40th Airlift Squadron, US Air Force

40TH AIRLIFT SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Constituted as 40 Transport Squadron on 2 Feb 1942. Activated on 18 Feb 1942. Redesignated as: 40 Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 Jul 1942; 40 Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy, on 21 May 1948. Inactivated on 14 Sep 1949. Redesignated as 40 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 3 Jul 1952. Activated on 14 Jul 1952. Redesignated as: 40 Troop Carrier Squadron on 1 Mar 1966; 40 Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 May 1967; 40 Airlift Squadron on 1 Jan 1992. Inactivated on 16 Jul 1993. Activated on 1 Oct 1993.

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 27 October 1942; newest rendition approved on 27 June 2007.

Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons

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