42d Expeditionary Airlift Squadron

The 42d Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (42 EAS) is on provisional status in the United States Air Forces in Europe at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

The 42d transported personnel and supplies to the Aleutian Islands from, May 1942-February 1944. Following its combat assignment the squadron served as a replacement training unit and participated in maneuvers from, March-April 1944.

It was reformed in 2008, reporting to Seventeenth Air Force, to fly missions relating to Africa.

Operations

 * World War II

Lineage

 * 42d Transport Squadron (1942)
 * 42d Troop Carrier Squadron (1942–1956)
 * 42d Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (Special) (1956–2007)
 * 42d Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (2007–Present)

Assignments

 * Eleventh Air Force (1942)
 * Attached: XI Air Force Service Command (Provisional) (21 June - 8 August 1942)
 * XI Air Force Service Command (1942–1944)
 * Attached: 11th Air Force Troop Carrier Group (1 July 1943 - 6 March 1944)
 * 60th Troop Carrier Wing (1944)
 * Third Air Force (1956–1957)
 * 404th Air Expeditionary Group, (1 Oct 2008–present)

Bases stationed

 * Elmendorf Field, Alaska (1942–1944)
 * Lawson Field, Georgia (1944)
 * RAF Molesworth, England (1956–1957)
 * RAF Alconbury, England (1957)
 * Ramstein AB, Germany 1 Oct 2008-.

Aircraft Operated

 * C-47 Skytrain (1942–1944)
 * C-53 Skytrooper (1944)
 * C-119 Flying Boxcar (1956–1957)
 * C-54 Skymaster (1956–1957)
 * SA-16 Albatross (1956–1957)