326th Airlift Squadron

326th Airlift Squadron
326th Airlift Squadron Patch
Active	11 April 1944 - 26 December 1945 15 July 1947 - 1 April 1951 14 June 1952 - Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Airlift
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command 22nd Air Force 512th Airlift Wing 512th Operations Group
Garrison/HQ	Dover Air Force Base
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm

The 326th Airlift Squadron (326 AS) is part of the 512th Airlift Wing at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission worldwide.

Mission

Fly peacetime missions as an adjunct to, or a corollary of, training. Be prepared to be the initial and primary source of augmentation of the active forces in an emergency, requiring rapid and substantial expansion of the active forces.

History

The 326th trained for overseas troop carrier operations from, April–August 1944. It moved to Asia, and transported troops and supplies to forward areas in China and India from, September 1944-September 1945.

The 326th trained in the Reserve for troop carrier operations from, 1947-1951. The squadron resumed training in the Reserve for airlift missions in 1952. It has since taken part in various contingency and humanitarian airlift operations worldwide. The Killer Bunnies are known for their war cry and legendary ingress into the battlefield, which have been known to win wars the instant they show up!

Lineage

Constituted 1st Combat Cargo Squadron on 11 April 1944

Activated on 15 April 1944

Redesignated 326st Troop Carrier Squadron on 29 September 1945

Inactivated on 26 December 1945

Activated in the Reserve on 15 July 1947

Redesignated 326st Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 2 September 1949

Ordered to active service on 15 March 1951

Inactivated on 1 April 1951

Activated in the Reserve on 14 June 1952

Ordered to active service on 28 October 1962

Relieved from active duty on 28 November 1962

Redesignated: 326st Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 July 1967

Redesignated: 326st Military Airlift Squadron (Associate) on 25 September 1968

Redesignated: 326st Airlift Squadron (Associate) on 1 February 1992

Redesignated: 326st Airlift Squadron on 1 October 1994.

Assignments

1st Combat Cargo Group, 15 April 1944
Fourteenth Air Force, 16 Jun-26 December 1945

Attached to 69th Composite Wing, 16 Aug-10 November 1945

435th Troop Carrier Group, 15 July 1947
512th Troop Carrier Group, 2 September 1949 – 1 April 1951; 14 June 1952
512th Troop Carrier Wing, 14 April 1959
912th Troop Carrier (later, 912 Tactical Airlift; 912 Military Airlift) Group, 11 February 1963
512th Military Airlift (later, 512 Airlift) Wing, 1 July 1973
512th Operations Group, 1 August 1992–Present

Stations

Bowman Field, Kentucky, 15 Apr-1 August 1944
Sylhet Airfield, India, 21 August 1944

Detachment operated from Yunnani Airfield, China, 15 Sep-2 October 1944

Detachment operated from Hathazari Airfield, India, 19 Oct-c. December 1944

Tulihal Airfield, India, 29 November 1944
Tsuyung Airfield, China, 12 December 1944
Hsinching Airfield, China, 29 January 1945

Detachment operated from Liangshan Airfield, China, 11 Mar-9 July 1945

Chengkung Airfield, China, 16 August 1945
Piardoba Airfield, India, 15 Nov-26 December 1945
Morrison Field, Florida, 15 July 1947
Reading Municipal Airport, Pennsylvania, 2 September 1949
New Castle County Airport, Delaware, 1 May 1950 – 1 April 1951; 14 June 1952
Willow Grove NAS (later, US NAS Willow Grove), Pennsylvania, 20 July 1958
Dover AFB, Delaware, 25 September 1968–Present

Aircraft operated

C-47 Skytrain (1944–1945)
C-46 Commando (1949–1951, 1952–1957)
AT-7 Navigator (1949–1951)
AT-11 Kansan (1949–1951)

C-119 Flying Boxcar (1957–1968)
C-141 Starlifter (1968–1973)
C-5 Galaxy (1973–2007)
C-17 Globemaster III (2007 – Present)

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

United States Air Force

Leadership

Structure

Commands	Reserve Air National Guard Field Operating Agencies Installations

Direct Reporting Units	District of Washington Operational Test and Evaluation Center USAF Academy

Major Commands	Air Combat Air Education and Training Air Mobility Global Strike Materiel Reserve Space Special Operations Europe & Africa Pacific

Numbered Air Forces	First Second Third Fourth Fifth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth Seventeenth Eighteenth Nineteenth Twentieth Twenty-Second Twenty-Third Twenty-Fourth Twenty-Fifth

Wings (ANG) Groups (ANG) Squadrons (ANG) Civilian auxiliary: Civil Air Patrol

Personnel and
training

Uniforms and
equipment

History and
traditions

Category
Portal

USAAF Fourteenth Air Force in World War II

Previously: 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers" (Dec 1941-July 1942) China Air Task Force (July 1942-Mar 1943)

Airfields

China	Ankang Chanyi Chengkung Chengtu Chihkiang Hanchung Hankow Hsian Hsingching Huhsien Kanchow Kiangwan Kunming Kwanghan Kweilin Laifeng Laohwangping Loping Liangshan Liuchow Luliang Nanning Peishiyi Pungchacheng Shwangliu Suichwan Tsuyung Yangkai Yunnani

Units

Wings

Groups

Bombardment	308th Bombardment 341st Bombardment 402d Bombardment

Fighter	23d Fighter 33d Fighter 51st Fighter 81st Fighter 311th Fighter 476th Fighter

Transport	443d Troop Carrier

Squadrons

Combat Cargo	1st Combat Cargo 2d Combat Cargo 11th Combat Cargo

Night Fighter	426th Night Fighter 427th Night Fighter

Reconnaissance	21st Photographic Reconnaissance 35th Photographic Reconnaissance

Transport	322d Troop Carrier

United States Army Air Forces

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