Claim: 143d Airlift Squadron was active from 1939-2019 and was a part of the Air National Guard.
Evidence: 1939–Present Air National Guard 
It is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II. 143d Operations Group, 1 October 1995 – Present 143d Tactical Airlift Group, 1 October 1975 143d Special Operations Group, 1 July 1968 Gained by: Tactical Air Command, 1 July 1963 Gained by: Military Air Transport Service Rhode Island Air National Guard, 1 November 1956 102d Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 1 September 1952 – 30 June 1956 102d Fighter Wing, 1 November 1950 102d Fighter Group, 1 September 1948 5th Photographic (later Reconnaissance) Group, 15 November 1944 – 28 October 1945 I (later III) Tactical Air Division, 12 April 1944 II Tactical Air Division, 29 March 1944 69th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 9 October 1943 73d Reconnaissance (later Tactical Reconnaissance) Group, 27 June 1943 26th Observation (later Reconnaissance) Group, 1 September 1941 VI Army Corps, 30 December 1940 First Corps Area, 25 November 1940 Rhode Island National Guard, 13 October 1939