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99th Airlift Squadron
99th Airlift Squadron
	99th Airlift Squadron Patch
Active	25 May 1943 - 27 March 1946 ; 27 June 1949 - 14 March 1951 ; 27 December 1965 - 12 September 1977 ; 1 October 1988 - Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Airlift
Part of	Air Mobility Command ; 18th Air Force ; 89th Airlift Wing ; 89th Operations Group
Garrison/HQ	Andrews Air Force Base
Motto(s)	Sam Fox
Engagements	Operation Overlord ; Operation Dragoon ; Operation Market Garden ; Battle of Bastogne
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation ; Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

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The 99th Airlift Squadron (99 AS) is part of the 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. It operates C-9 Skytrain II and C-20 aircraft providing executive airlift.

History

Activated in August 1943 at Sedalia AAF, Missouri as an I Troop Carrier Command C-47 Squadron. After training in Missouri and later North Carolina, was sent to Baer Field, Indiana for final equipping with aircraft, personnel and other equipment. Deployed to Ninth Air Force in England, assigned to IX Troop Carrier Command in March 1944 during the build-up prior to the Invasion of France.

The squadron participated in the D-Day operation, dropping 101st Airborne Division paratroops near Cherbourg, then carried out re-supply and glider delivery missions the following day.

The squadron's aircraft flew supplies into Normandy as soon as suitable landing strips were available and evacuated casualties to England. On 17 July the air echelon flew to Grosseto airbase in Italy to prepare for operations connected with the invasion of southern France returning to England on 24 August.

Squadron moved to France in September 1944 and for the balance of the Northern France Campaign and the Western Allied invasion of Germany was engaged in combat resupply of ground forces, operating from Advanced Landing Grounds in northern France. Delivered supplies to rough Resupply and Evacuation airfields near the front lines, returning combat casualties to field hospitals in rear areas.

Demobilized in Germany after the end of the European War, was inactivated at Bolling Field, DC in early 1946 as an administrative organization.

Reactivated as a C-46 Commando reserve transport squadron in 1949, activated as part of the Korean War mobilization in 1951. Unit personnel and aircraft were assigned as fillers to active-duty units and the squadron was quickly inactivated afterwards.

Lineage

Constituted as 99th Troop Carrier Squadron on 25 May 1943

Activated on 1 Aug 1943

Inactivated on 27 Mar 1946

Re-designated as 99th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 10 May 1949

Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949

Ordered to active service on 10 Mar 1951

Inactivated on 14 Mar 1951

Re-designated as 99th Military Airlift Squadron, Special Mission, and activated on 27 Dec 1965

Organized on 8 Jan 1966, assuming personnel and equipment of 1299th Air Transport Squadron (Inactivated)

Inactivated on 12 Sep 1977

Re-designated as 99th Military Airlift Squadron on 13 Sep 1988

Activated on 1 Oct 1988

Re-designated as 99th Airlift Squadron on 12 Jul 1991.

Assignments

441st Troop Carrier Group, 1 Aug 1943
27th Air Transport Group, 27 Aug 1945
United States Air Forces in Europe, 25 Sep 1945
Continental Air Forces (later, Strategic Air Command), 15 Feb-27 Mar 1946
441st Troop Carrier Group, 27 Jun 1949-14 Mar 1951
Military Air Transport Service, 27 Dec 1965
89th Military Airlift Wing, 8 Jan 1966-12 Sep 1977
89th Military Airlift Wing, 1 Oct 1988
89th Operations Group, 12 Jul 1991-Present

Stations

Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri, 1 Aug 1943
Camp Mackall North Carolina, 18 Jan 1944
Baer Field, Indiana, 22 Feb-2 Mar 1944
RAF Langar (AAF-490), 17 Mar 1944
RAF Merryfield (AAF-464), 25 Apr 1944

Portion of air echelon operated from Grosseto Airfield, Italy, 18 Jul-24 Aug 1944

Villeneuve-Vertus Airfield (A-63), France, 8 Sep 1944

Operated from RAF Langar (AAF-490), England, 11-24 Sep 1944

Saint Marceau Airfield (A-43), France, 1 Oct 1944

Dreux/Vernouillet Airfield (A-41), France, 4 Nov 1944

Operated from Chartres Airfield (A-40), France, 14-24 Mar 1945

Operated from Toul-Croix De Metz Airfield (A-90), France, 29 Apr-16 May 1945

Villacoublay Airfield (A-42), France, c. 2 Sep 1945
AAF Station Wiesbaden, Germany, c. 1 Oct 1945-15 Feb 1946
Bolling Field, DC, 15 Feb-27 Mar 1946
Chicago-Orchard (later, O'Hare International) Airport, Illinois, 27 Jun 1949-14 Mar 1951
Andrews AFB, Maryland, 8 Jan 1966-12 Sep 1977; 1 Oct 1988-Present

Aircraft

C-47 Skytrain (1943–1945)
CG-4 Waco (1943–1945)
C-109 Liberator Express (1945–1946)
C-46 Commando (1945, 1949–1951)
C-53 Skytrooper (1945–1946)
AT-6 Harvard II (1945–1946)
B-25 Mitchell (1945–1946)
B-29 Superfortress (1945–1946)
C-45 Expeditor (1945–1946)

C-61 Argus (1945–1946)
C-78 (1945–1946)
L-1 Vigilant (1945–1946)
L-4 Grasshopper (1945–1946)
L-5 Sentinel (1945–1946)
P-47 Thunderbolt (1945–1946)
P-51 Mustang (1945–1946)
C-140 (1966–1971)

VC-140 (1966–1977)
C-131 Samaritan (1966–1968)
U-4 (1966–1969)
VC-6 (1966–1977)
VC-131 (1968–1975)
VC-9 (1975–1977)
C-9 Skytrain II (1988 – 2009)
C-20B (1988 – Present)
C-37A (1994 – Present)
C-37B (2009 – Present)

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5
Official USAF 99th Airlift Squadron History

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 ==History==
+Activated in August 1943 at Sedalia AAF, Missouri as an [[I Troop Carrier Command]] C-47 Squadron.  After training in Missouri and later North Carolina, was sent to Baer Field, Indiana for final equipping with aircraft, personnel and other equipment.    Deployed to [[Ninth Air Force]] in England, assigned to [[IX Troop Carrier Command]] in March 1944 during the build-up prior to the Invasion of France.
-The 99th participated in [[Airborne forces|airborne]] assaults on [[Operation Overlord|Normandy]], [[Operation Dragoon|Southern France]], [[Operation Market Garden|Holland]], [[Germany]], relief of [[Seige of Bastogne|Bastogne]], and transportation of cargo and personnel in [[European Theater of Operations]] and the [[Mediterranean Theater of Operations]] during [[World War II]].
+The squadron participated in the [[D-Day]] operation, dropping [[101st Airborne Division]] paratroops near [[Cherbourg]], then carried out re-supply and glider delivery missions the following day.
-The 99th has conducted airlift support for the [[President of the United States|President]] and other high-ranking dignitaries of the U.S. and foreign governments from [[1966]]–[[1977]] and since [[1988]].
+The squadron's aircraft flew supplies into [[Normandy]] as soon as suitable landing strips were available and evacuated casualties to England. On 17 July the air echelon flew to Grosseto airbase in Italy to prepare for operations connected with the invasion of southern France returning to England on 24 August.
+Squadron moved to France in September 1944 and for the balance of the [[Northern France Campaign]] and the [[Western Allied invasion of Germany]] was engaged in combat resupply of ground forces, operating from [[Advanced Landing Ground]]s in northern France.   Delivered supplies to rough Resupply and Evacuation airfields near the front lines, returning combat casualties to field hospitals in rear areas.
+Demobilized in Germany after the end of the European War,  was inactivated at Bolling Field, DC in early 1946 as an administrative organization.
+Reactivated as a C-46 Commando reserve transport squadron in 1949,  activated as part of the [[Korean War]] mobilization in 1951.  Unit personnel and aircraft were assigned as fillers to active-duty units and the squadron was quickly inactivated afterwards.
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