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History: Constituted as 53 Transport Squadron on 30 May 1942. Activated on 1 Jun 1942. Redesignated 53 Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 Jul 1942. Inactivated on 31 Jul 1945. Activated on 30 Sep 1946. Redesignated: 53 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 1 Jul 1948; 53 Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy, on 15 Aug 1948; 53 Military Airlift Squadron on 8 Jan 1966. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 8 Jul 1966. Activated on 8 Jan 1972. Redesignated 53 Airlift Squadron on 1 Jan 1992. Inactivated on 30 Apr 1993. Activated on 1 Oct 1993. Inactivated on 11 Jan 2008. Activated on 15 May 2008. | |||
World War II: Included airborne assaults on Sicily, Normandy, Holland, and Germany; aerial transportation in Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) and European Theater of Operations (ETO). Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949. Korean War: Aerial transportation from US to Japan, Aug-Dec 1950, and between Japan and Korea, 13 Dec 1950-Nov 1952. Airlift, 1953-1966, including resupply to the Antarctic, (Project Deep Freeze), 1957-1958, and missions to Southeast Asia during the conflict in Vietnam. Worldwide airlift, 1972-1993, into Grenada, 23 Oct-9 Nov 1983, during the invasion of Panama, 20 Dec 1989, and to Southwest Asia, Aug 1990-Jun 1991. Conducted C-130 aircrew training for active duty USAF, Air Force Reserve (USAFR), Air National Guard (ANG), US Navy, US Marine Corps and selected allied nations, 1993-2008. | |||
[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from Wikimedia Commons | The Emblem was approved 10 September 1953; slightly modified on 9 December 1994. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil | |||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1953]] |