page_title: 115th Airlift Squadron
section_title: Lineage
hierarchical_section_title: 115th Airlift Squadron / History / Lineage
caption_attribution_description: English: 115th Airlift Squadron and 745th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron
context_page_description: The 115th Airlift Squadron is a unit of the California Air National Guard 146th Airlift Wing located at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Oxnard, California. The 115th is equipped with the C-130J Hercules.
  The 115 AS is the oldest unit in the California Air National Guard, having almost 90 years of service to the state and nation. It is a descendant organization of the World War I 115th Aero Squadron, established on 28 August 1917. It was reformed on 16 June 1924, as the 115th Observation Squadron, and is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.
context_section_description: Organized as 115th Aero Squadron** on 28 August 1917
  Re-designated 115th Aero Squadron (Supply) on 1 September 1918
  Re-designated 636th Aero Squadron (Supply) on 1 February 1918
  Demobilized on 8 April 1919
  Reconstituted and consolidated (1936) with 115th Observation Squadron which, having been allotted to California NG, was activated on 16 June 1924
  Ordered to active service on 3 March 1941
  Re-designated: 115th Observation Squadron (Light) on 13 January 1942
  Re-designated: 115th Observation Squadron on 4 Ju1 1942
  Re-designated: 115th Liaison Squadron on 2 April 1943
  Inactivated on 25 December 1945
  Re-designated 115th Bombardment Squadron (Light), and allotted to California ANG, on 24 May 1946
  Extended federal recognition on 16 September 1946
  Federalized and placed on active duty, 1 March 1951
  Released from active duty and returned to California state control, 11 December 1952
  Re-designated: 115th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 1 January 1953
  Re-designated: 115th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 July 1955
  Re-designated: 115th Air Transport Squadron, 1 October 1961
  Federalized and placed on active duty, 1 October 1961
  Released from active duty and returned to California state control, 31 August 1962
  Re-designated: 115th Military Airlift Squadron, 8 January 1966
  Re-designated: 115th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 1 April 1970
  Re-designated: 115th Airlift Squadron, 16 March 1992
  ** This unit is not related to another 115th Aero Squadron (Service) that was activated in March 1918 at Kelly Field, Texas.
caption: 115th Airlift Squadron and 745th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Al Udeid AB, Qatar (Home Station: Channel Islands AGS, Oxnard, California, 2005)
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