52nd Airlift Squadron, US Air Force
52ND AIRLIFT SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 52 Transport Squadron on 30 May 1942. Activated on 15 Jun 1942. Redesignated as 52 Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 Jul 1942. Disbanded on 14 Apr 1944. Reconstituted, and redesignated as 52 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 10 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949. Ordered to active service on 1 May 1951. Inactivated on 9 May 1951. Redesignated as 52 Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy, on 19 Mar 1953. Activated on 20 Jun 1953. Redesignated as 52 Military Airlift Squadron on 8 Jan 1966. Inactivated on 8 Feb 1969. Activated on 1 Jun 1988. Redesignated as 52 Airlift Squadron on 1 Jan 1992. Inactivated on 30 Sep 1992. Activated on 1 May 1994. Inactivated on 16 Sep 1997. Activated on 1 Oct 2009.
Replacement training, 1943-1944. Worldwide airlift, 1953-1969. Supported Project Deep Freeze in the Antarctic, 1956-1958. Worldwide airlift, 1988-1992, including airdrop of troops and equipment in Operation JUST CAUSE in Panama on 20 Dec 1989. Supported Operation Enduring Freedom, Aug 2010-.
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The Emblem was approved on 14 May 1943.
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