317th Airlift Squadron, US Air Force
317TH AIRLIFT SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: 317 Transport Squadron (Cargo and Mail) (constituted on 25 Oct 1943; activated on 28 Oct 1943; disbanded on 9 Apr 1944; reconstituted on 19 Sep 1985) and the 317 Troop Carrier Squadron (constituted as 317 Troop Carrier Squadron, Commando, and activated, on 1 May 1944; redesignated as 317 Troop Carrier Squadron on 29 Sep 1945; inactivated on 28 Feb 1946) consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 317 Special Operations Squadron (constituted as 317 Air Commando Squadron, Troop Carrier, on 6 Apr 1964; organized on 1 Jul 1964; redesignated as 317 Air Commando Squadron, Utility, on 15 Jun 1966; redesignated as 317 Special Operations Squadron on 8 Jul 1968; inactivated on 30 Apr 1974). Redesignated as 317 Airlift Squadron (Associate) on 20 Feb 1992. Activated on 1 Apr 1992. Redesignated as 317 Airlift Squadron on 1 Oct 1994.
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Origin/meaning
The Emblem was approved on 15 March 1968; latest rendering, 23 September 1999.
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