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300th Airlift Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	300th Airlift Squadron
image	US Air Force 060516-f-9456c- 044 U.S. opens Berlin Airlift Show with "Spirit".jpg
image_size	290px
caption	A Charleston C-17 Globemaster III at the Berlin Airshow
dates	1943; 1952–1955; 1969–present
country	United States
branch
role	Airlift
command_structure	Air Force Reserve Command
garrison	Charleston Air Force Base
nickname	South Carolina Volunteers
motto	Ad Astra Latin To the Stars
decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
identification_symbol	[[File:300 Military Airlift Sq emblem.png	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	300 Military Airlift Sq emblem (approved 25 June 1996)
identification_symbol_2	[[File:300th Airlift Squadron.png	160px]]
identification_symbol_2_label	300th Military Airlift Squadron emblem (approved 1 August 1978, restored 13 November 2007)

South Carolina Privateers Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm

The 300th Airlift Squadron is part of the 315th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. It operates Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission worldwide.

Mission

Train and equip C-17 aircrews for global air-land and airdrop operations.

History

World War II

During World War II the 300th airlifted military supplies from India to Allied forces in Burma and China in 1943.

Military Air Transport Service

It flew airlift missions within Japan and to Southeast Asia from 1952 to 1955. The squadron airlifted US ex-prisoners of war from Japan to the U.S. following the Korean War and transported French troops wounded in the First Indochina War from Japan to France and Algeria in 1954.

Air Force Reserve

It has flown worldwide airlift missions since 1969. Specifically, the 300th airlifted U.S. troops to Grenada and U.S. students from Grenada to the U.S. in 1983 and supported the 1989 contingency operation in Panama. Received the Air Force Reserve Aircrew of the Year award twice.

Operations

World War II
Operation Urgent Fury
Operation Just Cause 1991 mobilized for the Gulf War

Lineage

; 100th Air Transport Squadron

Constituted as the 100th Transport Squadron on 4 June 1943 : Activated on 21 June 1943 : Disbanded on 1 December 1943
Reconstituted and redesignated 100th Air Transport Squadron, Medium on 20 June 1952 : Activated on 20 July 1952 : Inactivated on 25 October 1955
Consolidated with the 300th Military Airlift Squadron as the 300th Military Airlift Squadron on 19 September 1985

; 300th Airlift Squadron

Constituted as the 300th Military Airlift Squadron (Associate) on 31 July 1969 : Activated in the reserve on 25 September 1969 : Consolidated with the 100th Air Transport Squadron on 19 September 1985 : Redesignated 300th Airlift Squadron (Associate) on 1 February 1992 : Redesignated 300th Airlift Squadron on 1 October 1994

Assignments

29th Transport Group, 21 June – 1 December 1943
1503d Air Transport Wing, 20 July 1952
1611th Air Transport Group, 9–25 October 1955
943d Military Airlift Group, 25 September 1969
315th Military Airlift Wing (later 315th Airlift Wing), 1 July 1973
315th Operations Group, 1 August 1992 – present

Stations

Sookerating Airfield, India, 21 June – 1 December 1943
Haneda Air Base (later Tokyo International Airport), Japan, 20 Jul 1952 – 8 Oct 1955
McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, 9–25 October 1955
Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, 25 September 1969 – present

Aircraft

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (1943)
Curtiss C-46 Commando (1943)
Douglas C-54 Skymaster (1952–1955)
Lockheed C-141 Starlifter (1969–1997)
McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III (1997–present)

References

; Notes

Bibliography

References

(5 June 2009). "Factsheet 300 Airlift Squadron (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.

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