48th Airlift Squadron, US Air Force
48TH AIRLIFT SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 48 Transport Squadron on 30 May 1942. Activated on 15 Jun 1942. Redesignated as 48 Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 Jul 1942. Inactivated on 15 Nov 1945. Activated on 30 Sep 1946. Redesignated as: 48 Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy on 30 Jul 1948; 48 Troop Carrier Squadron, Special on 1 Feb 1949. Inactivated on 18 Sep 1949. Redesignated as 48 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 26 Nov 1952. Activated on 1 Feb 1953. Inactivated on 8 Jun 1955. Activated on 20 Aug 1964. Organized on 1 Jan 1965. Redesignated as 48 Troop Carrier Squadron on 1 Mar 1966. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 25 Jun 1967. Redesignated as 48 Tactical Airlift Squadron on 15 Jun 1971. Activated on 15 Nov 1971. Inactivated on 1 Sep 1973. Redesignated as 48 Airlift Squadron on 21 Nov 2003. Activated on 1 Dec 2003.
Supported airborne assaults on Sicily, Italy, Normandy, Holland, and Germany during World War II. Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949. Supported U.S. Army forces, 1953-1955. Provided airlift for airborne forces, 1965-1967; deployed aircraft and crews to France and England, Oct 1965-Mar 1967 and to Panama Canal Zone, Mar-Jun 1967. Intra-theater airlift and support of U.S. Army airborne forces, 1971-1973. Trained crews for airlift operations, 2003-.
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The Emblem was approved on 30 August 1954.
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