9th Airlift Squadron
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![]() A 9th Airlift Squadron C-5B is marshalled out of its parking spot for a mission 8 March 2012
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Active | 1940–1946; 1949–1951; 1953–1963; 1965–1968; 1971–present |
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Role | Airlift |
Part of | Air Mobility Command |
Garrison/HQ | Dover Air Force Base, Delaware |
Nickname(s) | Proud Pelicans[ citation needed] |
Engagements |
American Theater of Operations Pacific Theater of Operations [1] |
Decorations |
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm [1] |
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9th Airlift Squadron emblem [note 2] |
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9th Troop Carrier Squadron emblem (approved 10 February 1943) [1] |
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The 9th Airlift Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force, part of the 436th Airlift Wing Air Mobility Command based at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. It operates C-5M Galaxy aircraft.
The 9th Airlift Squadron provides worldwide airlift to meet Department of Defense, Department of State and Presidential mobility requirements.
Constituted 9th Transport Squadron on 1 January 1938. Activated on 1 December 1940 at Patterson Field, OH with C-34. Moved to Brookley Field, AL, 18 September 1941, then to Camp Williams, WI, 24 May 1942. Redesignated 9th Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 July 1942. Relocated to Dodd Field, TX, c. 18 Sep 1942; Stuttgart, AR, 11 Nov 1942; Victorville, CA, 18 December 1942; Ft Sumner AAFld, NM, 4 Mar 1943; Lawson Field, GA, 7 May 1943; Grenada AAFld, MS, c. 3 Jun 1943-17 Jan 1944; Hickam Field, TH, 21 Feb 1944; Abemama Island, 27 Mar 1944; Saipan, 4 Aug 1944; Guam, Jul-15 Oct 1946. [1]
The squadron provided aerial transportation in Central, Western, and Southwestern Pacific, during World War II. Inactivated on 15 October 1946. [1]
Redesignated 9th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 10 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949 at Floyd Bennett NAS, NY, 27 June 1949 – 9 May 1951. Moved to Altus AFB, OK, 20 June 1953, with C-124. The 9th conducted replacement training through 1943, and subsequently aerial transportation in the Pacific Theater during World War II. [1]
It has provided worldwide airlift since 1953. The 9th resupplied scientific camps in Antarctica from 1959 to 1961, and 1965–1968. Relocated to Dover AFB, DE, 1 January 1965. Redesignated 9th Military Airlift Squadron on 8 January 1966. It also flew missions to Southeast Asia from 1965 to 1968 with C-141 Starlifters, discontinued, and inactivated, on 8 September 1968. Activated on 1 April 1971, with C-5 Galaxys. Participated in the evacuation of refugees from Southeast Asia in April 1975. The squadron supported operations in Grenada, 24 October 1983 – 11 December 1983; Panama, 19 December 1989 – 14 January 1990; and Southwest Asia, August 1990–July 1991. [1] Redesignated 9th Airlift Squadron on 1 December 1991. [1]
The last C-5B left the squadron on 12 March 2012. The 9th Airlift Squadron is now a C-5M Super Galaxy exclusive unit. [2]
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This article incorporates
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9th Airlift Squadron
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![]() A 9th Airlift Squadron C-5B is marshalled out of its parking spot for a mission 8 March 2012
[note 1] | |
Active | 1940–1946; 1949–1951; 1953–1963; 1965–1968; 1971–present |
Country | ![]() |
Branch | ![]() |
Role | Airlift |
Part of | Air Mobility Command |
Garrison/HQ | Dover Air Force Base, Delaware |
Nickname(s) | Proud Pelicans[ citation needed] |
Engagements |
American Theater of Operations Pacific Theater of Operations [1] |
Decorations |
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm [1] |
Insignia | |
9th Airlift Squadron emblem [note 2] |
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9th Troop Carrier Squadron emblem (approved 10 February 1943) [1] |
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The 9th Airlift Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force, part of the 436th Airlift Wing Air Mobility Command based at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. It operates C-5M Galaxy aircraft.
The 9th Airlift Squadron provides worldwide airlift to meet Department of Defense, Department of State and Presidential mobility requirements.
Constituted 9th Transport Squadron on 1 January 1938. Activated on 1 December 1940 at Patterson Field, OH with C-34. Moved to Brookley Field, AL, 18 September 1941, then to Camp Williams, WI, 24 May 1942. Redesignated 9th Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 July 1942. Relocated to Dodd Field, TX, c. 18 Sep 1942; Stuttgart, AR, 11 Nov 1942; Victorville, CA, 18 December 1942; Ft Sumner AAFld, NM, 4 Mar 1943; Lawson Field, GA, 7 May 1943; Grenada AAFld, MS, c. 3 Jun 1943-17 Jan 1944; Hickam Field, TH, 21 Feb 1944; Abemama Island, 27 Mar 1944; Saipan, 4 Aug 1944; Guam, Jul-15 Oct 1946. [1]
The squadron provided aerial transportation in Central, Western, and Southwestern Pacific, during World War II. Inactivated on 15 October 1946. [1]
Redesignated 9th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 10 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949 at Floyd Bennett NAS, NY, 27 June 1949 – 9 May 1951. Moved to Altus AFB, OK, 20 June 1953, with C-124. The 9th conducted replacement training through 1943, and subsequently aerial transportation in the Pacific Theater during World War II. [1]
It has provided worldwide airlift since 1953. The 9th resupplied scientific camps in Antarctica from 1959 to 1961, and 1965–1968. Relocated to Dover AFB, DE, 1 January 1965. Redesignated 9th Military Airlift Squadron on 8 January 1966. It also flew missions to Southeast Asia from 1965 to 1968 with C-141 Starlifters, discontinued, and inactivated, on 8 September 1968. Activated on 1 April 1971, with C-5 Galaxys. Participated in the evacuation of refugees from Southeast Asia in April 1975. The squadron supported operations in Grenada, 24 October 1983 – 11 December 1983; Panama, 19 December 1989 – 14 January 1990; and Southwest Asia, August 1990–July 1991. [1] Redesignated 9th Airlift Squadron on 1 December 1991. [1]
The last C-5B left the squadron on 12 March 2012. The 9th Airlift Squadron is now a C-5M Super Galaxy exclusive unit. [2]
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This article incorporates
public domain material from the
Air Force Historical Research Agency