313th Airlift Squadron, US Air Force: Difference between revisions

History: Constituted as 313 Troop Carrier Squadron on 23 Oct 1943.  Activated on 1 Nov 1943.  Inactivated on 7 Sep 1946.  Redesignated as 313 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 10 May 1949.  Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949.  Ordered to active duty on 1 Apr 1951.  Inactivated on 2 Apr 1951.  Redesignated as 313 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 26 May 1952.  Activated in the Reserve on 13 Jun 1952.  Redesignated as 313 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 1 Sep 1957.  Ordered to active duty on 28 Oct 1962.  Relieved from active duty on 28 Nov 1962.  Redesignated as: 313 Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 Jul 1967; 313 Military Airlift Squadron (Associate) on 25 Jul 1968; 313 Airlift Squadron (Associate) on 1 Feb 1992; 313 Airlift Squadron on 1 Oct 1994. Aerial transportation in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) during World War II.  Trained in the Reserve for troop carrier operations, 1949-1951, and for fighter-bomber missions, 1952-1957.  Returned to Reserve troop carrier operations in 1957.  Active duty during Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct-Nov 1962.  Since 1968, has trained for and flown strategic airlift missions, including special assignment, channel, and humanitarian airlift missions.

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