page_title: 198th Airlift Squadron
section_title: Lineage
hierarchical_section_title: 198th Airlift Squadron / History / Lineage
caption_attribution_description: English: 198th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron - Emblem
context_page_description: The 198th Airlift Squadron was the last flying squadron of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard 156th Airlift Wing located at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The 198th last assigned aircraft was the WC-130H Hercules. The 198th was established in October 1944 as the 463d Fighter Squadron, was re-designated as the 198th and allotted to the PRANG in May 1946, re-designated from fighter to airlift in October 1998, and was disbanded on 31 December 2019.
context_section_description: Constituted 463d Fighter Squadron on 5 October 1944
  Activated on 12 October 1944
  Inactivated on 27 May 1946
  Re-designated: 198th Fighter Squadron, and allotted to Puerto Rico ANG, on 24 May 1946.
  Received federal recognition and activated, 23 November 1947
  Re-designated: 198th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 July 1952
  Re-designated: 198th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 10 April 1958
  Re-designated: 198th Fighter Squadron, 15 March 1992
  Re-designated: 198th Airlift Squadron, 1 October 1998
  Divested: 31 December 2019
caption: 198th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron – Emblem
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