The 177th Airlift Squadron (177 AS) is a unit of the

119th Wing The 119th Wing (119 WG) is a composite unit of the North Dakota Air National Guard, stationed at Fargo Air National Guard Base, North Dakota. If activated to federal service, elements of the Wing are gained by the United States Air Force Air Comb ...

of the

North Dakota Air National Guard The North Dakota Air National Guard (ND ANG) is the aerial militia of the North Dakota, State of North Dakota, United States. It's a reserve of the United States Air Force and along with the North Dakota Army National Guard is an element of the ...

, stationed at

Fargo Air National Guard Base Fargo Air National Guard Base is a United States Air National Guard facility located at Hector International Airport in Fargo, North Dakota. The 119th Wing is based at Fargo and operates the MQ-9A Reaper. History The North Dakota Air National ...

, North Dakota. The 177th is equipped with the C-21A Learjet.

Overview

The 177th Airlift Squadron accomplishes several missions including operational support airlift, transportation of distinguished visitors, and a responsive aeromedical airlift system to move eligible patients.

History

The squadron was authorized in 2008 and activated at

when the 178th Airlift Squadron of the 119th Airlift Wing was equipped with

MQ-1 Predator The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator (often referred to as the Predator drone) is an American remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) built by General Atomics that was used primarily by the United States Air Force (USAF) and Central Intelligence Agency ...

unmanned aerial vehicles. The 178th was redesignated the

178th Reconnaissance Squadron The 178th Attack Squadron (178 ATKS) is a unit of the North Dakota Air National Guard 119th Wing located at Fargo Air National Guard Base, North Dakota. The 178th is equipped with the MQ-9 Reaper. The squadron operates General Atomics MQ-9 Reape ...

and the C-21A Learjets it formerly operated being were transferred to the new 177th Airlift Squadron. Support equipment and personnel from the 178th were also reassigned to the 177th. In 2009, the 177th deployed to

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

in support of

Operation Iraqi Freedom The Iraq War (), also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition, which resulted in the overthrow of the Ba'athist governm ...

. It was the first deployment into a combat zone for a unit of the

. The squadron transported more than 400 service members during their two-month-long rotation in theater. They accomplished this by flying more than 200 sorties during 90 missions as part of the

379th Expeditionary Operations Group The 379th Expeditionary Operations Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces Central. It is the flying component of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, stationed at Al Udeid AB, Qatar. The Gro ...

Lineage

* Designated 177th Airlift Squadron, and allotted to North Dakota ANG, 2008 : Extended federal recognition and activated, 1 March 2008

Assignments

* 119th Operations Group, 1 March 2008 – present

Stations

* Fargo Air National Guard Base, North Dakota, 1 March 2008 – present

Aircraft

* C-21A Learjet, 2008–Present

References

External links

119th Wing Factsheet

Happy Hooligans complete final sortie in Iraq.
{{North Dakota Squadrons of the United States Air National Guard

176 Year 176 ( CLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Proculus and Aper (or, less frequently, year 929 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 176 for this year ha ...

Military units and formations in North Dakota