327th Airlift Squadron

327th Airlift Squadron
327h Airlift Squadron patch
Active	11 April 1944 – 26 December 1945 29 May 1947 – 1 April 1951 14 June 1952 – 30 September 2007 13 July 2014
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Airlift
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command 22nd Air Force 913th Airlift Group
Garrison/HQ	Little Rock Air Force Base
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm

The 327th Airlift Squadron (327 AS) is part of the 913th Airlift Group at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. It operates C-130 Hercules aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission worldwide.

History

The 327th conducted aerial transportation in the China – Burma – India theater from, 28 August 1944 – c. 20 October 1945. It performed troop carrier training from, 1947 – 1951. It has supported airborne forces and performed worldwide airlift since 1952. The squadron deployed to Southwest Asia and performed airlift missions in support of the Gulf War, January – April 1991. The squadron deployed again in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and 2005-2006. It was inactivated on 30 September 2007 after a lengthy and controversial closure process. The 327th was reactivated at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas on 13 July 2014.

Lineage

Constituted 2d Combat Cargo Squadron on 11 April 1944

Activated on 15 April 1944

Redesignated 327th Troop Carrier Squadron on 31 October 1945

Inactivated on 26 December 1945

Activated in the reserve on 29 May 1947

Redesignated 327th 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: 327th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 July 1967

Redesignated: 327th Airlift Squadron on 1 February 1992

Inactivated on 30 September 2007

Activated on 13 July 2014

Assignments

1st Combat Cargo Group, 15 April 1944

Under operational control of Air Transport Command, 1 July – 9 September 1945

Fourteenth Air Force, 10 September – 26 December 1945
514th Troop Carrier Group, 29 May 1947
512th Troop Carrier Group, 2 September 1949 – 1 April 1951
512th Troop Carrier Group, 14 June 1952; 14 April 1959
913th Troop Carrier (later, 913th Tactical Airlift; 913th Airlift) Group, 11 February 1963
913th Operations Group, 1 August 1992 – 30 September 2007
913th Airlift Group, 13 July 2014

Stations

Bowman Field, Kentucky, 15 April – 3 August 1944
Sylet Airfield, India, 27 August 1944

Detachment operated from Yunnani Airfield, China, 11 – 18 September 1944

Tulihal Airfield, India, 22 November 1944
Tsuyung Airfield, China, 12 December 1944
Dohazari Airfield, India, 1 February 1945
Hathazari Airfield, India, 16 May 1945

Bhamo Airfield, Burma, 1 June 1945
Peishiyi Airfield, China, 10 September – 26 December 1945
Marietta Army Airfield, Georgia, 29 May 1947
Reading Municipal Airport, Pennsylvania, 2 September 1949
New Castle County Airport, Delaware, 1 May 1950 – 1 April 1951; 14 June 1952
Willow Grove Air Reserve Facility (later, Station), Pennsylvania, 20 July 1958 – 30 September 2007
Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, 13 July 2014

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 – 1969, 1970 – 1971)
C-130 Hercules (1970 – 2007)
C-130 Hercules (2014)

Patch (Aircraft Marking for the 2d Combat Cargo Squadron)

AIRCRAFT MARKING: On a medium blue disc, border yellow, a dexter hand holding five playing cards spread fanwise, all deuces of Spades, proper, as per record drawing. SIGNIFICANCE: The five deuces represent winners, while the "2's" indicate the Squadron's numerical design. The five cards symbolize the five flights of the squadron. Approved 17 July 1944 by Robert C. Jones, Colonel, Air Corps, Chief, Special Services Division, Office, Asst. Chief of Air Staff, Personnel.

327AS PNG

External links

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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