# 9th Airlift Squadron

The 9th Airlift Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force, part of the 436th Airlift Wing Air Mobility Command based at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. It operates C-5M Galaxy aircraft.

## Mission

The 9th Airlift Squadron provides worldwide airlift to meet Department of Defense, Department of State and Presidential mobility requirements.

## History
### World War II

Constituted 9th Transport Squadron on 1 January 1938. Activated on 1 December 1940 at Patterson Field, OH with C-34. Moved to Brookley Field, AL, 18 September 1941, then to Camp Williams, WI, 24 May 1942. Redesignated 9th Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 July 1942. Relocated to Dodd Field, TX, c. 18 Sep 1942; Stuttgart, AR, 11 Nov 1942; Victorville, CA, 18 December 1942; Ft Sumner AAFld, NM, 4 Mar 1943; Lawson Field, GA, 7 May 1943; Grenada AAFld, MS, c. 3 Jun 1943-17 Jan 1944; Hickam Field, TH, 21 Feb 1944; Abemama Island, 27 Mar 1944; Saipan, 4 Aug 1944; Guam, Jul-15 Oct 1946.
The squadron provided aerial transportation in Central, Western, and Southwestern Pacific, during World War II. Inactivated on 15 October 1946.
Redesignated 9th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 10 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949 at Floyd Bennett NAS, NY, 27 June 1949 – 9 May 1951. Moved to Altus AFB, OK, 20 June 1953, with C-124. The 9th conducted replacement training through 1943, and subsequently aerial transportation in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

### Strategic airlift

It has provided worldwide airlift since 1953. The 9th resupplied scientific camps in Antarctica from 1959 to 1961, and 1965–1968. Relocated to Dover AFB, DE, 1 January 1965. Redesignated 9th Military Airlift Squadron on 8 January 1966. It also flew missions to Southeast Asia from 1965 to 1968 with C-141 Starlifters, discontinued, and inactivated, on 8 September 1968. Activated on 1 April 1971, with C-5 Galaxys. Participated in the evacuation of refugees from Southeast Asia in April 1975. The squadron supported operations in Grenada, 24 October 1983 – 11 December 1983; Panama, 19 December 1989 – 14 January 1990; and Southwest Asia, August 1990–July 1991. Redesignated 9th Airlift Squadron on 1 December 1991.
The last C-5B left the squadron on 12 March 2012. The 9th Airlift Squadron is now a C-5M Super Galaxy exclusive unit.

## Lineage

* Constituted as the 9th Transport Squadron on 1 January 1938
    Activated on 1 December 1940
    Redesignated 9th Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 July 1942
    Inactivated on 15 October 1946
* Redesignated 9th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 10 May 1949
    Activated in the reserve on 27 June 1949
    Ordered to active service on 1 May 1951
    Inactivated on 9 May 1951
* Redesignated 9th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy on 19 March 1953
    Activated on 20 June 1953
    Discontinued and inactivated on 18 January 1963
* Activated on 13 November 1964 (not organized)
    Organized on 1 January 1965
    Redesignated 9th Military Airlift Squadron on 8 January 1966
    Discontinued and inactivated on 8 September 1968
* Activated on 1 April 1971
    Redesignated 9th Airlift Squadron on 1 December 1991

### Aircraft

* Douglas C-33 (1940–1941)
* Douglas C-34 (1940–1941)
* Douglas C-39 (1940–1941)
* Douglas C-47 Skytrain (1942–1946, 1949–1951)
* Douglas C-50 (1942)
* Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (1942–1943)
* Curtiss C-46 Commando (1945–1946)
* Douglas C-54 Skymaster (1946)
* Douglas C-124 Globemaster II (1953–1963, 1965–1966)
* Lockheed C-141 Starlifter (1966–1968)
* Lockheed C-5A Galaxy (1971–unknown)
* Lockheed C-5B Galaxy (unknown–2012)
* Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy (2009–present)

### Operations

* Operation Neptune
* Operation Deep Freeze
* Operation Urgent Fury
* Operation Just Cause
* Operation Desert Storm
* Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn
* Operation Enduring Freedom