• Constituted as the
40th Transport Squadron on 2 February 1942 : Activated on 18 February 1942 : Redesignated
40th Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 July 1942 : Redesignated
40th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy on 21 May 1948 : Inactivated on 14 September 1949 • Redesignated
40th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 3 July 1952 : Activated on 14 July 1952 : Redesignated
40th Troop Carrier Squadron on 1 March 1966 : Redesignated
40th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 May 1967 : Redesignated
40th Airlift Squadron on 1 January 1992 : Inactivated on 16 July 1993 • Activated on 1 October 1993
Assignments •
San Antonio Air Depot, 18 February 1942 • 317th Transport Group (later 317th Troop Carrier Group), 22 February 1942 – 14 September 1949 • 317th Troop Carrier Group, 14 July 1952 •
317th Troop Carrier Wing, 12 March 1957 •
322d Air Division, 25 September 1958 • 317th Troop Carrier Wing (later 317 Tactical Airlift Wing), 15 April 1963 (attached to Detachment 1, 322d Air Division, 24 November 1964 – 19 February 1965;
513th Tactical Airlift Wing, 16 March–26 May 1968, 4 March–7 May 1975;
322d Tactical Airlift Wing, 31 August–17 October 1971, 7 April–16 June 1973;
435th Tactical Airlift Group, 12 January–15 March 1976, 26 April–15 July 1977;
435th Tactical Airlift Wing, 4 October–15 December 1976) • 317th Tactical Airlift Group, 1 October 1978 (attached to
313th Tactical Airlift Group, 29 November 1978 – 16 February 1979) • 317th Tactical Airlift Wing, 1 April 1980 (attached to 313 Tactical Airlift Group, 7 June–8 August 1980, 3 October–16 December 1981, 3 February–14 April 1983, 7 April–17 June 1984, 4 August–16 October 1985, 3 October–16 December 1986, 20 November 1987 – 10 February 1988, 4 February–12 Apr 1989, 31 March–9 April 1990, 8 July–13 August 1991) • 317th Operations Group, 1 January 1992 – 16 July 1993 (attached to 313 Tactical Airlift Group, 28 July–October 1992) •
7th Operations Group, 1 October 1993 • 317th Airlift Group, 1 April 1997 – 1 July 2017 • 317th Airlift Wing, 1 July 2017 – Present
Stations • Duncan Field, Texas, 18 February 1942 • Bowman Field, Kentucky, 19 June 1942 •
Lawson Field, Georgia, 10 October 1942 • Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base, North Carolina, 2–10 December 1942 • Garbutt Field, Australia, 23 January 1943 •
Port Moresby Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 4 October 1943 •
Finschhafen Airfield, New Guinea, 21 April 1944 •
Hollandia Airfield, New Guinea, 22 June 1944 • Leyte, Philippines, 19 November 1944 • Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 5 March 1945 • Okinawa, Ryuku Islands, c. 16 August 1945 •
Osaka Airport, Japan, 21 October 1945 •
Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, 19 January 1946 •
Matsushima Air Base, Japan, 17 October 1946 • Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, 1 August–16 November 1948 • Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany, 16 November 1948 • RAF Celle, Germany, 15 December 1948 – 14 September 1949 • Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, 14 July 1952 • Neubiberg Air Base, Germany, 15 May 1953 • Évreux-Fauville Air Base, France, 6 December 1957 – 20 June 1964 • Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio, 20 June 1964 (deployed to Évreux-Fauville Air Base, France, 24 November 1964 – 19 February 1965; RAF Mildenhall, England, 16 March–26 May 1968) • Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, 31 August 1971 – 16 July 1993 (deployed to Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, 31 August–17 October 1971, 7 April–16 June 1973, 4 October–15 December 1976; RAF Mildenhall, England, 4 March–16 May 1975, 12 January–15 March 1976, 26 April–15 July 1977, 29 November 1978 – 16 February 1979, 7 June–6 August 1980, 3 October–12 December 1981, 3 February–14 April 1983, 7 April–17 June 1984, 4 August–16 October 1985, 3 October–16 December 1986, 20 November 1987 – 10 February 1988, 4 February–12 April 1989, 31 March–9 April 1990, 8 July −13 August 1991, 28 July–October 1992) •
Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, 1 October 1993 – present
Aircraft •
Principally Douglas C-47 Skytrain, 1942–1946 •
Curtiss C-46 Commando, 1946–1948 •
Douglas C-54 Skymaster, 1946–1949 •
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1952–1957 •
Lockheed C-130 hercules, 1957–1993, 1993–present ==References==