164th Airlift Squadron

164th Airlift Squadron
164th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-27J Spartan flies above the runway at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Oct. 17, 2011
Active	1942-Present
Country	United States
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Squadron
Role	Tactial Airlift
Part of	Ohio Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base, Mansfield, Ohio
Tail Code	"Mansfield"
Insignia
164th Airlift Squadron emblem

The 164th Airlift Squadron (164 AS) is a unit of the Ohio Air National Guard 179th Airlift Wing located at Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base, Mansfield, Ohio. The 115th is equipped with the C-27J Spartan.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 363rd Fighter Squadron and activated, on 1 Dec 1942

Inactivated on 20 Aug 1946.

• Re=designated 164th Fighter Squadron, and allotted to Ohio ANG, on 21 Aug 1946.

Extended federal recognition on

Assignments

• 357th Fighter Group, 1 Dec 1942-20 Aug 1946.

Stations

• Hamilton Field, Calif, 1 Dec 1942
• Tonopah AAFld, Nev, 6 Mar 1943
• Santa Rosa AAFld, Calif, 3 Jun 1943
• Oroville AAFld, Calif, 18 Aug 1943
• Casper AAFld, Wyo, 7 Oct-9 Nov 1943
• RAF Raydon, England, 1 Dec 1943
• RAF Leiston, England, 1 Feb 1944
• AAF Station Neubiberg, Germany, 20 Jul 1945-20 Aug 1946.

Aircraft

• P-39, 1943
• P-51, 1943-1946.

References

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