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This article lists the aerial port squadrons of the United States Air Force.The purpose of an aerial port squadron is to arrange and carry out Air Force logistical functions such as processing cargo, loading equipment, rigging for airdrop, and packing parachutes.
8th Air Support Operations Squadron: Aviano Air Base, Italy: 173rd Airborne Brigade: Active 9th Air Support Operations Squadron: Fort Hood, Texas: 1st Cavalry Division: Active 10th Air Support Operations Squadron: Fort Riley, Kansas: 1st Infantry Division: Active 11th Air Support Operations Squadron: Fort Hood, Texas: 3d Armored Cavalry ...
8th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron (C-130) 624th Aerial Port Squadron (C-130/C-141) 3d Tactical Fighter Wing*, 16 September 1974 – 19 December 1991 3rd Civil Engineering Squadron; 3rd Security Police Group 3rd Security Police Squadron; 3rd Law Enforcement Squadron; 6009 Security Police Training Squadron
The 8th Air Support Operations Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit that was last stationed at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Its first predecessor served during World War II , participating in the amphibious landings in Normandy on D-Day as the 8th Tactical Air Communications Squadron .
The 8th is one of the oldest units in the United States Air Force, being organized as the 8th Aero Squadron on 21 June 1917 at Camp Kelly, Texas. The squadron deployed to France and fought on the Western Front during World War I , equipped with United States-built Dayton-Wright DH-4 , as reconnaissance aircraft.
Eighth Air Force is one of two active duty numbered air forces in the Air Force Global Strike Command. Eighth Air Force, with headquarters at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, supports U.S. Strategic Command, and is designated as U.S. Strategic Command's Task Force 204, providing on-alert, combat-ready forces to the president.
In December 1963 Detachment 4, 8th Aerial Port Squadron was formed at the base. [2]: 275 In July 1963 the 37th Air Base Squadron replaced the 6223rd Air Base Squadron. [2]: 275 On 23 September 1963 three Viet Cong (VC) sappers penetrated the base and destroyed two C-47s with satchel charges. [2]: 181
The 8th Weapons Squadron is a non-flying United States Air Force unit, assigned to the USAF Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.. The squadron inherited the lineage of the 8th Airborne Command and Control Squadron which was raised as the 8th Combat Cargo Squadron which flew Curtiss C-46 Commandos and Douglas C-47 Skytrains in the CBI Theater during World War 2.