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+History:  Constituted as 76 Ferrying Squadron (Special) on 30 Jan 1943.  Activated on 8 Feb 1943.  Redesignated as 76 Transport Transition Squadron on 4 Jun 1943.  Disbanded on 31 Mar 1944.  Reconstituted, and redesignated as 76 Air Transport Squadron, Medium, on 20 Jun 1952.  Activated on 20 Jul 1952.  Redesignated as: 76 Military Airlift Squadron on 8 Jan 1966; 76 Airlift Squadron on 1 Oct 1991.
+Trained transport flight crews, Feb 1943–Mar 1944. Worldwide airlift beginning 1952.  Transported UN troops to Suez Canal, Nov 1956. Supported Operations in Southeast Asia, 1966–1973, and the evacuation of Saigon, May 1975. Airlift Operations to Grenada, Oct–Dec 1983; Panama, 18–28 Dec 1989; and Southwest Asia, Aug 1990–Dec 1991.  Primarily flew Operational Support Airlift (OSA) of distinguished visitors (DV) within European Theater of Operations (ETO), 1994-.
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+The Emblem was approved on 11 February 1958; newest rendition approved on 26 February 2008.
-Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons
+Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/
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