777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron

777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron

A C-130 Hercules if the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron is marshaled into position at Joint Base Balad, Iraq
Active 1943-1945; 1953-1971; 2000s (decade)
Country  United States
Branch  United States Air Force
Role Airlift
Insignia
Patch with Emblem 777th Troop Carrier Squadron emblem (approved 16 April 1958)[1]
Tail Code 1968-1971 PB

The 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force squadron activated after 11 September 2001, being engaged in the Global War on Terrorism. Its current status is undetermined.

Previously, the squadron was a Tactical Air Command Tactical Airlift squadron, assigned to the 464th Tactical Airlift Wing, stationed at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. It was inactivated on 31 August. During World War II, the 777th Bombardment Squadron was a B-24 Liberator heavy bomb squadron which saw combat with Fifteenth Air Force stationed in Italy, assigned to the 464th Bombardment Group.

History

World War II

Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber squadron in mid-1943, trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO), October 1943, becoming a Fifteenth Air Force heavy bomb squadron, attacking enemy targets both in the MTO and European Theater of Operations (ETO). After end of war in Europe, used B-24s for transport of personnel from various points in Europe to Waller Field, Trinidad, being attached to Air Transport Command. Inactivated 31 July 1945.

Tactical Air Command

Reactivated as a Tactical Air Command theater transport squadron, 1953. Performed Troop Carrier missions using tactical transport aircraft until 1971 when inactivated.

Expeditionary unit

Subdued desert patch of the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron

Activated as a C-130 Hercules airlift squadron as part of the Global War on Terrorism after 9 September 2001.

Lineage

Activated on 1 August 1943
Inactivated on 31 July 1945
Redesignated 777th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 14 November 1945 (Remained inactive)
Redesignated 777th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 15 December 1952
Redesignated: 777th Troop Carrier Squadron, Assault on 1 December 1958
Redesignated: 777th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 8 January 1964
Redesignated: 777th Troop Carrier Squadron on 1 March 1966
Redesignated: 777th Troop Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 May 1967
Inactivated on 31 August 1971 Assets absorbed by 39th Tactical Airlift Squadron.
Assigned to Air Mobility Command to activate or inactivate at any time.

Assignments

Attached to Air Transport Command, 15 June-31 July 1945

Stations

Aircraft

References

Notes

  1. Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. pp. 750–751. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
  2. "Factsheet 315 Air Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 12 October 2007. Archived from the original on October 30, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2014.

Bibliography

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