on 27 July 1956 Activated on 8 October 1956 Redesignated 347th Troop Carrier Squadron, Assault on 1 July 1958 Redesignated 347th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 1 July 1963 Redesignated 347th Troop Carrier Squadron on 1 March 1966 Redesignated 347th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 May 1967 Inactivated on 1 June 1972 Assignments 516th Troop Carrier Group, 26 June 1949 – 16 January 1953 516th Troop Carrier Group, 8 March 1955 – 9 July 1956 Eighteenth Air Force, 8 October 1956 (attached to 464th Troop Carrier Wing) Ninth Air Force, 1 September 1957 (attached to 464th Troop Carrier Wing) 516th Troop Carrier Wing, 1 July 1963 – 1 June 1972 (attached to unknown, 28 May 1964 – c. 20 July 1964, 513th Troop Carrier Wing 22 June 1967 – 27 September 1967, unknown 17 January 1968 – 11 March 1968, 315th Air Division 18 June 1968 – 15 October 1968, 513th Tactical Airlift Wing, 13 June 1969 – 3 September 1969, 322d Air Division, 3 February 1970 – 10 April 1970, 513th Tactical Airlift Wing, 7 September 1970 – 11 November 1970. 322d Tactical Airlift Wing, 4 June 1971 – 10 August 1971, 4 February 1972 – 17 April 1972) Stations Memphis Municipal Airport, Tennessee, 26 June 1949 – 16 January 1953 Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee, 8 March 1955 – 9 July 1956 Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, 8 October 1956 Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, 1 July 1963 – 1 June 1972 Aircraft Curtiss C-46 Commando, 1949–1952 Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1952–1953 Sikorsky H-19, 1955 Piasecki H-21 Workhorse ("Flying Banana"), 1955–1956 Fairchild C-123B Provider, 1956–1963 Lockheed C-130 Hercules, 1963–1972 Awards and campaigns References Notes Citations Bibliography AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC, 15 June 1971 AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits, Vol II Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC, 30 September 1976 Further reading (Capt Vaughan was a pilot with the 347th Tactical Airlift Squadron at Dyess) External links Military units and formations established in 1949 Airlift squadrons of the United States Air Force Military units and formations of the United States Air Force Reserves