328th Airlift Squadron
328th Airlift Squadron
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A squadron C-130 Hercules is loaded with water to support Hurricane Sandy relief efforts | |
Active | 1944-1945; 1949-1951; 1952-present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | Airlift |
Part of | Air Force Reserve Command |
Garrison/HQ | Niagara Falls International Airport |
Engagements | China-Burma-India Theater |
Decorations |
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm[1] |
Insignia | |
328th Airlift Squadron emblem (approved 23 September 1998)[1] | |
328th Airlift Squadron emblem (1996) (approved 28 July 1944, modified 1996)[2] | |
328th Troop Carrier Squadron emblem | |
3d Combat Cargo Squadron emblem[note 1] |
The 328th Airlift Squadron is part of the 914th Airlift Wing at Niagara Falls International Airport, New York. It operates C-130 Hercules aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission world wide.
History
World War II
The 328th transported personnel and supplies, primarily to forward areas, and evacuated casualties in the China-Burma-India Theater from 16 September 1944 to 11 November 1945. [1]
Initial reserve operations and activation for Korean War
It performed troop carrier training from 1949 until it was mobilized for the Korean War in April 1951.[1]
Reserve airlift operations
It has supported airborne forces and performed worldwide airlift since 1952. The squadron deployed to Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War and in Southwest Asia during the Gulf War.[1]
Operations
- World War II
- Vietnam War
- Operation Desert Storm
- Operation Provide Promise
- Operation Allied Force
- Operation Joint Guard
- Operation Enduring Freedom
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
Lineage
- Constituted as the 3d Combat Cargo Squadron on 11 April 1944
- Activated on 15 April 1944
- Redesignated 328th Troop Carrier Squadron on 29 September 1945
- Inactivated on 20 December 1945
- Redesignated 328th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 4 August 1949
- Activated in the reserve on 2 September 1949
- Ordered to active service on 15 March 1951
- Inactivated on 1 April 1951
- Activated in the reserve on 14 June 1952
- Ordered to active service on 28 October 1962
- Relieved from active service on 28 November 1962
- Redesignated 328th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 July 1967
- Redesignated 328th Airlift Squadron on 1 February 1992[1]
Assignments
- 1st Combat Cargo Group ((later 512th Troop Carrier Group), 15 April 1944 - 26 December 1945 (attached to India-China Division, Air Transport Command, 23 June - 20 August 1945; 69th Composite Wing, 25 August - 10 November 1945)
- 512th Troop Carrier Group, 2 September 1949 - 1 April 1951
- 512th Troop Carrier Group, 14 June 1952
- 349th Troop Carrier Group, 16 November 1957
- 512th Troop Carrier Group, 15 March 1957
- 512th Troop Carrier Wing, 14 April 1959
- 914th Troop Carrier Group (later 914th Tactical Airlift Group, 914th Airlift Group), 11 February 1963
- 914th Operations Group, 1 August 1992 - present [1]
Stations
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Aircraft
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain (1944–1945)
- Curtiss C-46 Commando (1949–1951, 1952–1958)
- Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (1957–1971)
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules (1971–present)[1]
References
- Notes
- ↑ Maurer says that the emblem used by the 328th Troop Carrier Squadron was the one approved in 1944 for the 3d Combat Cargo Squadron. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 20. The 2007 AFHRA Factsheet says the current emblem is a modification of the 1944 emblem. Whether approved or not, it appears that the 3d Combat Cargo Squadron used a variation of the Horseshoe Emblem in the CBI Theater. Each was used by the 328th Airlift Squadron, modified to comply with regulations current at the time, the emblem of the 328th Troop Carrier Squadron was placed on a disc in 1996, and when the Horseshoe Emblem was restored in 1998, it was revised so that the wings were within the disc.
- Citations
Bibliography
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- Cantwell, Gerald T. (1997). Citizen Airmen: a History of the Air Force Reserve, 1946-1994 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program. ISBN 0-16049-269-6. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.