773d Airlift Squadron

773d Airlift Squadron
Past and present members of the 773rd Airlift Squadron pose in front of a C-130 Hercules aircraft here, April 6, 2014 following the unit’s deactivation ceremony.
Active	1943-1945; 1953-1971; 1972-1993; 1994-2014
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Airlift
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command 910th Airlift Wing 910th Operations Group
Garrison/HQ	Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio
Nickname(s)	Fleagles
Engagements	World War II - EAME Theater Vietnam War 1991 Gulf War (Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation of Kuwait) Afghanistan Campaign Iraq Campaign
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation (2x) Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device (3x) Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (7x) Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
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773d Airlift Squadron

The 773d Airlift Squadron historically calls itself the "Fleagles" and was assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing (Air Force Reserve Command), Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Vienna Township, Trumbull County, Ohio. The unit flew the C-130 H2.5 aircraft.

During World War II, the 773d Bombardment Squadron was a B-17 Flying Fortress squadron, assigned to the 463d Bombardment Group, Fifteenth Air Force. It earned Two Distinguished Unit Citations. The unit later served as a C-130 Hercules tactical airlift squadron during the Vietnam War.

On 1 April 1995, with the Reserve Forces building, the Department of Defense reactivated the 773d at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, joining the 910th Airlift Wing and the 757th Airlift Squadron. Since that time the 773d has flown numerous humanitarian missions from Europe to the former Yugoslavia. Delivering peacekeeping forces, food, and medicines to aid the people of the region. The 773d also continues the rotational airlift requirement for Central and South America, Southeast Asia and the Far East.

Established in mid-1943 as a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombardment squadron; assigned to Second Air Force for training. Attached in late 1943 and early 1944 to Air University Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics. Deployed to Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) in February 1944, squadron taking the South Atlantic Transport Route though the Caribbean and South America; transiting the Atlantic Ocean via Brazil and Dakar, French West Africa, being assigned to Fifteenth Air Force in March 1944 at several airfields in Southern Italy.