Lineage

Constituted 36th Transport Squadron on 2 Feb 1942. Activated on 14 Feb 1942. Redesignated: 35th Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 Jul 1942; 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 23 Jun 1948; 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy, on 8 Oct 1949; 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 28 Jan 1950. Inactivated on 18 Jun 1957. Redesignated 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, and activated, on 15 Nov 1965. Organized on 1 Apr 1966. Redesignated 36th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 May 1967. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 25 Mar 1968. Activated on 1 Jul 1968. Organized on 5 Jul 1968. Redesignated: 36th Military Airlift Squadron on 1 Oct 1989; 36th Airlift Squadron on 1 Dec 1991.

Assignments

316th Transport (later, 316th Troop Carrier) Group, 14 Feb 1942?18 Jun 1957. Tactical Air Command, 15 Nov 1965; 316th Troop Carrier Wing, 1 Apr 1966?25 Mar 1968 (attached to 513th Tactical Airlift Wing, 21 Mar?29 Jun 1967; 439th Military Airlift Group, 17 Aug?17 Sep 1967). Tactical Air Command, 1 Jul 1968; 316th Tactical Airlift Wing, 5 Jul 1968 (attached to 513th Tactical Airlift Wing, 24 Feb?19 Jun 1969; 322d Tactical Airlift Wing, 24 Nov 1969?7 Feb 1970 and 13 Aug?21 Oct 1970; 513th Tactical Airlift Wing, 2 Jul?16 Sep 1971; United States Air Forces in Europe, 28 Sep?31 Oct 1971; 347th Tactical Airlift Wing, 14 May?c. 7 Sep 1972; 513th Tactical Airlift Wing, 5 Mar?18 May 1973 and 15 Jan?16 Mar 1974; 322d Tactical Airlift Wing, 1 Jul?16 Oct 1974); 62d Military Airlift Wing, 1 Jul 1975; 62d Operations Group, 1 Dec 1991; 374th Operations Group, 1 Oct 1993?.

Stations

Patterson Field, OH, 14 Feb 1942; Bowman Field, KY, 16 Jun 1942; Lawson Field, GA, 9 Aug 1942; Del Valle, TX, 29 Sep?12 Nov 1942; Egypt, 23 Nov 1942; Nouvion, Algeria, 10 May 1943; Guercif, French Morocco, 28 May 1943; Enfidaville, Tunisia, 24 Jun 1943; Mazara, Sicily, 3 Sep 1943; Castelvetrano, Sicily, 25 Oct 1943?15 Feb 1944; Cottesmore, England, 24 Feb 1944?May 1945; Pope Field, NC, May 1945; Greenville AAB (later, AFB), SC, 14 Oct 1947; Smyrna (later, Sewart) AFB, TN, 4 Nov 1949?15 Nov 1954; Ashiya AB, Japan, 15 Nov 1954?18 Jun 1957. Langley AFB, Va, 1 Apr 1966?25 Mar 1968 (deployed at RAF Mildenhall, England, 21 Mar?29 Jun 1967; Rhein-Main AB, Germany, 17 Aug?17 Sep 1967). Langley AFB, VA, 5 Jul 1968 (deployed at RAF Mildenhall, England, 24 Feb?19 Jun 1969; Rhein-Main AB, Germany, 24 Nov 1969?7 Feb 1970 and 13 Aug?21 Oct 1970; RAF Mildenhall, England, 2 Jul?16 Sep 1971; Wiesbaden AB, Germany, 28 Sep?31 Oct 1971; Ching Chaun Kang AB, Taiwan, 14 May?c. 7 Sep 1972; RAF Mildenhall, England, 5 Mar?18 May 1973 and 15 Jan?16 Mar 1974; Rhein-Main AB, Germany, 1 Jul?16 Oct 1974); McChord AFB, WA, 1 Jul 1975?1 Oct 1993; Yokota AB, Japan, 1 Oct 1993?.

Aircraft

C?47, 1942?1946; C?82, 1946?1950; C?119, 1950?1957. C?130, 1966?1968. C?130, 1968?1989; C?141, 1989?.

Operations

Included airborne assaults on Sicily, Normandy, Holland, and Germany, and aerial transportation in MTO and ETO during World War II. Participated and supported the ground troops during military operations in Grenada, Oct?Nov 1983, and in Panama, Dec 1989?Jan 1990.

Honors

Service Streamers. World War II American Theater.

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

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. Panama, 1989?1990.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Sicily, 25 Nov 1942?25 Aug 1943; Sicily, 11 Jul 1943; France, [6?7] Jun 1944. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Mar?2 Jul 1967; 3 Jul 1967?25 Mar 1968 and 5 Jul 1968?30 Apr 1969; 1 May 1970?30 Apr 1972; 20?29 Sep 1970; 1 May 1972?30 Apr 1974; 10 Oct 1975?9 Oct 1977; 1 Jul 1981?30 Jun 1983; 1 Jul 1983?30 Jun 1985; 14 Jun?3 Jul 1991. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm: 1 Oct 1967?30 Aug 1972. Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation: 21 Jul?15 Aug 1972.

Emblem

Gules, a bend Or fimbriated Argent debruised by a pale Sable fimbriated White overall issuant from base, a demi?globe White gridlined Black, land masses Vert below an eagle stooping above a pallet suspended from a parachute White; all within a diminished bordure Yellow. Approved on 24 Aug 1995. MOTTO: EAGLE AIRLIFTERS. Modification of emblem approved on 13 Jul 1952 (44723 A.C.).