337th Airlift Squadron

337th Airlift Squadron
337th Airlift Squadron
	A 337th C-5A Galaxy loading a US Navy CH-53 Super Stallion at Davis-Monthan AFB in 2005
Active	1949-1953; 1953-1957; 1958-present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Airlift
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ	Westover Air Reserve Base
Motto(s)	Non Ducor Duco Latin I Am Not Led, I Lead
Engagements	Operation Just Cause
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award ; Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
Insignia
337th Airlift Squadron emblem (approved 11 July 1996)
337th Airlift Squadron emblem (c. 1994)
Aircraft flown
Transport	C-5M Super Galaxy

Last updated May 17, 2022

The 337th Airlift Squadron is a United States Air Force Reserve squadron, part of the 439th Airlift Wing at Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts. It operates C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission worldwide. If mobilized, the wing is gained by Air Mobility Command.

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.^[2]

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, Alabama. Ordered to active service on 1 May 1951.^[1] 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 from, 1951–1953, airlifting U.S. airborne forces 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.^[1]

Redesignated 337th Military Airlift Squadron on 1 Oct 1987. At the end of 1989, the 337th took part in Operation Just Cause, flying troops and equipment to Panama. Redesignated 337th Airlift Squadron on 1 February 1992.^[1] They provide communications, engineering, logistical, medical and security requirement.^[1]

The group received its first C-5M Super Galaxy on June 2, 2017. Marking the first of eight for the unit.^[3] On September 7, 2017 the unit's last C-5A left Westover for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona for retirement.^[4]

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^[1]

Assignments

514th Troop Carrier Group, 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, 1 August 1992 – present^[1]

Stations

Birmingham Municipal Airport, Alabama, 26 June 1949
Mitchel Air Force Base, 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
Westover Air Force Base (later Westover Air Reserve Base), Massachusetts, 1 April 1966 – present^[1]

Aircraft

Curtiss C-46 Commando (1949–1953, 1953–1954)
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (1952–1953, 1954–1957, 1958–1965)
Douglas C-124 Globemaster II (1965–1970, 1970–1974)
Lockheed C-130 Hercules (1974–1988)
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (1987–2017)^[1]
Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy (2017–present)^[3]

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References

Notes

↑ This emblem was originally approved for the 337th Troop Carrier Squadron on a shield. It was later placed on a disc to comply with requirements for squadron emblems.

Citations

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Haulman, Daniel L. (December 10, 2007). "Factsheet 337 Airlift Squadron (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
↑ "337 Airlift Squadron" (PDF). USAF Unit Histories.
1 2 "First Patriot Wing C-5M joins flight line" . Retrieved 28 March 2020.
↑ "C-5A departs Westover ARB for retirement" . Retrieved 28 March 2020.

Bibliography

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/ .

Cantwell, Gerald T. (1997). Citizen Airmen: a History of the Air Force Reserve, 1946-1994 . Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program. ISBN 0-16049-269-6 . Retrieved December 17, 2016.
Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977 . Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9 . Retrieved December 17, 2016.

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[2] This emblem was originally approved for the 337th Troop Carrier Squadron on a shield. It was later placed on a disc to comply with requirements for squadron emblems.

[337ASfacts-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Haulman, Daniel L. (December 10, 2007). "Factsheet 337 Airlift Squadron (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved July 31, 2017.

[3] "337 Airlift Squadron" (PDF). USAF Unit Histories.

[337ASC5M-4] 1 2 "First Patriot Wing C-5M joins flight line" . Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[5] "C-5A departs Westover ARB for retirement" . Retrieved 28 March 2020.

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