30th Airlift Squadron

The 30th Airlift Squadron (30 AS) is part of the United States Air Force's 19th Airlift Group, and the first active-duty Associate Unit to an Air National Guard unit, working with the 187th Airlift Squadron at Cheyenne Regional Airport, Wyoming. It operates C-130 Hercules aircraft of its co-located Air Guard unit, conducting tactical airlift missions.

History
The 30th ferried bombers and P-38 aircraft over the North Atlantic route to England from, August 1942-August 1943. It provided air transport for the Atlantic Division of the Military Air Transport Service from, July 1952-June 1965 and conducted worldwide airlift from, August 1967 including support for operations in Southwest Asia from, August 1990-June 1991.

On 8 July 2006 the 30th became the first active-duty associate unit partnering with the Wyoming Air National Guard's (WyANG) 153d Airlift Wing.

Lineage

 * Constituted 30th Ferrying Squadron on 9 July 1942
 * Activated on 25 July 1942
 * Redesignated 30th Transport Squadron on 24 March 1943
 * Disbanded on 1 September 1943


 * Reconstituted, and redesignated 30th Air Transport Squadron, Heavy, on 20 June 1952
 * Activated on 20 July 1952
 * Redesignated 30th Air Transport Squadron, Medium, on 18 July 1954
 * Discontinued on 25 June 1965


 * Redesignated 30th Military Airlift Squadron, and activated, on 13 January 1967
 * Organized on 8 April 1967
 * Redesignated 30th Airlift Squadron on 1 November 1991.

Assignments

 * 8th Ferrying (later, 8th Transport) Group, 25 July 1942–1 September 1943
 * 1600th Air Transport Group, 20 July 1952
 * 1611th Air Transport Group, 16 May 1955
 * 1611th Air Transport Wing, 18 January 1963–25 June 1965
 * Military Airlift Command, 13 January 1967
 * 438th Military Airlift Wing, 8 April 1967
 * 438th Military Airlift Group, 1 October 1978
 * 438th Military Airlift Wing, 1 June 1980
 * 438th Operations Group, 1 November 1991
 * 374th Operations Group, 1 October 1993–Present

Stations

 * Presque Isle Army Air Field, Maine (1942)
 * Bluie West One, Greenland (1942–1943)
 * Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts (1952–1955)
 * McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey (1955–1965, 1967–1993)
 * Yokota Air Base, Japan (1993–2004)
 * Cheyenne Regional Airport, Wyoming (2006–Present)

Aircraft

 * C-118 Liftmaster (1952–1965)
 * C-141 Starlifter (1967–1993)
 * C-9 Nightingale (1993–2004)
 * C-130 Hercules (2006–Present)

Operations

 * World War II
 * Vietnam War
 * Operation Just Cause
 * Operation Desert Storm
 * Operation Iraqi Freedom
 * Operation Enduring Freedom
 * Operation New Dawn