10th Airlift Squadron

10th Airlift Squadron
10th Airlift Squadron
	McChord Air Force Base, Washington
Engagements	; American Service World War II; ; European-African-Middle East Campaign World War II Algeria-French Morocco with Arrowhead; Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley;
Decorations	; Distinguished Unit Citation: (MTO); ; Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (2×)
Insignia
10th Airlift Squadron Emblem

The 10th Airlift Squadron (10 AS) was part of the

C-17 Globemaster III aircraft supporting the United States Air Force

global reach mission worldwide.

Mission

To train and equip C-17 aircrews for global air-land and airdrop operations.^[1]

History

World War II

Established as part of the Army Air Corps in January 1938 at

C-47 Skytrain transports and trained for combat resupply and casualty evacuation mission.^[1]

Was ordered deployed to England, assigned to

Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. It towed gliders to Syracuse, Sicily and dropped paratroopers at Catania during the operation. After moving to Sicily, the squadron airdropped supplies to escaped prisoners of war

in Northern Italy in October. Operated from Sicily until December until moving to Italian mainland in December.

Supported

Mediterranean Theater of Operations until end of combat in Europe, May 1945.^[1]

After hostilities ended, was transferred to

Boca Raton Army Airfield or Morrison Fields in South Florida.^[1]

Occupation and Cold War

Was reassigned to the

322d Air Division based in West Germany and France. Inactivated as part of downsizing of USAFE bases in France, 1961.^[1]

Special airlift

Was briefly reactivated in the late 1960s at

C-131 Samaritan

medical evacuation aircraft. Inactivated September 1970.

European shuttle

Reassigned to USAFE and reactivated in 1984 with C-23 short-range transports for personnel movements within USAFE. Flew scheduled flights from Zweibrücken, Ramstein and other USAFE bases, replacing C-130 European Shuttle flights. Inactivated March 1991 as part of USAFE drawdown at the end of the Cold War.^[1]

Globemaster training

Reactivated in 2003 as C-17 aircrew training squadron at

New Dawn.^[2]

In December 2014 the Air Force announced that the 10th would be inactivated by the summer of 2016.[3] For the fifth time in its 76-year history, the 10th Airlift Squadron was inactivated on 6 May 2016.^[4]

Lineage

Constituted as the 10th Transport Squadron on 1 January 1938

Activated on 1 December 1940

Redesignated 10th Troop Carrier Squadron on 5 July 1942

Inactivated on 31 July 1945

Activated on 30 September 1946

Redesignated 10th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 1 July 1948

Redesignated 10th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy on 5 November 1948

Redesignated 10th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 16 November 1949

Discontinued and inactivated on 8 January 1961

Redesignated 10th Air Transport Squadron on 5 September 1969

Activated on 15 October 1969

Inactivated on 30 September 1970

Redesignated 10th Military Airlift Squadron on 1 November 1983

Activated on 15 January 1984

Inactivated on 31 March 1991

Redesignated 10th Airlift Squadron on 17 December 2002

Activated on 1 October 2003

Inactivated on 6 May 2016^[5]

Assignments

VIII Corps Area, 1 January 1938 (not active)
60th Transport Group
(later 60th Troop Carrier Group), 1 December 1940 – 31 July 1945
60th Troop Carrier Group, 30 September 1946 (attached to
60th Troop Carrier Wing
after 15 November 1956)
60th Troop Carrier Wing, 12 March 1957
322d Air Division
, 25 September 1958 – 8 January 1961
2d Aircraft Delivery Group, 15 October 1969 – 30 September 1970
322d Airlift Division, 15 January 1984
608th Military Airlift Group
, 15 March 1984 – 31 March 1991
62d Operations Group, 1 October 2003 – 6 May 2016^[4]

Stations

Olmsted Field
, Pennsylvania, 1 December 1940
Westover Field
, Massachusetts, 21 May 1941 – 20 May 1942
RAF Chelveston, England, 11 June 1942
RAF Aldermaston, England, 7 August 1942
Tafaraoui Airfield
, Algeria, 8 November 1942
Relizane Airfield
, Algeria, c. 27 November 1942
Thiersville Airfield
, Algeria, c. 14 May 1943
El Djem Airfield, Tunisia, 26 June 1943
Gela Airfield
, Sicily, 6 September 1943
Gerbini Airfield, Sicily, c. 7 November 1943
Pomigliano Airfield, Italy, 12 December 1943
Brindisi Airfield
, Italy, 6 April 1944
Pomigliano Airfield, Italy, 25 October 1944 – 23 May 1945
Waller Field
, Trinidad, 4 June – 31 July 1945

AAF Station Munich-Reim
, Germany, 30 September 1946
Kaufbeuren Air Base, Germany, 8 May 1948
Wiesbaden Air Base
, Germany, 10 August 1948
Kaufbeuren Air Base, Germany, 18 October 1948 (operated from
RAF Fassberg
, West Germany after 26 November 1948)
Wiesbaden Air Base, West Germany, 16 May 1949
Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, 26 September 1949
Wiesbaden Air Base, West Germany, 20 October 1949
Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, 5 July 1950
Dreux-Louvilliers Air Base, France, 23 September 1955 – 8 January 1961
Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, 15 October 1969 – 30 September 1970
Zweibrücken Air Base, West Germany, 15 January 1984 – 31 March 1991
McChord Air Force Base, Washington, 1 October 2003 – 6 May 2016^[4]