53rd Airlift Squadron
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53rd-airlift-squadron-190-13914283
title:
53rd Airlift Squadron
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The 53d Airlift Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit, last part of the 19th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. It operated Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft for airlift and airdrop operations. The squadron was first activated in June 1942 as the 53d Troop Carrier Squadron. After training in the United States, it deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, where it participated in the airborne assault on Sicily, for which it earned a Distinguished Unit C
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Military unit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53rd_Airlift_Squadron
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date modified:
2024-02-09T15:07:09Z
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