187th Airlift Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 187th Airlift Squadron


caption= 187th Airlift Squadron emblem
dates= 1961-Present
country= United States
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branch= United States Air Force
type= Squadron
role= Airlift
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command_structure= Air National Guard/Air Mobility Command
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garrison= Cheyenne Regional Airport, Cheyenne, Wyoming (1946-Present)
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anniversaries=The 187th Airlift Squadron flies the C-130 Hercules. It is a unit of the Wyoming Air National Guard. Its parent unit is the 153rd Airlift Wing.

It was previously known as the 187th Aeromedical Transport Squadron from 1961-1963, then redesignated as the 187th Air Transport Squadron from 1963 to an unknown date, and then as the 187th Airlift Squadron from 1992.Rogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. ISBN 1-85780-197-0

Major Command

*Air National Guard/Air Mobility Command (1992-Present)
*Air National Guard/Military Airlift Command (1974-1992)
*Air National Guard/Tactical Airlift Command (1971-1974)
*Air National Guard/Military Airlift Command (1961-1971)
*Air National Guard/Air Defense Command (1950-1961)
*Air National Guard (1946-1950)

Aircraft OperatedWorld Airpower Journal. (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK. ISBN 1-880588-01-3

*C-130 Hercules (1972-Present)
*C-121G Constellation (1963-1972)
*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1961-1963)
*F-86L Sabre (1958-1961)
*F-80 Shooting Star (1953-1958)
*P-51 Mustang (1946-1953)

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