99th Airlift Squadron, US Air Force

99TH AIRLIFT SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Constituted as 99 Troop Carrier Squadron on 25 May 1943. Activated on 1 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 27 Mar 1946. Redesignated as 99 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 10 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949. Ordered to active service on 10 Mar 1951. Inactivated on 14 Mar 1951. Redesignated as 99 Military Airlift Squadron, Special Mission, and activated on 27 Dec 1965. Organized on 8 Jan 1966. Inactivated on 12 Sep 1977. Redesignated as 99 Military Airlift Squadron on 13 Sep 1988. Activated on 1 Oct 1988. Redesignated as 99 Airlift Squadron on 12 Jul 1991.

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 24 April 1989; latest rendering, 22 March 2013.

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