458th Airlift Squadron, US Air Force
458TH AIRLIFT SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted 458th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 1 July 1942. Activated on 6 July 1942. Inactivated on 1 April 1944. Redesignated 458th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, and activated, on 1 April 1944. Inactivated on 27 December 1945. Redesignated 458th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 26 May 1952. Activated in the Reserve on 14 June 1952. Inactivated on 14 July 1952. Redesignated 458th Troop Carrier Squadron, and activated, on 12 October 1966. Organized on 1 January 1967. Redesignated 458th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 August 1967. Inactivated on 1 March 1972. Consolidated (1 December 1991) with the 1401st Military Airlift Squadron, which was designated, and activated, on 1 April 1975. Redesignated 458th Airlift Squadron on 1 December 1991. Replacement training, 1942-1944. Combat in Western Pacific, c. 12 April-14 August 1945. Tactical airlift in Southeast Asia, January 1967-February 1972. Military airlift operations worldwide, 1975-1978; worldwide aeromedical evacuation, 1978-1990. Airlift in Southwest Asia, August 1990-May 1991.
| English | On a Blue disc edged with a narrow Yellow border, in chief a sword palewise with the point up White detailed Blue and issuing from the edges of the sword blade eight Yellow rays rising from the base a Red trapezoid terminating below the silhouette of a stylized White aircraft bendwise all between four White five-pointed stars two each in pale at dexter and sinister. |
Origin/meaning
The Emblem was approved on 18 May 1983 (DFSC 83-08020); replaced emblems approved on 27 March 1968 (KE 29506) and 27 June 1945 (29920 A.C.).
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