37th Airlift Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 37th Airlift Squadron


caption= 37th Airlift Squadron Patch
dates= 2 February 1942 - 18 June 1957
17 May 1966 - Present
country= United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type= Airlift
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command_structure= United States Air Forces in Europe
3rd Air Force
86th Airlift Wing
86th Operations Group
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garrison= Ramstein Air Base
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battles= Operation Overlord
Operation Market Garden
Battle of Pakchon
Operation Tomahawk
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decorations= Distinguished Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
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The 37th Airlift Squadron (37 AS) is part of the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It operates C-130 Hercules aircraft providing theater airlfit.

Mission

Conduct airlift, airdrop and aeromedical evacuation operations .

History

During World War II the 37d participated in airborne assaults on Normandy, Holland, and Germany, and transportation of passengers and cargo in European Theater of Operations and Mediterranean Theater of Operations.

In the Korean War the squadron flew airborne assaults at Sukchon and Munsan-ni and aerial transportation between Japan and Korea.

While deployed in Taiwan, crews of the 37th flew to Hanoi on 17 February 1973 in support of Operation Homecoming, the repatriation of American prisoners of war to Clark Air Base, Philippines, on 5 March 1973. It conducted airlift operations during Operation Desert Shield in Southwest Asia, 14 August 1990–29 March 1991. It airdropped humanitarian supplies in Operation Provide Comfort for the relief of fleeing Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq, April–May 1991. The 37th flew airlift and airdrop missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina for Operation Provide Promise from July 1992-January 1996.

Operations

*World War II
*Korean War
*Operation Desert Shield
*Operation Provide Comfort
*Operation Provide Promise
*Operation Iraqi Freedom

Lineage

*37th Transport Squadron (1942)
*37th Troop Carrier Squadron (1942 - 1948)
*37th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1948 - 1949)
*37th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy (1949 - 1950)
*37th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1950 - 1966)
*37th Troop Carrier Squadron (1966 - 1967)
*37th Tactical Airlift Squadron (1967 - 1992)
*37th Airlift Squadron (1992 - Present)

Assignments

*434th Troop Carrier Group (1942 – 1957)
**Attached: 314th Troop Carrier Group (21 August 1950 – 8 May 1952)
*316th Tactical Airlift Wing (1966 – 1975)
*317th Tactical Airlift Wing (1975 - 1977)
*435th Airlift Wing (1977 - 1994)
*86th Airlift Wing (1994 - Present)

Bases stationed

*Patterson Field, Ohio (1942)
*Bowman Field, Kentucky (1942)
*Lawson Field, Georgia (1942)
*Del Valle, Texas (1942)
*RAF Deversoir, Egypt (1942 - 1943)
*Marble Arch, Libya (1943)
*Ismaïlia, Egypt (1943)
*RAF Fayid, Egypt (1943)
*El Kabrit, Egypt (1943)
*El Aouina, Tunisia (1943)
*Borizzo, Sicily (1943 - 1944)
*RAF Cottesmore, England (1944 - 1945)
*Pope Field, North Carolina (1945 - 1946)
*Greenville Air Force Base, South Carolina (1946 - 1949)
*Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee (1949 - 1950)
*Ashiya Air Base, Japan (1950)
*Komaki Air Base, Japan (1950 - 1952)
*Ashiya Air Base, Japan (1952)
*Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee (1952 - 1954)
*Ashiya Air Base, Japan (1954 - 1957)
*Langley Air Force Base, Virginia (1966 - 1977)
**Deployed: RAF Mildenhall, England (24 November 1968 - 26 February 1969)
**Deployed: Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany (13 July - 26 September 1969, 7 February - 13 April 1971)
**Deployed: RAF Mildenhall, England (24 February - 11 May 1970, 13 January - 14 March 1972)
**Deployed: Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, Taiwan (6 December 1972 - 15 March 1973)
**Deployed: RAF Mildenhall, England (31 August - c. 1 October 1973)
**Deployed: Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany (5 April - 15 June 1975)
*Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany (1977 - 1994)
*Ramstein Air Base, Germany (1994 - Present)

Aircraft Operated

*C-47 Skytrain (1942 – 1947)
*C-109 Liberator Express (1944 – 1945)
*C-46 Commando (1946 – 1947)
*C-82 Packet (1947 – 1950)
*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1950 – 1957)
*C-130 Hercules (1966 – Present)
*C-130J Super Hercules (Beginning in April 2009)

References

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0037as.html USAF 37th Airlift Squadron History]

External links