The 337th Airlift Squadron is a

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squadron, part of the

439th Airlift Wing The 439th Airlift Wing (439 AW) is an active United States Air Force Reserve unit. It is assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command, Fourth Air Force, and is based at Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts. The peacetime mission includes re ...

at Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts. It operates C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft supporting the

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global reach mission worldwide. If mobilized, the wing is gained by

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Mission

The 337th Airlift Squadron airlifted U.S. airborne forces, military equipment and supplies as needed during Korean War, 1951–1953. The squadron also flew airlift missions worldwide, 1953–1989. At the end of 1989, it took part in Operation Just Cause, flying troops and equipment to Panama.

History

The 337th was constituted as 337 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 10 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 26 June 1949 at Birmingham Municipal Airport,

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. Ordered to active service on 1 May 1951. Inactivated on 1 February 1953. Activated in the Reserve on 1 April 1953. The 337th served on active duty within the United States during

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

from, 1951–1953, airlifting U.S.

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and military equipment and supplies as needed. Inactivated on 1 July 1957. Activated in the Reserve on 8 July 1958. Relocated to Westover AFB (later, ARB), MA, redesignated 337th Military Airlift Squadron on 1 Apr 1966; 337 Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 April 1972. Redesignated 337th Military Airlift Squadron on 1 Oct 1987. At the end of 1989, the 337th took part in

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, flying troops and equipment to Panama. Redesignated 337th Airlift Squadron on 1 February 1992. They provide communications, engineering, logistical, medical and security requirement. The group received its first C-5M Super Galaxy on 2 June 2017. Marking the first of eight for the unit. On 7 September 2017 the unit's last C-5A left Westover for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona for retirement.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 337th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 10 May 1949 : Activated in the reserve on 26 June 1949 : Ordered to active service on 1 May 1951 : Inactivated on 1 February 1953 * Activated in the reserve on 1 April 1953 : Inactivated on 1 July 1957. * Activated in the reserve on 8 July 1958 : Redesignated 337th Military Airlift Squadron on 1 April 1966 : Redesignated 337th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 April 1972 : Redesignated 337th Military Airlift Squadron on 1 October 1987 : Redesignated 337th Airlift Squadron on 1 February 1992

Assignments

514th Troop Carrier Group 514th may refer to: * 514th Air Defense Group, disbanded United States Air Force (USAF) organization * 514th Air Mobility Wing, wing of the United States Air Force based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey * 514th Fighter-Intercepto ...

, 26 June 1949 – 1 February 1953 * 514th Troop Carrier Group, 1 April 1953 – 1 July 1957 * 514th Troop Carrier Group, 8 Jul 1958 * 514th Troop Carrier Wing, 14 April 1959 * 905th Troop Carrier Group (later 905th Military Airlift Group, 905th Tactical Airlift Group), 17 Jan 1963 * 439th Tactical Airlift Wing (later 439th Military Airlift Wing 439th Airlift Wing), 1 April 1974 *

439th Operations Group The 439th Operations Group is an active United States Air Force Reserve unit. It is the flying component of the Twenty-Second Air Force 439th Airlift Wing, stationed at Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts. The unit's World War II predeces ...

, 1 August 1992 – present

Stations

* Birmingham Municipal Airport, Alabama, 26 June 1949 *

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, New York, 10 October 1949 – 1 February 1953 * Mitchel Air Force Base, New York, 1 April 1953 – 1 July 1957 * Bradley Field, Connecticut, 8 July 1958 *

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(later Westover Air Reserve Base), Massachusetts, 1 April 1966 – present

Aircraft

Curtiss C-46 Commando The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a low-wing, twin-engine aircraft derived from the Curtiss CW-20 pressurized high-altitude airliner design. Early press reports used the name "Condor III" but the Commando name was in use by early 1942 in company p ...

(1949–1953, 1953–1954) *

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) is an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, Litter (rescue basket), litte ...

(1952–1953, 1954–1957, 1958–1965) *

Douglas C-124 Globemaster II The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", is a retired 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 Forc ...

(1965–1970, 1970–1974) *

Lockheed C-130 Hercules The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed Corporation, Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 w ...

(1974–1988) *

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed Corporation, Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin. It provides the United States Air Force (USAF) with a heavy ...

(1987–2017) * Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy (2017–present)

References

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External links

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