77th Air Refueling Squadron, US Air Force

History: Constituted as 77 Troop Carrier Squadron on 30 Jan 1943. Activated on 25 Feb 1943. Inactivated on 10 Jun 1946. Activated in the Reserve on 15 Jul 1947. Redesignated as 77 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 26 Jul 1949. Ordered to Active Service on 1 Mar 1951. Inactivated on 1 Dec 1952. Activated in the Reserve on 1 Dec 1952. Redesignated as 77 Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy on 8 May 1961. Ordered to Active Service on 1 Oct 1961. Relieved from active duty on 27 Aug 1962. Redesignated as:77 Air Transport Squadron, Heavy on 1 Dec 1965; 77 Military Airlift Squadron on 1 Jan 1966. Inactivated on 8 Jul 1972. Redesignated as 77 Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (Associate) on 14 Aug 1985. Activated in the Reserve on 1 Oct 1985. Redesignated as:77 Air Refueling Squadron (Associate) on 1 Feb 1992; 77 Air Refueling Squadron on 1 Oct 1994.

Operations: Participated in airborne assaults on Normandy, Holland, and Germany; transported personnel and cargo, and evacuated casualties in European Theater of Operations (ETO) during World War II. Supported occupation forces and evacuated Allied troops who had been prisoners of war. Trained for and flew airlift missions in the Reserve for most of the period, 1947-1972, including airlift to Southeast Asia during the Vietnam conflict. Since Oct 1985, flew air refueling and air transport missions as needed worldwide, taking part in many contingency and humanitarian operations, including air refueling support during the U.S. incursion into Panama, Dec 1989-Jan 1990; the Persian Gulf War in 1991; and Operations Northern and Southern Watch, 2000-2001.

	77TH AIR REFUELING SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE Country: United States

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The emblem was approved on 4 May 1960; latest rendering, 15 March 2021.

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