42d Expeditionary Airlift Squadron
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The 42d Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (42 EAS) is on provisional status in the United States Air Forces in Europe
at Ramstein Air Base
, Germany
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The 42d transported personnel and supplies to the Aleutian Islands from, May 1942-February 1944. Following its combat assignment the squadron served as a replacement training unit and participated in maneuvers from, March-April 1944.
It was reformed in 2008, reporting to Seventeenth Air Force
, to fly missions relating to Africa.
United States Air Forces in Europe
The United States Air Forces in Europe is the United States Air Force component of U.S. European Command, a Department of Defense unified command, and is one of two Air Force Major Commands outside of the continental United States, the other being the Pacific Air Forces...
at Ramstein Air Base
Ramstein Air Base
Ramstein Air Base is a United States Air Force base in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz. It serves as headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe and is also a North Atlantic Treaty Organization installation...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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The 42d transported personnel and supplies to the Aleutian Islands from, May 1942-February 1944. Following its combat assignment the squadron served as a replacement training unit and participated in maneuvers from, March-April 1944.
It was reformed in 2008, reporting to Seventeenth Air Force
Seventeenth Air Force
Seventeenth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force located at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The command served the United States Air Forces in Europe during its years of active service...
, to fly missions relating to Africa.
Lineage
- 42d Transport Squadron (1942)
- 42d Troop Carrier Squadron (1942–1956)
- 42d Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (Special) (1956–2007)
- 42d Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (2007–Present)
Assignments
- Eleventh Air ForceEleventh Air ForceThe Eleventh Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . It is headquartered at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska....
(1942)- Attached: XI Air Force Service Command (Provisional) (21 June - 8 August 1942)
- XI Air Force Service Command (1942–1944)
- Attached: 11th Air Force Troop Carrier Group (1 July 1943 - 6 March 1944)
- 60th Troop Carrier Wing (1944)
- Third Air ForceThird Air ForceThe Third Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Forces in Europe . It is headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany....
(1956–1957) - 404th Air Expeditionary Group404th Air Expeditionary GroupThe 404th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe. It is attached to Seventeenth Air Force [Air Forces Africa], stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany....
, (1 Oct 2008–present)
Bases stationed
- Elmendorf Field, AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
(1942–1944) - Lawson Field, GeorgiaGeorgia (U.S. state)Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
(1944) - RAF MolesworthRAF MolesworthRAF Molesworth is a Royal Air Force station located near Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom with a history dating back to 1917.Its runway and flight line facilities were closed in 1973 and demolished to support ground-launched cruise missile operations in the early 1980s...
, EnglandEnglandEngland 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...
(1956–1957) - RAF AlconburyRAF AlconburyRAF Alconbury is an active Royal Air Force station in Cambridgeshire, England. The airfield is adjacent to the Stukeleys [Great and Little] and located about northwest of Huntingdon; about north of London....
, England (1957) - Ramstein AB, Germany 1 Oct 2008-.
Aircraft Operated
- C-47 SkytrainC-47 SkytrainThe Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport aircraft that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remained in front line operations through the 1950s with a few remaining in operation to this day.-Design and...
(1942–1944) - C-53 Skytrooper (1944)
- C-119 Flying BoxcarC-119 Flying BoxcarThe Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar was an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute...
(1956–1957) - C-54 SkymasterC-54 SkymasterThe Douglas C-54 Skymaster was a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces and British forces in World War II and the Korean War. Besides transport of cargo, it also carried presidents, British heads of government, and military staff...
(1956–1957) - SA-16 Albatross (1956–1957)