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 worldwide.
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.
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.
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.
World War II
Vietnam War
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Provide Promise
Operation Allied Force
Operation Joint Guard
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
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
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
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)
