29th Weapons Squadron, US Air Force
29TH WEAPONS SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 29 Transport Squadron on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 2 Mar 1942. Redesignated as 29 Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 Jul 1942. Inactivated on 22 Sep 1945. Activated on 30 Sep 1946. Redesignated as: 29 Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy on 30 Jul 1948; 29 Troop Carrier Squadron, Special on 1 Feb 1949. Inactivated on 18 Sep 1949. Redesignated as 29 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 26 Nov 1952. Activated on 1 Feb 1953. Inactivated on 8 Jun 1955. Activated on 15 Jun 1964. Organized on 1 Oct 1964. Redesignated as: 29 Troop Carrier Squadron on 1 Jan 1967; 29 Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 Aug 1967. Inactivated on 31 Oct 1970. Activated on 1 Apr 1971. Inactivated on 15 Nov 1971. Redesignated as 29 Weapons Squadron on 30 May 2003. Activated on 1 Jun 2003.
Included airborne assaults on Sicily, Italy, Normandy, Holland, and Germany, and aerial transportation in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) and the European Theater of Operations (ETO), during World War II. Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949. Tactical airlift in Southeast Asia, 1966-1970; dropped first 10,000- pound bombs in support of combat operations, dropping ten from 12-20 Dec 1968. In 1971 equipped with C-130E, trained, and became operational but was replaced by the 38 Tactical Airlift Squadron. Resumed C-130 operations in 2003.
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The Emblem was approved 28 October 2003.
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