328th Airlift Squadron

328th Air Refueling Squadron
A squadron C-130 Hercules is loaded with water to support Hurricane Sandy relief efforts
Active 1944–1945; 1949–1951; 1952–present
Country United States
Branch  United States Air Force
Role Airlift
Part of Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ Niagara Falls International Airport
Engagements China-Burma-India Theater
Decorations Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm[1]
Insignia
328th Airlift Squadron emblem (approved 23 September 1998)[1]
328th Airlift Squadron emblem (1996) (approved 28 July 1944, modified 1996)[2]
328th Troop Carrier Squadron emblem
3d Combat Cargo Squadron emblem[note 1]

The 328th Airlift Squadron is part of the 914th Air Refueling Wing at Niagara Falls International Airport, New York. It operates KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft supporting the United States Air Force rapid global mobility mission worldwide.

History

World War II

The 328th transported personnel and supplies, primarily to forward areas, and evacuated casualties in the China-Burma-India Theater from 16 September 1944 to 11 November 1945.[1]

Initial reserve operations and activation for Korean War

It performed troop carrier training from 1949 until it was mobilized for the Korean War in April 1951.[1]

Reserve airlift operations

It has supported airborne forces and performed worldwide airlift since 1952. The squadron deployed to Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War and in Southwest Asia during the Gulf War.[1]

Operations

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 3d Combat Cargo Squadron on 11 April 1944
Activated on 15 April 1944
Redesignated 328th Troop Carrier Squadron on 29 September 1945
Inactivated on 20 December 1945
  • Redesignated 328th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 4 August 1949
Activated in the reserve 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 service on 28 November 1962
Redesignated 328th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 July 1967
Redesignated 328th Airlift Squadron on 1 February 1992[1]
Redesignated 328th Air Refueling Squadron on 1 February 2017

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Maurer says that the emblem used by the 328th Troop Carrier Squadron was the one approved in 1944 for the 3d Combat Cargo Squadron. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 20. The 2007 AFHRA Factsheet says the current emblem is a modification of the 1944 emblem. Whether approved or not, it appears that the 3d Combat Cargo Squadron used a variation of the Horseshoe Emblem in the CBI Theater. Each was used by the 328th Airlift Squadron, modified to comply with regulations current at the time, the emblem of the 328th Troop Carrier Squadron was placed on a disc in 1996, and when the Horseshoe Emblem was restored in 1998, it was revised so that the wings were within the disc.
Citations
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Factsheet 328 Airlift Squadron (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 20

Bibliography

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

  • Cantwell, Gerald T. (1997). Citizen Airmen: a History of the Air Force Reserve, 1946–1994 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program. ISBN 0-16049-269-6. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
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