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Received the Air Force Reserve Aircrew of the Year award twice
The 300th Airlift Squadron (300 AS ) is part of the 315th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base , South Carolina . It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission world wide.
Mission
Train and equip C-17 aircrews for global air-land and airdrop operations.
History
During World War II the 300th airlifted military supplies from India to Allied forces in Burma and China in 1943. It flew airlift missions within Japan and to Southeast Asia from 1952-1955. 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.
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 .
Operations
1991 mobilized for the Gulf War
Previous designations
100th Transport Squadron (1943–1952)
100th Air Transport Squadron, Medium (1952–1969)
300th Military Airlift Squadron (Associate) (1969–1992)
300th Airlift Squadron (Associate) (1992–1994)
300th Airlift Squadron (1994 – Present)
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=300th_Airlift_Squadron&oldid=520739824 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● M i l i t a r y u n i t s a n d f o r m a t i o n s i n S o u t h C a r o l i n a ● A i r l i f t s q u a d r o n s o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s A i r F o r c e H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n m a t c h e s W i k i d a t a ● P o r t a l t e m p l a t e s w i t h r e d l i n k e d p o r t a l s ● P a g e s w i t h e m p t y p o r t a l t e m p l a t e
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 3 1 O c t o b e r 2 0 1 2 , a t 1 2 : 5 1 ( U T C ) . ● T h i s v e r s i o n o f t h e p a g e h a s b e e n r e v i s e d . B e s i d e s n o r m a l e d i t i n g , t h e r e a s o n f o r r e v i s i o n m a y h a v e b e e n t h a t t h i s v e r s i o n c o n t a i n s f a c t u a l i n a c c u r a c i e s , v a n d a l i s m , o r m a t e r i a l n o t c o m p a t i b l e w i t h t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
