40th Airlift Squadron
The 40th Airlift Squadron, nicknamed the Screaming Eagles, is a United States Air Force unit based at dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The squadron operates the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules. The squadron has received several Meritorious Unit Awards, six Campaign Streamers, a Service Streamer, and an Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamer.
Dyess AFB
On 16 July 1993, the 40th was inactivated. With the United States' victory in the Cold War, the military began to demobilize. As part of this process, the squadron and its parent organization, the 317th Airlift Wing, were inactivated. At first it appeared that the 40th would be inactive for an indeterminate time, but the Air Force's senior leadership decided to move the squadron's designation to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.Lineage
- Constituted as the 40th Transport Squadron on 2 February 1942
- Redesignated 40th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 3 July 1952
- Activated on 1 October 1993
Assignments
- San Antonio Air Depot, 18 February 1942
- 317th Transport Group, 22 February 1942 – 14 September 1949
- 317th Troop Carrier Group, 14 July 1952
- 317th Troop Carrier Wing, 12 March 1957
- 322d Air Division, 25 September 1958
- 317th Troop Carrier Wing, 15 April 1963
- 317th Tactical Airlift Group, 1 October 1978
- 317th Tactical Airlift Wing, 1 April 1980
- 317th Operations Group, 1 January 1992 – 16 July 1993
- 7th Operations Group, 1 October 1993
- 317th Airlift Group, 1 April 1997 – 1 July 2017
- 317th Airlift Wing, 1 July 2017 – Present
Stations
- Duncan Field, Texas, 18 February 1942
- Bowman Field, Kentucky, 19 June 1942
- Lawson Field, Georgia, 10 October 1942
- Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base, North Carolina, 2–10 December 1942
- Garbutt Field, Australia, 23 January 1943
- Port Moresby Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 4 October 1943
- Finschhafen Airfield, New Guinea, 21 April 1944
- Hollandia Airfield, New Guinea, 22 June 1944
- Leyte, Philippines, 19 November 1944
- Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 5 March 1945
- Okinawa, Ryuku Islands, c. 16 August 1945
- Osaka Airport, Japan, 21 October 1945
- Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, 19 January 1946
- Matsushima Air Base, Japan, 17 October 1946
- Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, 1 August–16 November 1948
- Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany, 16 November 1948
- RAF Celle, Germany, 15 December 1948 – 14 September 1949
- Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, 14 July 1952
- Neubiberg Air Base, Germany, 15 May 1953
- Évreux-Fauville Air Base, France, 6 December 1957 – 20 June 1964
- Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio, 20 June 1964
- Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, 31 August 1971 – 16 July 1993
- Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, 1 October 1993 – present
Aircraft
- Principally Douglas C-47 Skytrain, 1942–1946
- Curtiss C-46 Commando, 1946–1948
- Douglas C-54 Skymaster, 1946–1949
- Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1952–1957
- Lockheed C-130 hercules, 1957–1993, 1993–present