page_title: 779th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron
hierarchical_section_title: 779th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron
caption_attribution_description: English: Lockheed C-130E 63-7825 345th TAS/374th TAW CCK Air Base, Taiwan. 中文（繁體）‎: 美國空軍第374戰術空運聯隊（374th TAW）之345戰術空運中隊派駐在台灣清泉崗空軍基地的C-130E運輸機
context_page_description: The 779th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit. Its most recent activation was in 2018 for Operation Inherent Resolve. It has also been activated for contingency operations at Ramstein Air Base.
  The squadron was first active during World War II as the 779th Bombardment Squadron. After training in the United State, the squadron flew Consolidated B-24 Liberators in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany. It earned two Distinguished Unit Citations for its actions during this campaign. Following the war, the squadron served in Air Transport Command to transport troops back to the United States from a base in South America before inactivating.
  In June 1955, the squadron was reactivated as the 779th Troop Carrier Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, when the 464th Troop Carrier Group expanded from three to four operational squadrons. It was inactivated in 1957, but activated again in 1965 as the 464th Troop Carrier Wing was converting from the Fairchild C-123 Provider to the Lockheed C-130 Hercules.
context_section_description: The 779th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit. Its most recent activation was in 2018 for Operation Inherent Resolve.  It has also been activated for contingency operations at Ramstein Air Base.
  The squadron was first active during World War II as the 779th Bombardment Squadron.  After training in the United State, the squadron flew Consolidated B-24 Liberators in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany.  It earned two Distinguished Unit Citations for its actions during this campaign.   Following the war, the squadron served in Air Transport Command to transport troops back to the United States from a base in South America before inactivating.
  In June 1955, the squadron was reactivated as the 779th Troop Carrier Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, when the 464th Troop Carrier Group expanded from three to four operational squadrons.  It was inactivated in 1957, but activated again in 1965 as the 464th Troop Carrier Wing was converting from the Fairchild C-123 Provider to the Lockheed C-130 Hercules.  It was inactivated on 31 August 1971, when the 41st Tactical Airlift Squadron replaced it at Pope.
caption: C-130 Hercules in 1960s camouflage
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