816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron

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The 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron was a provisional United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 385th Air Expeditionary Group, stationed at Al Udeid Air Base, Doha, Qatar. It was last engaged in combat operations in Southwest Asia. The squadron was activated as the 816th Troop Carrier Squadron in 1953 in Japan, when it replaced a reserve unit that had been activated for the Korean War. It airlifted troops and materiel in the Pacific until inactivating in 1956. rdf:langString
rdf:langString 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron
rdf:langString 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron
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xsd:date 1944-07-18
xsd:date 1945-03-24
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rdf:langString Germany, 816th Bombardment Squadron
rdf:langString Afghanistan Campaign
rdf:langString Iraq Campaign
xsd:gMonthDay --11-28
xsd:integer 1942
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rdf:langString Unofficial 816th Troop Carrier Squadron patch
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rdf:langString The 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron was a provisional United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 385th Air Expeditionary Group, stationed at Al Udeid Air Base, Doha, Qatar. It was last engaged in combat operations in Southwest Asia. During World War II as the 816th Bombardment Squadron, it was one of the last B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber squadrons deployed to Southern Italy as part of the Fifteenth Air Force's 483d Bombardment Group in March 1944. The squadron earned two Distinguished Unit Citations in combat over Germany. After the war, it helped transport American soldiers returning to the United States until it was inactivated in Italy. The squadron was activated as the 816th Troop Carrier Squadron in 1953 in Japan, when it replaced a reserve unit that had been activated for the Korean War. It airlifted troops and materiel in the Pacific until inactivating in 1956.
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