76th Airlift Squadron

Mission

Conduct executive airlift missions.

History

The 76th trained transport flight crews, February 1943-March 1944. It has flown worldwide airlift since 1952. The squadron transported UN troops to Suez Canal in November 1956. The 76th has also supported operations in Southeast Asia from, 1966–1973, the evacuation of Saigon in May 1975, in Grenada, October-December 1983, Panama, 18–28 December 1989, and Southwest Asia, August 1990-December 1991.

Lineage

Constituted as 76th Ferrying Squadron (Special) on 30 Jan 1943

Activated on 8 Feb 1943Redesignated as 76th Transport Transition Squadron on 4 Jun 1943Disbanded on 31 Mar 1944

Reconstituted, and redesignated as 76th Air Transport Squadron, Medium, on 20 Jun 1952

Activated on 20 Jul 1952Redesignated as: 76th Military Airlift Squadron on 8 Jan 1966Redesignated as: 76th Airlift Squadron on 1 Oct 1991.

Assignments

2d Operational Training Unit, 8 Feb 1943-31 Mar 1944

1700th Air Transport Group, 20 Jul 1952

1608th Air Transport Group, 1 Feb 1956

1608th Air Transport Wing, 18 Jan 1963

437th Military Airlift Wing, 8 Jan 1966

437th Operations Group, 1 Oct 1991

86th Operations Group, 1 Oct 1993-Present

Bases stationed

Homestead Army Air Base, Florida (1943–1944)

Kelly Air Force Base, Texas (1952–1956)

Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina (1956–1993)

Ramstein Air Base, Germany (1993–Present)

Aircraft flying in this unit

C-21A
84-0084 (Feb'94); 84-0086 (Feb'94)

Operations

World War II

Vietnam War

Operation Urgent Fury

Operation Just Cause

Operation Desert Shield

Operation Enduring Freedom

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Operation New Dawn

Operation Odyssey Dawn