page_title: 144th Airlift Squadron
section_title: Lineage
hierarchical_section_title: 144th Airlift Squadron / Lineage
caption_attribution_description: English: 144th Fighter-Bomber Squadron - patch
context_page_description: The 144th Airlift Squadron is a unit of the Alaska Air National Guard 176th Wing located at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska. The 144th is an associate unit of the active 517th Airlift Squadron, equipped with the C-17 Globemaster III.
context_section_description: Constituted as the 8144th Air Base Squadron. and allotted to Alaska ANG in 1952
  Received federal recognition on 15 September 1952
  Redesignated 144th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 1 July 1953
  Redesignated 144th Fighter Interceptor Squadron on 1 July 1955
  Redesignated 144th Air Transport Squadron, Light on 1 July 1957
  Redesignated 144th Air Transport Squadron, Medium on 1 December 1960
  Redesignated 144th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 April 1969
  Redesignated 144th Airlift Squadron on 15 March 1992
caption: 144th Fighter-Bomber/Fighter-Interceptor Squadron patch
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