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815th Airlift Squadron
815th Airlift Squadron C-130J tail showing the Flying Jennies tail band
Active	1943–1945; 1953–1969; 1973–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Airlift
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ	Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi
Nickname(s)	Flying Jennies, Storm Trackers (1976–1987)
Engagements	Mediterranean Theater of Operations Korean War
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
Insignia
Emblem of the 815th Airlift Squadron
815th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron emblem
815th Troop Carrier Squadron emblem
815th Bombardment Sq emblem (unofficial)

The 815th Airlift Squadron is a flying unit of the United States Air Force assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command and part of the 403d Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. It operates Lockheed C-130J Hercules aircraft providing global airlift.

During World War II as the 815th Bombardment Squadron, it was one of the last Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber squadrons deployed to Southern Italy as part of the Fifteenth Air Force 483d Bombardment Group in March 1944 The squadron earned two Distinguished Unit Citations in combat over Germany. After the war, it helped transport American soldiers returning to the United States until it was inactivated in Italy.

The squadron was activated as the 815th Troop Carrier Squadron in 1953 in Japan, when it replaced a reserve unit that had been activated for the Korean War. It airlifted troops and materiel in the Pacific until inactivating in 1969.

Four years later, the squadron was activated in the reserves. It has performed airlift and weather reconnaissance missions from Keesler

Mission

Support the theater commander with the capability to resupply the forces, provide for their airlift requirements and employment operations within the combat zone or forward areas, and when requested, to provide aeromedical/refugee evacuation and augment strategic airlift forces. The unit can perform precision air drop of supplies and paratroopers in all weather conditions either day or night, as well as perform day and night assault zone loadings.

History

World War II

The squadron was activated at Ephrata Army Air Base as the 815th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 20 September 1943 as one of the four original squadrons of the 483d Bombardment Group. In November, the squadron moved to MacDill Field, Florida, where it trained with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses under Third Air Force.

The 815th deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, where it became part of Fifteenth Air Force at Sterparone Airfield in Southern Italy. The squadron's air element flew its Flying Fortresses to Sterparone via Tortorella Airfield, while the ground element moved to Sterparone via troop ship. It began operations in April 1944 with an attack on a cement factory in Split, Yugoslavia.

The squadron engaged in long-range strategic bombardment of enemy military, industrial and transport targets, including factories, oil refineries, marshalling yards, airfields, and troop concentrations in Italy, France. Southern Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and the Balkans. In June 1944, the squadron participated in a shuttle mission, departing Italy and landing in the Soviet Union, attacking targets en route and on the return flight. This enabled attacks on targets too far from the squadron's base to strike and return home. The squadron received a Distinguished Unit Citation for combat action two months later. On 18 July 1944 the squadron, along with the other elements of the 483d Group, bombed the objective, an airfield and installations at Memmingen, engaging numerous enemy aircraft in the target area despite a lack of cover from its planned fighter escort. It received a second citation for braving fighter assaults and flak to bomb tank factories at Berlin on 24 March 1945.

The squadron was occasionally diverted from the strategic attack on Germany. It struck targets in southern France in preparation for Operation Dragoon, the invasion of August 1944. The group also supported ground forces in northern Italy during the Allied offensive in April 1945.

After V-E Day, the unit moved to Pisa Airfield, where it operated under the control of Air Transport Command's Green Project which was the movement of troops back to the United States. The squadron carried troops from Pisa to a staging area in Morocco. Its B-17s were disarmed with flooring and seats for 25 passengers installed. It carried passengers from Pisa to Port Lyautey Airfield, French Morocco for further movement them across the Atlantic. The squadron was inactivated in Italy in September 1945.

Airlift in the Pacific Area

The Air Force was returning the 403d Troop Carrier Wing, which was stationed at Ashiya Air Base during the Korean War, to reserve status at the beginning of 1953. The 403d Wing had been mobilized in April 1951 and had moved to Japan a year later. In its place, the Air Force activated the 483d Troop Carrier Wing. The 815th was activated as the 815th Troop Carrier Squadron and absorbed the mission, personnel and Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars of the 63d Troop Carrier Squadron, which was simultaneously inactivated.

In June 1953, the squadron, along with the other squadrons of the 483d Wing airlifted the 187th Regimental Combat Team from Japan to Korea, to prevent a breakthrough by North Korean and Chinese Communist forces before an armistice agreement could be signed. It performed troop carrier and air transport operations in the Far East, including landing of troops and cargo in forward areas of the combat zone, air transportation of airborne troops and equipment, and air evacuation of casualties, receiving a Korean Presidential Unit Citation for these actions. For its actions in transporting United Nations troops in Korea and training with airborne units, the squadron was one of the first units to earn an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. Between April 1953 and September 1954, the squadron aided the French Air Force in Indochina by training personnel and hauling supplies. In 1958, the 483d Group was inactivated as Far East Air Forces converted to the dual-deputy organizational model and the squadron was reassigned directly to the wing. That same year, the squadron began conversion to the Lockheed C-130A Hercules, losing its last Flying Boxcar in 1959.

On 25 June 1960, the Air Force turned Ashiya Air Base over to the Japanese Air Self Defense Force and the 483d Wing was inactivated. The squadron moved to Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, where it was assigned directly to the 315th Air Division. It continued intratheater transport operations, also flying to locations in the Philippines, Thailand and Indochina, supporting United States civilian and military personnel assigned to the region. As the United States increased its combat presence in Indochina in the early 1960s, made frequent flights to airfields in South Vietnam and to locations within the country, periodically deploying crews and aircraft there. As in South Korea, the flights within South Vietnam were extremely hazardous as the squadron operated within combat areas and frequently were under fire from communist forces during takeoff, landing and ground operations. The squadron inactivated in December 1969.

Air Force Reserve

Reactivated in April 1973 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, as a unit of the Air Force Reserve. It performed weather reconnaissance from 1983 to 1987, including flying into hurricanes to collect atmospheric data and retained weather reconnaissance capability until 1992. It had tactical airlift responsibilities from 1973 to 1975 and since 1987. It also took part in Operation Just Cause in Panama, December 1989 – January 1990.

The 815th was selected in May 1999 as the first unit in the U.S. Air Force to take delivery of the C-130J variant and participated heavily in writing the book for "J" model operations. Along with a sister Air Mobility Command unit, the 41st Airlift Squadron, the 815th deployed the C-130J into combat, and bested all previous C-130 squadrons that were previously employed by setting numerous records in the theater for best aircraft availability, missions flown, as well as passengers and cargo carried.

On 6 August 2010 the Air Force activated the 345th Airlift Squadron, an associate squadron composed of active duty personnel, at Keesler and integrated its members in operations of the 815th. On 21 March 2013, the 403rd Wing announced that its C-130J aircraft would be redeploying to Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, beginning in October 2013 in preparation for inactivation of the 815th. The transfer was delayed in early 2014 because of pending plans to shut down the airlift wing at Pope and the inactivation of the 815th itself delayed on 28 July, then cancelled.

Lineage

• Constituted as the 815th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 14 September 1943

Activated on 20 September 1943

Redesignated 815th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy c. September 1944

Inactivated on 25 September 1945

• Redesignated 815th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 15 November 1952

Activated on 1 January 1953

Redesignated 815th Troop Carrier Squadron on 8 December 1965

Redesignated 815th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 August 1967

Inactivated on 15 December 1969

• Activated in the Reserve on 25 April 1973

Redesignated 815th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron on 1 January 1976

Redesignated 815th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 31 December 1987

Redesignated 815th Airlift Squadron on 1 February 1992

Assignments

• 483d Bombardment Group, 20 September 1943 – 25 September 1945
• 483d Troop Carrier Group, 1 January 1953
• 483d Troop Carrier Wing, 8 December 1958
• 315th Air Division, 25 June 1960
• 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, 1 November 1968 – 15 December 1969
• 920th Tactical Airlift Group (later 920 Weather Reconnaissance Group), 25 April 1973
• 403d Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing (later, 403 Tactical Airlift Wing, 403 Airlift Wing), 1 November 1983
• 403d Operations Group, 1 August 1992 – present

Stations

• Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington, 20 September 1943
• MacDill Field, Florida, 7 November 1943 – 2 March 1944
• Sterparone Airfield, Italy, 9 April 1944
• Pisa Airfield, Italy, 15 May-25 September 1945
• Ashiya Air Base, Japan, 1 January 1953
• Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, 25 June 1960 – 15 December 1969
• Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, 25 April 1973 – present

Aircraft

• Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (1943–1945)
• Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (1953–1959)
• Lockheed C-130A Hercules (1958–1969)
• Lockheed C-130E Hercules (1973–1975, 1988–1998)
• WC-130 (1976–1990, 1991–1993)
• C-130J-30 Super Hercules (1998–present)

Awards and campaigns

Award streamer	Award	Dates	Notes
	Distinguished Unit Citation	18 July 1944	Germany, 815th Bombardment Squadron
	Distinguished Unit Citation	24 March 1945	Germany, 815th Bombardment Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device	1 January 1968-10 November 1969	815th Tactical Airlift Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	6 May 1953-10 September 1954	815th Troop Carrier Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 January 1961-30 June 1961	815th Troop Carrier Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 July 1964-30 June 1966	815th Troop Carrier Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 July 1977-31 December 1978	815th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 July 1984-30 June 1986	815th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 May 1992-30 April 1994	815th Airlift Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 May 1994-30 April 1996	815th Airlift Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 May 1996-31 August 1997	815th Airlift Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 January 2004-31 December 2005	815th Airlift Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 October 2008-30 September 2010	815th Airlift Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 January 2015-31 December 2017	815th Airlift Squadron
	Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation	1 January 1953-28 July 1953	815th Troop Carrier Squadron
	Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm	1 January 1968-10 November 1969	815th Tactical Airlift Squadron

Campaign Streamer	Campaign	Dates	Notes
	Air Offensive, Europe	9 April 1944 – 5 June 1944	815th Bombardment Squadron
	Normandy	6 June 1944 – 24 July 1944	815th Bombardment Squadron
	Northern France	25 July 1944 – 14 September 1944	815th Bombardment Squadron
	Rome-Arno	22 January 1944 – 9 September 1944	815th Bombardment Squadron
	Southern France	15 August 1944 – 14 September 1944	815th Bombardment Squadron
	North Apennines	10 September 1944 – 4 April 1945	815th Bombardment Squadron
	Po Valley	3 April 1945 – 8 May 1945	815th Bombardment Squadron
	Rhineland	15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945	815th Bombardment Squadron
	Central Europe	9 April 1944 – 21 May 1945	815th Bombardment Squadron
	Air Combat, EAME Theater	9 April 1944 – 11 May 1945	815th Bombardment Squadron
	Third Korean Winter	1 January 1953 – 30 April 1953	815th Troop Carrier Squadron
	Korea Summer-Fall 1953	1 May 1953 – 27 July 1953	815th Troop Carrier Squadron
	Just Cause	20 December 1989–31 January 1990	815th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Panama

See also

• List of United States Air Force airlift squadrons
• List of United States Air Force weather reconnaissance squadrons
• List of C-130 Hercules operators
• B-17 Flying Fortress units of the United States Army Air Forces
• Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Mediterranean Theater of Operations

References

Notes

Explanatory notes

1. Aircraft is Lockheed C-130J-30 Hercules, serial 04-8153.
2. Reinstated and modified in 1988.
3. Approved 28 April 1960. Description: On a white rhombic diamond bordered red, a white cloud formation issuing from base, edges and details red, surmounted by a running jenny ass in profile, silhouetted red, her eyes, teeth and nostrils indicated white.
4. Aircraft is Douglas Aircraft built Boeing B-17G-50-DL Flying Fortress, serial 44-6387. The plane failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany on 22 March 1945. Two crewmembers were killed and eight became prisoners of war. Missing Air Crew Report 13247. The bomber was hit first by Flak, then finished off by a Messerschmitt Me 262. Baugher, Joe (19 July 2023). "1944 USAF Serial Numbers". Joe Baugher. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
5. The squadron adopted the "Flying Jennies" nickname of the 63d as well. See Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 242.

Citations

1. ^ Lahue, Melissa (10 July 2008). "Factsheet 815 Airlift Squadron (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
2. "Official emblem for the 815th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron". National Archives Catalog. 30 August 1984. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
3. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 765-766
4. Watkins, pp. 116–117
5. ^ Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 354-355
6. "Abstract, History 483 Bombardment Group March 1944". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
7. "Abstract, History 483 Bombardment Group April 1944". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
8. "Abstract, History 483 Bombardment Group June 1944". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
9. Ravenstein, pp. 215-217
10. ^ Ravenstein, pp. 268-279
11. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 242
12. "815th Airlift Squadron "Flying Jennies"". 403d Airlift Wing Public Affairs. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
13. 403rd Wing losing C-130J aircraft Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 403rd Wing Public Affairs (Retrieved 21 March 2013)
14. Air Force Reserve Command delays inactivation of 815th Airlift Squadron Archived 28 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine, 403rd Wing Public Affairs (Retrieved 28 July 2014)
15. "Factsheet 315 Air Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 10 December 2007. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2014.

Bibliography

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) . Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) . Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
• Watkins, Robert A. (2009). Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. Vol. IV, European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations. Atglen,PA: Shiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7643-3401-6.

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