65th Airlift Squadron

The 65th Airlift Squadron (65 AS) is part of the 15th Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. It operates C-37 and C-40 Clipper aircraft providing executive airlift in the Pacific theater.

History
The 65th conducted aerial transportation and evacuation in the Pacific Theater of Operations from 26 July 1943-c. August 1945, and in Korea from 9 May 1952 – 31 December 1952.

It has flown worldwide aerial transportation operations since 1992.

Operations

 * World War II
 * Korean War

Lineage

 * 65th Troop Carrier Squadron (1942–1949)
 * 65th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949–1992)
 * 65th Airlift Squadron (1992–Present)

Assignments

 * 403d Troop Carrier Group (1942–1943)
 * 54th Troop Carrier Wing (1943)
 * 433d Troop Carrier Group (1943–1945)
 * 403d Troop Carrier Group (1945–1946)
 * 419th Troop Carrier Group (1947–1949)


 * 403d Troop Carrier Group (1949–1957)
 * 442d Troop Carrier Group (1957–1959)
 * 403d Troop Carrier Wing (1959–1963)
 * 929th Troop Carrier Group (1963–1966)
 * 15th Wing (1992–Present)

Bases stationed

 * Bowman Field, Kentucky (1942)
 * Alliance, Nebraska (1942–1943)
 * Pope Field, North Carolina (1943)
 * Baer Field Indiana (1943)
 * New Guinea (1943–1944)
 * Biak (1944–1945)
 * Morotai (1945)
 * Dulag, Leyte (1945–1946)


 * Clark Field, Luzon (1945)
 * Richmond Field, Virginia (1947–1949)
 * Portland, Oregon (1949–1952)
 * Ashiya Air Base, Japan (1952–1953)
 * Portland International Airport, Oregon (1953–1955)
 * Paine Force Base, Washington (1955–1957)
 * Davis Field, Oklahoma (1957–1966)
 * Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii (1992–2010)
 * Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (2010–Present)

Aircraft operated

 * C-47 Skytrain (1943–1945)
 * C-46 Commando (1944–1945, 1947–1952)
 * C-119 Flying Boxcar (1952, 1953–1966)
 * C-135 Stratolifter (1992–2003)
 * C-37 (2002–Present)
 * C-40 Clipper (2003–Present)