List of United States Air Force airlift squadrons

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This article lists the airlift squadrons of the United States Air Force. The purpose of an airlift squadron is to organize and effect the delivery of supplies or personnel, usually via military transport aircraft such as the C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules.

Airlift squadrons

SquadronShieldLocationNicknameAircraft FlownNote
1st Airlift Squadron
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Andrews AFB C-32, C-40 Active
2nd Airlift Squadron
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Pope Field Lancers C-130 Hercules Inactive
3rd Airlift Squadron
3d Airlift Squadron.jpg
Dover AFB C-17 Globemaster III Active
4th Airlift Squadron
4th Airlift Squadron Emblem.jpg
McChord AFB Fighting Fourth C-17 Globemaster III Active
6th Airlift Squadron
6th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Bully Beef Express C-17 Globemaster III Active
7th Airlift Squadron
7 Airlift Sq.jpg
McChord AFB Willing & Able C-17 Globemaster III Active
8th Airlift Squadron
8th Airlift Squadron.jpg
McChord AFB Workhorses C-17 Globemaster III Active
9th Airlift Squadron
9th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Dover AFB Pelicans C-5 Galaxy Active
10th Airlift Squadron
10th Airlift Squadron Badge.svg
McChord AFB Pathfinders C-17 Globemaster III Inactive
11th Airlift Squadron
11th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Scott AFB C-9A Nightingale Inactive
12th Airlift Flight
12th Airlift Flight.jpg
Langley AFB C-21 Inactive
14th Airlift Squadron
14 AS.jpg
Charleston AFB Pelicans C-17 Globemaster III Active
15th Airlift Squadron
15 AS.jpg
Charleston AFB Global Eagles C-17 Globemaster III Active
16th Airlift Squadron
16th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Charleston AFB Lions C-17 Globemaster III Active
17th Airlift Squadron
17 AS.jpg
Charleston AFB AAA Moving C-17 Globemaster III Inactive
19th Airlift Squadron 19th Airlift Squadron Emblem.png Travis AFB C-141B Starlifter Inactive
20th Airlift Squadron
20th Airlift Squadron - AMC - Emblem.png
Travis AFB C-141B Starlifter Inactive
21st Airlift Squadron
21st Airlift Squadron - Emblem.jpg
Travis AFB Beeliners C-17 Globemaster III Active
22nd Airlift Squadron
22d Airlift Squadron Emblem.jpg
Travis AFB Mulies C-5 Galaxy Active
30th Airlift Squadron
30th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Cheyenne Regional Airport C-130 Hercules Inactive
36th Airlift Squadron
36 Airlift Sq.jpg
Yokota AB Eagle Airlifters C-130J Super Hercules Active
37th Airlift Squadron
37 AS.jpg
Ramstein AB Blue Tail Flies C-130J Super Hercules Active
39th Airlift Squadron
39 AS.jpg
Dyess AFB Trailblazers C-130J Super Hercules Active
40th Airlift Squadron
40 Airlift Sq.jpg
Dyess AFB Screaming Eagles C-130J Super Hercules Active
41st Airlift Squadron
41 AS.jpg
Little Rock AFB Black Cats C-130J Super Hercules Active
42nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron Ramstein AB C-130J Super Hercules Inactive
45th Airlift Squadron
45 AS.jpg
Keesler AFB C-21 Inactive
47th Airlift Flight
47th Airlift Squadron Emblem.jpg
Wright-Patterson AFB C-21 Inactive
48th Airlift Squadron
48 AS.jpg
Little Rock AFB C-130J Super Hercules Inactive
50th Airlift Squadron
50th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Little Rock AFB Red Devils C-130 Hercules Inactive (now 50th Air Refueling Squadron)
52nd Airlift Squadron
52nd Airlift Squadron Emblem.jpg
Peterson AFB C-130H Active
53rd Airlift Squadron
53 Airlift Squadron.jpg
Little Rock AFB Black Jacks C-130 Hercules Active
54th Airlift Squadron
54th Airlift Flight.jpg
Scott AFB C-40C Active
55th Airlift Flight
55th Airlift Flight.jpg
Osan AB C-12 Huron Inactive
56th Airlift Squadron
56 Airlift Sq.jpg
Altus AFB C-5 Galaxy Inactive (now 56th Air Refueling Squadron)
57th Airlift Squadron
57th Airlift Squadron - Emblem.png
Altus AFB C-141B Starlifter Inactive
58th Airlift Squadron
58 AS.jpg
Altus AFB Rat Pack C-17 Globemaster III Active
61st Airlift Squadron
61st Airlift Squadron.jpg
Little Rock AFB Green Hornets C-130J Super Hercules Active
62nd Airlift Squadron
62 Airlift Squadron.jpg
Little Rock AFB Blue Barons C-130J Super Hercules Active
65th Airlift Squadron
65 Airlift Squadron.jpg
Hickam AFB C-40 Clipper Active
68th Airlift Squadron
68 Airlift Sq.jpg
Lackland Air Force Base C-5 Galaxy AFRC
73rd Airlift Squadron
73d Airlift Squadron.jpg
Scott AFB C-40 Clipper Active
75th Airlift Squadron
75th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Ramstein AB C-9 Nightingale Inactive
76th Airlift Squadron
76 Airlift Sq.jpg
Ramstein AB C-21, C-37 Active
89th Airlift Squadron
89th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Wright-Patterson AFB Rhinos C-17 Globemaster III AFRC
95th Airlift Squadron
95th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Pope AFB Flying Badgers C-130 Hercules Inactive
96th Airlift Squadron
96th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Minneapolis-Saint Paul IAP Flying Vikings C-130 Hercules AFRC
97th Airlift Squadron
97 Airlift Squadron.jpg
McChord AFB Fightin' Roos C-17 Globemaster III Active
99th Airlift Squadron
99th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Andrews AFB C-37 Active
105th Airlift Squadron 105th Airlift Squadron.svg Berry Field Air National Guard Base, Tennessee Air National Guard Music C-130H Hercules Inactive (now 105th Attack Squadron)
109th Airlift Squadron 109th Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Minneapolis–Saint Paul Joint Air Reserve Station C-130H Hercules Minnesota ANG
115th Airlift Squadron 115 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Channel Islands Air National Guard Station C-130 Hercules California ANG
118th Airlift Squadron 118 Fighter Squadron emblem.svg Bradley Air National Guard Base C-130 Hercules Connecticut ANG
130th Airlift Squadron 130 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Yeager Airport Mountaineers C-130J Super Hercules West Virginia ANG
135th Airlift Squadron 135 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Warfield Air National Guard BaseBaltimore's Best C-130J Super Hercules Inactive
136th Airlift Squadron 136 Air Refueling Squadron emblem.svg Niagara Falls IAP "New York's Finest" C-130 Hercules Inactive (now 136th Attack Squadron)
137th Airlift Squadron 137 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Stewart ANGB Hudson Haulers C-17 Globemaster III New York ANG
139th Airlift Squadron 139th Military Airlift Squadron - Emblem.png Stratton ANGB LC-130H Hercules New York ANG
142nd Airlift Squadron 142 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg New Castle Air National Guard Base C-130H Hercules Delaware ANG
143rd Airlift Squadron 143 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Quonset Point Air National Guard Station C-130J Super Hercules Rhode Island ANG
144th Airlift Squadron 144 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson C-17 Globemaster III Alaska ANG
155th Airlift Squadron 155 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Memphis IAP Memphis Belle C-17 Globemaster III Tennessee ANG
156th Airlift Squadron 156 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Charlotte/Douglas IAP First in Flight C-17 Globemaster III North Carolina ANG
158th Airlift Squadron 158 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Savannah/Hilton Head IAP Savannah Guard Dogs C-130J Super Hercules Georgia ANG
164th Airlift Squadron 164 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base C-130 Hercules Inactive
165th Airlift Squadron 165 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Louisville IAP Thoroughbred Express C-130J Super Hercules Kentucky ANG
167th Airlift Squadron 167 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base C-17 Globemaster III West Virginia ANG
169th Airlift Squadron 169th Airlift Squadron insignia AFD-080129-092.svg Peoria Air National Guard Base C-130 Hercules Illinois ANG
178th Airlift Squadron 178 Fighter Squadron emblem.svg Hector International Airport North Dakota ANG C-21 Learjet Inactive (now 178th Attack Squadron)
180th Airlift Squadron 180 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Rosecrans Memorial Airport Pony Express C-130 Hercules Missouri ANG
181st Airlift Squadron 181 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth C-130H Hercules Texas ANG
183d Airlift Squadron 183 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Jackson-Evers IAP Wings of the Deep South C-17 Globemaster III Mississippi ANG
187th Airlift Squadron 187 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Cheyenne Air National Guard Base C-130 Hercules Wyoming ANG
189th Airlift Squadron
189th Airlift Squadron emblem.jpg
Gowen Field C-130 Hercules Idaho ANG
192d Airlift Squadron 192 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Reno/Tahoe IAP High Rollers C-130 Hercules Nevada ANG
198th Airlift Squadron 198 Fighter Squadron emblem.svg Luis Muñoz Marín IAP Buccaneros C-130 Hercules Inactive Puerto Rico ANG
200th Airlift Squadron 200 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Peterson AFB Bobcats C-21 Inactive Colorado ANG
201st Airlift Squadron 201 Airlift Squadron emblem.svg Andrews AFB C-40 Clipper District of Columbia ANG
204th Airlift Squadron
204th Airlift Squadron emblem.jpg
Hickam Air Force Base Owls C-17 Globemaster III Hawaii ANG
249th Airlift Squadron
249th Airlift Squadron emblem.jpg
Elmendorf AFB C-17 Globemaster III Inactive Alaska ANG
300th Airlift Squadron
300th Airlift Squadron.png
Charleston AFB C-17 Globemaster III AFRC
301st Airlift Squadron
301st Airlift Squadron.png
Travis AFB C-17 Globemaster III AFRC
309th Airlift Squadron
309th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Chievres AB C-37 Inactive
310th Airlift Squadron
310th Airlift Squadron.jpg
MacDill AFB C-37 Inactive (now 310th Special Operations Squadron)
311th Airlift Squadron
311th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Peterson AFB C-21 Inactive
312th Airlift Squadron
312th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Travis AFB C-5 Galaxy AFRC
313th Airlift Squadron
313th Airlift Squadron.png
McChord AFB C-17 Globemaster III AFRC
317th Airlift Squadron
317 Airlift Sq.jpg
Charleston AFB First in Reserve C-17 Globemaster III AFRC
326th Airlift Squadron
326th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Dover AFB Flying Bunnies C-17 Globemaster III AFRC
327th Airlift Squadron
327th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Little Rock AFB C-130 Hercules AFRC
328th Airlift Squadron
328th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Niagara Falls IAP C-130 Hercules Inactive (now 328th Air Refueling Squadron)
337th Airlift Squadron
337 AS new patch.jpg
Westover ARB Patriot Wing C-5 Galaxy AFRC
356th Airlift Squadron
356 Airlift Squadron.jpg
Lackland AFB C-5 Galaxy AFRC
357th Airlift Squadron
357th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Maxwell AFB Deliverance C-130 Hercules AFRC
457th Airlift Squadron
457th Airlift Squadron - Emblem.png
Andrews AFB C-21 Inactive
458th Airlift Squadron
458th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Scott AFB C-21 Acttive
459th Airlift Squadron
459 airlift sq.jpg
Yokota Air Base C-12 Huron
C-21 UH-1 Iroquois
Active
517th Airlift Squadron
517th Airlift Squadron.svg
Elmendorf AFB Firebirds C-12 Huron
C-17 Globemaster III
Active
535th Airlift Squadron
535th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Hickam Air Force Base TIGERS C-17 Globemaster III Active
700th Airlift Squadron
700 Airlift Sq.jpg
Dobbins ARB C-130 Hercules AFRC
701st Airlift Squadron
701st Airlift Squadron.svg
Charleston AFB Turtles C-17 Globemaster III AFRC
707th Airlift Squadron
707 Airlift Sq emblem.png
Charleston AFB Rooks Defense C-141 Starlifter Inactive
709th Airlift Squadron
709th Airlift Squadron.png
Dover AFB C-5 Galaxy AFRC
728th Airlift Squadron
728 Airlift Squadron.jpg
McChord AFB Flying Knights C-17 Globemaster III AFRC
729th Airlift Squadron
729th Airlift Squadron.png
March ARB Pegasus C-17 Globemaster III AFRC
730th Airlift Squadron
730th Airlift Squadron.png
March ARB C-17 Globemaster III Inactive (now 730th Air Mobility Training Squadron)
731st Airlift Squadron
731st Airlift Squadron.png
Peterson AFB C-130 Hercules AFRC
732nd Airlift Squadron
732d Airlift Squadron - Emblem.png
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Rams C-17 Globemaster III AFRC
757th Airlift Squadron
757th Airlift Squadron.png
Youngstown ARS Blue Tigers C-130 Hercules AFRC
758th Airlift Squadron
758th Airlift Squadron.jpg
Pittsburgh IAP C-17 Globemaster III AFRC
772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron
772d Expeditionary Airlift Squadron - Emblem.png
C-130J Inactive
773rd Airlift Squadron
773 Airlift Sq.jpg
Youngstown ARS Fleagles C-130 Hercules Inactive
774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron
774 Expeditionary Airlift Sq emblem.png
C-130 Inactive
815th Airlift Squadron
815th Airlift Squadron.png
Keesler AFB Jennies C-130J AFRC
816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron
816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron - Emblem -2.png
C-17 Globemaster III Inactive
817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron
817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron - Emblem.png
C-17 Globemaster III Inactive

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