30th Airlift Squadron
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The 30th Airlift Squadron (30 AS) is part of the United States Air Force
's 19th Airlift Group, and the first active-duty Associate Unit to an Air National Guard
unit, working with the 187th Airlift Squadron
at Cheyenne Regional Airport
, Wyoming
. It operates C-130 Hercules
aircraft of its co-located Air Guard unit, conducting tactical
airlift missions.
s and P-38 aircraft over the North Atlantic route to England
from, August 1942-August 1943. It provided air transport for the Atlantic Division of the Military Air Transport Service
from, July 1952-June 1965 and conducted worldwide airlift from, August 1967 including support for operations in Southwest Asia
from, August 1990-June 1991.
On 8 July 2006 the 30th became the first active-duty associate unit partnering with the Wyoming Air National Guard
's (WyANG) 153d Airlift Wing
.
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
's 19th Airlift Group, and the first active-duty Associate Unit to an Air National Guard
Air National Guard
The Air National Guard , often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the fifty U.S. states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States. Established under Title 10 and...
unit, working with the 187th Airlift Squadron
187th Airlift Squadron
The 187th Airlift Squadron flies the C-130 Hercules. It is a unit of the Wyoming Air National Guard. Its parent unit is the 153rd Airlift Wing....
at Cheyenne Regional Airport
Cheyenne Regional Airport
Cheyenne Regional Airport , also known as Jerry Olson Field, is a joint civil-military public airport located one mile north of the central business district of Cheyenne, a city in Laramie County, Wyoming, United States. It is owned by the Cheyenne Regional Airport Board...
, Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
. It operates C-130 Hercules
C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed, now Lockheed Martin. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport...
aircraft of its co-located Air Guard unit, conducting tactical
Military tactics
Military tactics, the science and art of organizing an army or an air force, are the techniques for using weapons or military units in combination for engaging and defeating an enemy in battle. Changes in philosophy and technology over time have been reflected in changes to military tactics. In...
airlift missions.
History
The 30th ferried bomberBomber
A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground and sea targets, by dropping bombs on them, or – in recent years – by launching cruise missiles at them.-Classifications of bombers:...
s and P-38 aircraft over the North Atlantic route to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
from, August 1942-August 1943. It provided air transport for the Atlantic Division of the Military Air Transport Service
Military Air Transport Service
The Military Air Transport Service is an inactive Department of Defense Unified Command. Activated on 1 June 1948, MATS was a consolidation of the United States Navy Naval Air Transport Service and the United States Air Force Air Transport Command into a single, joint, unified command...
from, July 1952-June 1965 and conducted worldwide airlift from, August 1967 including support for operations in Southwest Asia
Southwest Asia
Western Asia, West Asia, Southwest Asia or Southwestern Asia are terms that describe the westernmost portion of Asia. The terms are partly coterminous with the Middle East, which describes a geographical position in relation to Western Europe rather than its location within Asia...
from, August 1990-June 1991.
On 8 July 2006 the 30th became the first active-duty associate unit partnering with the Wyoming Air National Guard
Wyoming Air National Guard
The Wyoming Air National Guard is the air force militia of the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is, along with the Wyoming Army National Guard, an element of the Wyoming National Guard...
's (WyANG) 153d Airlift Wing
153d Airlift Wing
The 153d Airlift Wing is a Wyoming Air National Guard unit, part of the United States Air Force. It is located at Cheyenne Air National Guard Base at Cheyenne Regional Airport, in Cheyenne, Wyoming.-History:...
.
Lineage
- Constituted 30th Ferrying Squadron on 9 Jul 1942
- Activated on 25 Jul 1942
- Redesignated 30th Transport Squadron on 24 Mar 1943
- Disbanded on 1 Sep 1943
- Reconstituted, and redesignated 30th Air Transport Squadron, Heavy, on 20 Jun 1952
- Activated on 20 Jul 1952
- Redesignated 30th Air Transport Squadron, Medium, on 18 Jul 1954
- Discontinued on 25 Jun 1965
- Redesignated 30th Military Airlift Squadron, and activated, on 13 Jan 1967
- Organized on 8 Apr 1967
- Redesignated 30th Airlift Squadron on 1 Nov 1991.
Assignments
- 8th Ferrying (later, 8th Transport) Group, 25 Jul 1942–1 Sep 1943
- 1600th Air Transport Group1600th Air Transport GroupThe 1600th Air Transport Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the Atlantic Division, Military Air Transport Service, stationed at Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts...
, 20 Jul 1952 - 1611th Air Transport Group, 16 May 1955
- 1611th Air Transport Wing1611th Air Transport WingThe 1611th Air Transport Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the Eastern Transport Air Force, Military Air Transport Service, stationed at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey...
, 18 Jan 1963–25 Jun 1965 - Military Airlift CommandMilitary Airlift CommandThe Military Airlift Command is an inactive United States Air Force Major Command of the USAF which was headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. It was constituted on 1 January 1966 and active until the end of the Cold War, when the Air Force table of organization was revised...
, 13 Jan 1967 - 438th Military Airlift Wing, 8 Apr 1967
- 438th Military Airlift Group, 1 Oct 1978
- 438th Military Airlift Wing, 1 Jun 1980
- 438th Operations Group, 1 Nov 1991
- 374th Operations Group374th Operations GroupThe 374th Operations Group is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 374th Airlift Wing. It is stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan....
, 1 Oct 1993–Present
Stations
- Presque Isle Army Air Field, MaineMaineMaine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
(1942) - Bluie West OneBluie West OneBluie West One airfield was built on a glacial moraine at what is now the village of Narsarsuaq, near the southern tip of Greenland. Construction by the U.S. Army began in June 1941, and the first plane landed there in January 1942...
, GreenlandGreenlandGreenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
(1942–1943) - Westover Air Force Base, MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
(1952–1955) - McGuire Air Force BaseMcGuire Air Force BaseJB MDL McGuire is a United States Air Force base located approximately south-southeast of Trenton, New Jersey. McGuire is under the jurisdiction of the USAF Air Mobility Command...
, New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
(1955–1965, 1967–1993) - Yokota Air BaseYokota Air Base, is a United States Air Force base in the city of Fussa, one of 26 cities in the Tama Area, or Western Tokyo.The base houses 14,000 personnel. The base occupies a total area of and has a runway...
, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
(1993–2004) - Cheyenne Regional AirportCheyenne Regional AirportCheyenne Regional Airport , also known as Jerry Olson Field, is a joint civil-military public airport located one mile north of the central business district of Cheyenne, a city in Laramie County, Wyoming, United States. It is owned by the Cheyenne Regional Airport Board...
, WyomingWyomingWyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
(2006–Present)
Aircraft
- C-118 Liftmaster (1952–1965)
- C-141 StarlifterC-141 StarlifterThe Lockheed C-141 Starlifter was a military strategic airlifter in service with the Air Mobility Command of the United States Air Force...
(1967–1993) - C-9 Nightingale (1993–2004)
- C-130 HerculesC-130 HerculesThe Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed, now Lockheed Martin. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport...
(2006–Present)
Operations
- World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
- Vietnam WarVietnam WarThe Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
- Operation Just Cause
- Operation Desert Storm