1st Airlift Squadron, US Air Force

1ST AIRLIFT SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Constituted as 1 Air Transport Squadron (Mobile) on 13 March 1944. Activated on 23 March 1944. Inactivated on 25 March 1946. Disbanded on 8 October 1948. Reconstituted, and redesignated as 1 Air Transport Squadron, Medium, on 1 September 1953. Activated on 18 Novemver 1953. Redesignated as: 1 Air Transport Squadron, Heavy, on 8 September 1954; 1 Military Airlift Squadron on 15 January 1966. Inactivated on 30 June 1971. Activated on 12 September 1977. Redesignated as 1 Airlift Squadron on 12 July 1991.

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 16 May 1983; latest rendering, 14 February 2013.

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