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2nd Airlift Squadron, US Air Force

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2ND AIRLIFT SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Constituted 2d Provisional Transport Squadron on 1 March 1935. Redesignated 2d Transport Squadron, and activated, on 28 June 1935. Redesignated 2d Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 July 1942. Inactivated on 24 December 1945. Redesignated 2d Airlift Squadron, and activated, on 1 June 1992. Trained transport pilots, 21 May-1 October 1942; airborne assault on Myitkyina, Burma, 17 May 1944; aerial transportation in CBI, 25 February 1943-c. August 1945; airlift of Chinese troops to eastern China for disarmament operations, September-November 1945. Airlift for airborne troops, 1 June 1992-.


Coat of arms (crest) of the 2nd Airlift Squadron, US Air Force
Official blazon
English Upon a disc per bend indented Or and Azure, a Brown spear in fesse, headed Gold, winged Gules.

Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 5 May 1942 (K 2903).

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

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