Lineage

Constituted 32d Transport Squadron on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 2 Mar 1942. Redesignated 32d Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 Jul 1942. Inactivated on 30 Sept 1946. Redesignated 32d Tactical Airlift Squadron on 18 Jun 1973. Activated on 1 Sep 1973. Inactivated on 30 Jun 1979. Redesignated 32d Airlift Flight on 1 May 1993. Activated on 31 May 1993. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1993. Redesignated 32d Flying Training Squadron on 3 Mar 1995. Activated on 1 Jun 1995.

Assignments

314th Transport (later, Troop Carrier) Group, 2 Mar 1942; 441st Troop Carrier Group, attached in Sep 1945, assigned Dec 1945?30 Sep 1946. 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, 1 Sep 1973 (attached to the 513th Tactical Airlift Wing, 5 Nov 1973?16 Jan 1974, 3 Sep?14 Nov 1975; 322d Tactical Airlift Wing, 3 Feb?16 Apr 1975; 435th Combat Support Group, 3 Jun?14 Aug 1976, 13 Feb?13 Apr 1977; 435th Tactical Airlift Group, 9 Sep?14 Nov 1977); 314th Tactical Airlift Group, 1 Nov 1978?30 Jun 1979 (attached to the 313th Tactical Airlift Group, 17 Feb?14 Apr 1979). 46th Test Wing, 31 May?1 Oct 1993. 71st Operations Group, 1 Jun 1995?.

Stations

Drew Field, FL, 2 Mar 1942; Bowman Field, KY, 24 Jun 1942; Knobnoster, MO, 5 Nov 1942; Lawson Field, GA, 22 Feb?4 May 1943; Berguent, French Morocco, May 1943; Kairouan, Tunisia, 26 Jun 1943; Castelvetrano, Sicily, 1 Sep 1943?13 Feb 1944; Saltby, England, 20 Feb 1944; Poix, France, 28 Feb 1945; Frankfurt, Germany, 23 Sep 1945?30 Sep 1946. Little Rock AFB, AR, 1 Sep 1973?30 Jun 1979 (deployed at RAF Mildenhall, England, 5 Nov 1973?16 Jan 1974, 3 Sep?14 Nov 1975, 9 Sep?14 Nov 1977, 17 Feb?14 Apr 1979; Rhein?Main AB, Germany, 3 Feb?16 Apr 1975, 3 Jun?14 Aug 1976, 13 Feb?13 Apr 1977). Eglin AFB, FL, 31 May?1 Oct 1993. Vance AFB, OK, 1 Jun 1995?.

Aircraft

Principally C?47, 1942?1946. C?130, 1973?1979.

Operations

Included airborne assaults on Sicily, Normandy, Holland, and Germany, as well as aerial transportation in the MTO and ETO, during World War II. Carried passengers, mail, and cargo for European Air Transport Service, Sep 1945?Sep 1946. Conducted worldwide airlift operations, 1973?1979.

Honors

Service Streamers. World War II American Theater.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Central Europe.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Sicily, 11 Jul 1943; France, [6?7] Jun 1944.

Emblem

Celeste, an eagle perched on a "Liberty" bell in base Or, head, tail and wings Argent, wings elevated and surmounting a pair of wings conjoined fesswise of the second, all detailed Gold Brown debruised at center by a hurt charged with a mullet White; all within a diminished bordure Yellow. Approved on 2 Jan 1974 and modified in 1996 (KE 53904).