North Atlantic Ferrying Route until disbanded in 1943 and replaced by Station 19, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command in a general reorganization of Air Transport Command.

Reactivated in 1952 as a C-124 Globemaster II heavy airlift squadron. Flew worldwide very long range strategic airlift missions for Military Air Transport Service (Later Military Airlift Command) on a global scale, inactivated in 1969 with the retirement of the C-124. Reactivated in 1989 as a C-5 Galaxy strategic airlift squadron when the C-5B began production. Flew global transport missions of equipment and personnel until being inactivated after the end of the Cold War.

Lineage

Activated on 25 July 1942
Redesignated 31st Transport Squadron c. 24 March 1943
Activated on 20 Jul 1952
Redesignated 31st Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy on 1 June 1965
Redesignated 31st Military Airlift Squadron on 8 January 1966
Inactivated on 8 April 1969
Reactivated on 1 October 1989
Redesignated as: 31st Airlift Squadron on 1 Dec 1991
Inactivated on 14 Jan 1994

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

References

Notes

  1. Ravenstein, pp. 232-233
  2. Mueller, p. 581
  3. Mueller, p. 114

Bibliography

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