and equipment to the 65th Troop Carrier Squadron, which was activated in its place. Expeditionary airlift The squadron was converted to provisional status and redesignated 738th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. It was originally assigned to Air Mobility Command to activate or inactivate as needed, but in 2003, it was transferred to Air Combat Command. It was activated as a Lockheed C-130 Hercules airlift squadron as part of the Global War on Terrorism and it made up of multiple detachments from airlift squadrons which constantly rotate. Lineage Constituted as the 738th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 14 May 1943 Activated on 1 June 1943 Redesignated 738th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy c. 1944 Redesignated 738th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 5 August 1945 Inactivated on 17 October 1945 Activated in the reserve on 16 August 1947 Inactivated on 27 June 1949 Redesignated 738th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 26 May 1952 Activated in the reserve on 13 June 1952 Inactivated on 1 January 1953 Redesignated: 738th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and converted to provisional status on 12 June 2002 Assignments 454th Bombardment Group, 1 June 1943 – 17 October 1945 454th Bombardment Group, 16 August 1947 – 27 June 1949 454th Troop Carrier Group, 13 June 1952 – 1 January 1953 Air Mobility Command to activate or inactivate as needed, 12 June 2002 Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate as needed, 19 March 2003 Stations Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, 1 June 1943 Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona, 1 July 1943 McCook Army Air Field, Nebraska, 30 July 1943 Charleston Army Air Field, South Carolina, 3 October–8 December 1943 San Giovanni Airfield, Italy 21 January 1944 – July 1945 Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, 1 August 1945 Pyote Army Air Field, Texas, 17 August – 17 October 1945 McChord Field (later McChord Air Force Base), Washington, 16 August 1947 – 27 June 1949 Portland International Airport, Oregon, 13 June 1952 – 1 January 1953 Undetermined location(s) Aircraft Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943-1945 Curtiss C-46 Commando, 1952-1953 Lockheed C-130 Hercules After 2002 Awards and campaigns References Notes Explanatory notes Citations Bibliography Airlift squadrons of the United States Air Force Air expeditionary squadrons of the United States Air Force