16th Airlift Squadron, US Air Force

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16TH AIRLIFT SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Constituted as 16 Transport Squadron on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 11 Dec 1940. Redesignated as 16 Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 Jul 1942. Inactivated on 31 Jul 1945. Activated on 19 May 1947. Inactivated on 10 Sep 1948. Redesignated as 16 Troop Carrier Squadron, Assault, Light on 19 Sep 1950. Activated on 5 Oct 1950. Redesignated as 16 Troop Carrier Squadron, Assault, Fixed Wing on 8 Nov 1954. Inactivated on 8 Jul 1955. Redesignated as 16 Tactical Airlift Training Squadron on 14 Aug 1969. Activated on 15 Oct 1969. Redesignated as 16 Airlift Squadron on 1 Dec 1991. Inactivated on 29 Sep 2000. Activated on 1 Jul 2002.

Coat of arms (crest) of the 16th Airlift Squadron, US Air Force
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The Emblem was approved on 17 December 1980; latest rendering, 15 April 2019.

Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil

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