Lineage

Constituted 11 Combat Cargo Squadron on 1 Jun 1944. Activated on 5 Jun 1944. Redesignated 332 Troop Carrier Squadron on 29 Sep 1945. Inactivated on 10 Apr 1947. Redesignated 332 Troop Carrier Squadron, Special, and activated, on 19 Nov 1948. Inactivated on 16 Oct 1949. Redesignated 332 Troop Carrier Squadron, Assault, Fixed Wing on 30 Jun 1955. Activated on 8 Nov 1955. Redesignated 332 Troop Carrier Squadron, Assault on 1 Jul 1958. Inactivated on 1 Dec 1958. Redesignated 332 Airlift Flight on 1 Apr 1993. Activated on 15 Apr 1993.

Assignments

3 Combat Cargo Group, 5 Jun 1944 (attached to 443 Troop Carrier Group, 16 Jun-12 Aug 1944); Fourteenth Air Force, c. 1 May 1945; 513 Troop Carrier Group, c. 1 Nov 1945; Army Air Forces, China (under operational control of Peiping Headquarters Command), 15 Apr 1946; United States Army Forces, China (remained under operational control of Peiping Headquarters Command), 20 Jun 1946-10 Apr 1947. 513 Troop Carrier Group, 19 Nov 1948-16 Oct 1949. 513 Troop Carrier Group (later 513 Troop Carrier Wing) 8 Nov 1955-1 Dec 1958. 12 Operations Group, 15 Apr 1993-.

Stations

Sylhet, India, 5 Jun 1944; Dinjan, India, 6 Jun 1944 (detachment operated from Sookerating, India 16 Jun-14 Jul 1944); Yunnanyi, China, 14 May 1945; Luliang, China, 20 Jun 1945; Shanghai, China, 12 Oct 1945; Peiping, China, 20 Apr 1946-10 Apr 1947. Rhein-Main AB, Germany, 19 Nov 1948-16 Oct 1949. Stewart AFB, TN, 8 Nov 1955-1 Dec 1958. Randolph AFB, TX, 15 Apr 1993-.

Commanders


Aircraft

C-47, 1944-1947; C-46, 1945-1947. C-54, 1948-1949. C-119, 1955-1956; C-123, 1956-1958. C-21, 1993-.

Operations

Transported personnel, equipment, and supplies to, and evacuated casualties from, forward areas in the China-Burma-India Theater, 11 Jun 1944-c. Sep 1945. Transported Chinese troops to eastern China for disarmament operations, 15 Oct-5 Dec 1945. Provided air transportation for General George C. Marshall's Executive Headquarters (State Department agency), which was attempting to resolve disputes between the Nationalist and Communist forces in China, c. 10 Jan 1946-10 Apr 1947. Transported food, coal, and other supplies during Berlin Airlift, 2 Dec 1948-20 Sep 1949. Trained for troop carrier operations, 1955-1958. Provided airlift services for 12th Flying Training Wing, 1993-.

Service Streamers

None.

Campaign Streamers

World War II: India-Burma; Central Burma; China Defensive; China Offensive.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers

None.

Decorations

Distinguished Unit Citation: French Indochina, China, and Manchuria, 1-30 Sep 1945. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 19 Aug-3 Dec 1956; 15 Apr-30 Jun 1993; 1 Jul 1993-30 Jun 1994.

Emblem

Approved on 26 Mar 1957.

Lineage, Assignments, Components, Stations, and Honors through 11 October 1996

Commanders, Aircraft, and Operations through Apr 1993