777th Bombardment Squadron

777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron
A C-130 Hercules if the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron is marshaled into position at Joint Base Balad, Iraq
Active	1943-1945; 1953-1971; 2000s (decade)
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Airlift
Insignia
777th Expeditionary Airlft Squadron emblem (approved 16 April 1958)
Tail Code 1968-1971	PB

The 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force squadron activated after 11 September 2001, being engaged in the Global War on Terrorism. Its current status is undetermined.

Previously, the squadron was a Tactical Air Command Tactical Airlift squadron, assigned to the 464th Tactical Airlift Wing, stationed at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. It was inactivated on 31 August. During World War II, the 777th Bombardment Squadron was a B-24 Liberator heavy bomb squadron which saw combat with Fifteenth Air Force stationed in Italy, assigned to the 464th Bombardment Group.

Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber squadron in mid-1943, trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO), October 1943, becoming a Fifteenth Air Force heavy bomb squadron, attacking enemy targets both in the MTO and European Theater of Operations (ETO). After end of war in Europe, used B-24s for transport of personnel from various points in Europe to Waller Field, Trinidad, being attached to Air Transport Command. Inactivated 31 July 1945.

Reactivated as a Tactical Air Command theater transport squadron, 1953. Performed Troop Carrier missions using tactical transport aircraft until 1971 when inactivated.

Activated as a C-130 Hercules airlift squadron as part of the Global War on Terrorism after 9 September 2001.