The 58th Airlift Squadron is part of the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft training pilots for airlift and airdrop operations.

Mission

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History

Constituted as 58 Troop Carrier Squadron on 12 Nov 1942. Activated on 18 Nov 1942 with

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s at Bowman Field, KY. The 58th conducted aerial transportation in

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, and participated in the

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assault on Nadzab, New Guinea, on 5 September 1943 during

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. The 58th were inactivated on 25 March 1946. Activated in the Reserve on 28 June 1947. Redesignated as 58 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 27 June 1949. Inactivated on 3 Oct 1950. Redesignated as 58 Military Airlift Squadron, Special, and activated, on 27 December 1965. Organized on 8 January 1966. Redesignated as 58 Military Airlift Squadron on 8 January 1967, operating C-141 Starlifters. Inactivated on 15 August 1971. Activated on 1 September 1977. Redesignated as 58 Airlift Squadron on 1 Jun 1992. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1993. Activated on 30 Jan 1996. The 58th provided global airlift from 1966–1971 and from 1977–1993. When it was organized in January 1966, it absorbed the personnel and equipment of the

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.' It has conducted C-17 aircrew training since 30 Jan 1996, when the stood-up as an Air Education and Training Command squadron. In September 2005, the 58th helped the victims in Louisiana form Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. They flew over 25 missions helping to supply essential equipment and supplies. In 2008 the squadron was again called upon to perform multiple evacuations from the Gulf Coast ahead of Hurricanes Gustav and

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. Sixty percent of the squadron members participated in the effort, flying 55 missions and moving over 1 million pounds of cargo and equipment while evacuating 315 personnel and 100 patients.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 58th Troop Carrier Squadron on 12 November 1942 : Activated on 18 November 1942 : Inactivated on 25 March 1946 * Activated in the Reserve on 28 June 1947 : Redesignated 58th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 27 June 1949 : Inactivated on 3 October 1950 * Redesignated 58th Military Airlift Squadron, Special and activated on 27 December 1965 (not organized) : Organized on 8 January 1966 : Redesignated 58th Military Airlift Squadron on 8 January 1967 : Inactivated on 15 August 1971 * Activated on 1 September 1977 : Redesignated 58th Airlift Squadron on 1 June 1992 : Inactivated on 1 October 1993 : Activated on 30 January 1996

Assignments

375th Troop Carrier Group 375th may refer to: * 375th Air Mobility Wing, unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Eighteenth Air Forcestationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois *375th Bombardment Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit * 375th Fighter Squadr ...

, 18 November 1942 – 25 March 1946 *

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, 28 June 1947 * 375th Troop Carrier Group, 30 September 1947 – 3 October 1950 *

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(later Military Airlift Command), 27 December 1965 (not organized) *

63d Military Airlift Wing The 63d Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional unit of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to Air Mobility Command to activate or inactivate as needed. No publicly available information indicates it has been active as an expeditionary u ...

, 8 January 1966 *

436th Military Airlift Wing The 436th Airlift Wing is an active United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to Air Mobility Command's Eighteenth Air Force, and is based at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Known as the "Eagle Wing", the 436th consists of the operations, ...

, 1 July 1966 – 15 August 1971 *

435th Tactical Airlift Wing The 435th Air Ground Operations Wing is an active unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe. It is stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The current commander is Colonel Bryan T. Callahan, who too ...

, 1 September 1977 *

322d Airlift Division The 322d Airlift Division (322d AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Military Airlift Command, assigned to Twenty-First Air Force, being stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It was inactivated ...

, 23 June 1978 * 608th Military Airlift Group, 1 August 1983 * 86th Operations Group, 1 June 1992 – 1 October 1993 *

97th Operations Group The 97th Operations Group (97 OG) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 97th Air Mobility Wing of Air Education and Training Command . It is stationed at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Col. Cornelius Walter "Connie" Cousland served ...

, 30 January 1996 – present

Stations

* Bowman Field, KY, 18 November 1942 * Sedalia AAFld, MO, 24 January 1943 * Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC, 6 May 1943 * Baer Field, IN, 1 – 17 June 1943 * Port Moresby, New Guinea, c. 10 July 1943 * Dobodura, New Guinea, 19 August 1943 * Port Moresby, New Guinea, 21 December 1943 * Nadzab, New Guinea, 22 April 1944 * Biak, 25 September 1944 * San Jose, Mindoro, 1 March 1945 * Porac, Luzon, 20 May 1945 * Okinawa, 20 August 1945 * Tachikawa, Japan, c. 20 September 1945 – 25 March 1946 * Youngstown Muni Airport, OH, 28 June 1947 * Greater Pittsburgh Airport, PA, 27 June 1949 – 3 October 1950 * Robins AFB, GA, 8 January 1966 – 15 August 1971 * Ramstein AB, Germany, 1 September 1977 – 1 October 1993 * Altus AFB, OK, 30 January 1996 – present

Aircraft

C-47 Skytrain The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (Royal Air Force, RAF, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, Royal Canadian Air Force, RCAF, Royal New Zealand Air Force, RNZAF, and South African Air Force, SAAF designation) is a airlift, military transport ai ...

(1942–1945) *

B-17 Flying Fortress The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Relatively fast and high-flying for a bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater ...

(1944) * C-46 Commando (1944–1946, 1949–1950) * AT-6 Harvard II (1948) * AT-11 Kansas (1948) *

C-124 Globemaster II The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", is an American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California. The C-124 was the primary heavy-lift transport for United States Air Force (USAF ...

(1966–1967) * C-141 Starlifter (1967–1971) * VC-140 (1977–1986) * VC-135 (1977–1993) * CT-39 Sabreliner (1978–1983) *

C-12 Huron The Beechcraft C-12 Huron is the military designation for a series of twin-engine turboprop aircraft based on the Beechcraft Super King Air and Beechcraft 1900. C-12 variants are used by the United States Air Force, United States Army, United ...

(1978–1993) * C-21 (1984–1993) * C-20 (1987–1993) * T-43 (1988–1993) * C-17 Globemaster III (1996–Present)

Operations

References

Notes

; Explanatory notes ; Citations
58th Airlift Squadron Fact Sheet
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