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9th Airlift Squadron

Index 9th Airlift Squadron

The 9th Airlift Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force based at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware and flying the C-5M Super Galaxy. [1]

57 relations: Abemama Atoll Airport, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Air Mobility Command, Airlift, Altus Air Force Base, American Theater (World War II), Antarctica, Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Brookley Air Force Base, Camp Williams, Curtiss C-46 Commando, Dodd Army Airfield, Donaldson Air Force Base, Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Douglas DC-2, Douglas DC-3, Dover Air Force Base, East Field (Saipan), Floyd Bennett Field, Fort Sumner Municipal Airport, Gallantry Cross (Vietnam), George Air Force Base, Grenada Municipal Airport, Guam, Gulf War, Hickam Air Force Base, Iraq War, Lawson Army Airfield, Lieutenant colonel, Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, Military Air Transport Service, Operation Deep Freeze, Operation Frequent Wind, Pacific Air Forces, Pacific Ocean theater of World War II, Pacific Theatre, Seventh Air Force, Stuttgart Municipal Airport, United States Air Force, United States Department of Defense, United States Department of State, United States invasion of Grenada, United States invasion of Panama, Vietnam War, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), World War II, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, ..., 1607th Air Transport Wing, 374th Operations Group, 403d Operations Group, 436th Airlift Wing, 436th Operations Group, 54th Tactical Fighter Wing, 63d Operations Group. Expand index (7 more) »

Abemama Atoll Airport

Abemama Atoll Airport, often abbreviated Abemama Airport, is the airport serving Abemama, Kiribati.

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Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

The Air Force Outstanding Unit Award is one of the unit awards of the United States Air Force.

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Air Mobility Command

Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the U.S. Air Force.

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Airlift

An airlift is the organized delivery of supplies or personnel primarily via military transport aircraft.

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Altus Air Force Base

Altus Air Force Base (AAFB) is a United States Air Force base located approximately east-northeast of Altus, Oklahoma.

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American Theater (World War II)

The American Theater describes a series of mostly minor areas of operations during World War II.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.

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Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport

Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, also known as Guam International Airport, is an airport located in Tamuning and Barrigada, three miles east of the capital city of Hagåtña (formerly Agana) in the United States territory of Guam.

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Brookley Air Force Base

Brookley Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located in Mobile, Alabama.

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Camp Williams

Camp W. G. Williams, commonly known as Camp Williams, also known as Army Garrison Camp Williams, is a National Guard training site operated by the Utah National Guard.

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Curtiss C-46 Commando

The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a transport aircraft derived from the Curtiss CW-20 pressurised high-altitude airliner design.

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Dodd Army Airfield

Dodd Army Airfield was an airfield located within the current boundaries of Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas.

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Donaldson Air Force Base

Donaldson Air Force Base is a former facility of the United States Air Force located south of Greenville, South Carolina.

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Douglas C-124 Globemaster II

The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", was an American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California.

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner.

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Douglas C-54 Skymaster

The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War.

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Douglas DC-2

The Douglas DC-2 is a 14-seat, twin-engined airliner that was produced by the American company Douglas Aircraft Corporation starting in 1934.

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Douglas DC-3

The Douglas DC-3 is a fixed-wing propeller-driven airliner with tailwheel-type landing gear.

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Dover Air Force Base

Dover Air Force Base or Dover AFB is a United States Air Force base located southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware.

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East Field (Saipan)

East Field (also known as Kagman Airfield) is a former World War II airfield on Saipan in the Mariana Islands.

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Floyd Bennett Field

Floyd Bennett Field is an airfield in the Marine Park neighorhood of southeast Brooklyn in New York City, along the shore of Jamaica Bay.

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Fort Sumner Municipal Airport

Fort Sumner Municipal Airport is a village owned, public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Fort Sumner, a village in De Baca County, New Mexico, United States.

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Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)

The Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross also known as the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross or Vietnam Cross of Gallantry (Anh Dũng Bội Tinh) is a military decoration of the former Government of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam).

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George Air Force Base

George Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located within the city limits, 8 miles northwest, of central Victorville, California, about 75 miles northeast of Los Angeles, California.

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Grenada Municipal Airport

Grenada Municipal Airport is a public use airport in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States.

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Guam

Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån) is an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States in Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War (2 August 199028 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (2 August 199017 January 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm (17 January 199128 February 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.

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Hickam Air Force Base

Hickam Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation, named in honor of aviation pioneer Lieutenant Colonel Horace Meek Hickam.

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Iraq War

The Iraq WarThe conflict is also known as the War in Iraq, the Occupation of Iraq, the Second Gulf War, and Gulf War II.

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Lawson Army Airfield

Lawson Army Airfield is a military airport located at Fort Benning in Chattahoochee County, Georgia, south of the city of Columbus, Georgia.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Lockheed C-141 Starlifter

The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter was a military strategic airlifter that served with the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), its successor organization the Military Airlift Command (MAC), and finally the Air Mobility Command (AMC) of the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Lockheed C-5 Galaxy

The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft originally designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin.

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Military Air Transport Service

The Military Air Transport Service (MATS) is an inactive Department of Defense Unified Command.

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Operation Deep Freeze

Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is the codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on.

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Operation Frequent Wind

Operation Frequent Wind was the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam prior to the takeover of the city by the North Vietnamese Army (PAVN) in the Fall of Saigon.

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Pacific Air Forces

Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force and is also the air component command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM).

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Pacific Ocean theater of World War II

The Pacific Ocean theater, during World War II, was a major theater of the war between the Allies and the Empire of Japan.

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Pacific Theatre

Pacific Theater or Pacific Theatre may refer to.

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Seventh Air Force

United States Air Forces Korea and USAFK redirect here. The Seventh Air Force (Air Forces Korea) (7 AF) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF).

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Stuttgart Municipal Airport

Stuttgart Municipal Airport is in Prairie County, Arkansas.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Department of Defense

The Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department that advises the President and represents the country in international affairs and foreign policy issues.

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United States invasion of Grenada

The United States invasion of Grenada was a 1983 invasion led by the United States of the Caribbean island nation of Grenada, which has a population of about 91,000 and is located north of Venezuela, that resulted in a U.S. victory within a matter of weeks.

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United States invasion of Panama

The United States Invasion of Panama, code named Operation Just Cause occurred between mid-December 1989 and late January 1990.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

The War in Afghanistan (or the U.S. War in Afghanistan; code named Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan (2001–2014) and Operation Freedom's Sentinel (2015–present)) followed the United States invasion of Afghanistan of October 7, 2001.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place just east of Dayton, Ohio, in Greene and Montgomery counties.

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1607th Air Transport Wing

The 1607th Air Transport Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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374th Operations Group

The 374th Operations Group (374 OG) is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 374th Airlift Wing.

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403d Operations Group

The 403d Operations Group (403 OG) is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force Reserve 403d Wing.

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436th Airlift Wing

The 436th Airlift Wing (436 AW) is an active United States Air Force unit.

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436th Operations Group

The 436th Operations Group is an active United States Air Force unit.

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54th Tactical Fighter Wing

The 54th Tactical Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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63d Operations Group

The 63d Troop Carrier Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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Redirects here:

9 AS, 9th Airlift Squadron (United States), 9th Military Airlift Squadron, 9th Troop Carrier Squadron.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_Airlift_Squadron

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