19th Airlift Squadron

The 19th Airlift Squadron (19 AS) was most recently part of the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, California. It operated C-12 Huron and C-21 aircraft providing executive airlift.

History

The 19th conducted aerial transportation in the Hawaiian Islands and to forward bases in the Pacific during World War II, during the Berlin Airlift from, July-August 1948, and between Japan and Korea from, 10 June 1952-27 July 1953. It provided intratheater airlift for high-ranking Pacific Air Forces and civilian officials and small mission-essential equipment from, 1984-1993.

Operations

World War II
Korean War

Previous designations

19th Transport Squadron (1940 - 1942)
19th Troop Carrier Squadron (1942 – 1952)
19th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1952 - 1984)
1403d Military Airlift Squadron (1984 – 1992)
19th Airlift Squadron (1992 – Present)

Assignments

7th Air Force (1941 – 1944)
VI Air Service Area Command (1944 – 1945)
Army Air Force, Middle Pacific( 1945 - 1946)
Pacific Air Command (1946)
Troop Carrier Group (1946)
374th Troop Carrier Wing (1946 - 1947)
Pacific Air Command (1947 - 1948)
9th Air Force (1948)
Attached: Airlift Task Force (Provisional) (July - 16 August 1948)
315th Troop Carrier Group (1952 - 1955)
316th Airlift Group (1984 - 1989)
374th Tactical Airlift Wing (1989 - 1993)
60th Air Mobility Wing (1993 - )

Bases stationed

Hickam Field, Hawaii (1941 - 1942)
John Rogers Airport, Hawaii (1942 – 1946)
Hickam Field, Hawaii (1946 - 1948)
Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas (1948)
Detachment Operated From: Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany (2 July - 28 August 1948)
Brady Air Base, Japan (1952 - 1955)
Yokota Air Base, Japan (1984 - 1993)
Travis Air Force Base, California (1993 – )

Aircraft Operated

C-33 (1941 - 1942)
C-53 Skytrooper (1942 - 1945)
C-57 (1943 – 1946)
C-47 Skytrain (1943 – 1946)
C-45 Expeditor (1944 - 1946)
C-54 Skymaster (1946 – 1948)
C-46 Commando (1946 – 1948, 1952 - 1954)
C-12 Huron (1984 – )
C-21 (1985 – )