• Constituted
2d Combat Cargo Squadron on 11 April 1944 : Activated on 15 April 1944 : Redesignated
327th Troop Carrier Squadron on 31 October 1945 : Inactivated on 26 December 1945 • Activated in the reserve on 29 May 1947 : Redesignated
327th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 2 September 1949 : Ordered to Active Service on 15 March 1951 : Inactivated on 1 April 1951 • Activated in the reserve on 14 June 1952 : Ordered to Active Service on 28 October 1962 : Relieved from Active Duty on 28 November 1962 : Redesignated:
327th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 July 1967 : Redesignated:
327th Airlift Squadron on 1 February 1992 : Inactivated on 30 September 2007 • Activated on 13 July 2014
Assignments •
1st Combat Cargo Group, 15 April 1944 : Under operational control of
Air Transport Command, 1 July – 9 September 1945 •
Fourteenth Air Force, 10 September – 26 December 1945 •
514th Troop Carrier Group, 29 May 1947 •
512th Troop Carrier Group, 2 September 1949 – 1 April 1951 •
512th Troop Carrier Group, 14 June 1952; 14 April 1959 •
913th Troop Carrier (later, 913th Tactical Airlift; 913th Airlift) Group, 11 February 1963 • 913th Operations Group, 1 August 1992 – 30 September 2007 • 913th Airlift Group, 13 July 2014
Stations •
Bowman Field,
Kentucky, 15 April – 3 August 1944 •
Sylet Airfield, India, 27 August 1944 : Detachment operated from
Yunnani Airfield, China, 11 – 18 September 1944 •
Tulihal Airfield, India, 22 November 1944 •
Tsuyung Airfield, China, 12 December 1944 •
Dohazari Airfield, India, 1 February 1945 •
Hathazari Airfield, India, 16 May 1945 •
Bhamo Airfield,
Burma, 1 June 1945 •
Peishiyi Airfield, China, 10 September – 26 December 1945 •
Marietta Army Airfield,
Georgia, 29 May 1947 •
Reading Municipal Airport,
Pennsylvania, 2 September 1949 •
New Castle County Airport,
Delaware, 1 May 1950 – 1 April 1951; 14 June 1952 •
Willow Grove Air Reserve Facility (later, Station),
Pennsylvania, 20 July 1958 – 30 September 2007 •
Little Rock Air Force Base,
Arkansas, 13 July 2014
Aircraft operated •
C-47 Skytrain (1944–1945) •
C-46 Commando (1949–1951, 1952–1957) •
AT-7 Navigator (1949–1951) •
AT-11 Kansan (1949–1951) •
C-119 Flying Boxcar (1957–1969, 1970–1971) •
C-130E Hercules (1970–2007) •
C-130H Hercules (2014–2016) •
C-130J Hercules (2016–Present) ==Patch (Aircraft Marking for the 2d Combat Cargo Squadron)==