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{{Infobox Military Unit
|unit_name= 58th Airlift Squadron
|image= [[
|caption= 58th Airlift Squadron Patch
|dates= 12 November 1942 - 25 March 1946 <
|country= [[United States]]
|allegiance=
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|command_structure= [[Air Education and Training Command]] <
|current_commander=
|garrison= [[Altus Air Force Base]]
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|decorations= [[Air Force Outstanding Unit Award]] <
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The '''58th Airlift Squadron''' ('''58 AS''') is part of the [[97th Air Mobility Wing]] at [[Altus Air Force Base]], [[Oklahoma]]. It operates [[C-17 Globemaster III]] aircraft training pilots for airlift and [[airdrop]] operations.
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===Lineage===
*58th Troop Carrier Squadron (
*58th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (
*58th Military Airlift Squadron, Special (
*58th Military Airlift Squadron (
*58th Airlift Squadron (
==Assignments==
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*[[375th Airlift Wing|375th Troop Carrier Group]] (
*[[11th Air Force]] (1947)
*[[Military Airlift Command]] (
*63d Military Airlift Wing (1966)
*[[436th Airlift Wing|436th Military Airlift Wing]] (
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*[[435th Air Base Wing|435th Tactical Airlift Wing]] (
*[[322d Air Division]] (
*608th Military Airlift Group (
*[[86th Airlift Wing]] (
*[[97th Air Mobility Wing]] (
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==Bases stationed==
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*[[Bowman Field (airport)|Bowman Field]], [[Kentucky]] (
*[[Whiteman Air Force Base|Sedalia Army Air Field]], [[Missouri]] (1943)
*[[Laurinburg-Maxton Airport|Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Field]], [[North Carolina]] (1943)
*[[Fort Wayne International Airport|Baer Field]], [[Indiana]] (1943)
*[[New Guinea]] (
*[[Biak]] (
*[[San Jose, Occidental Mindoro|San Jose]], [[Occidental Mindoro]] (1945)
*[[Porac, Pampanga|Porac]], [[Pampanga]] (1945)
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*[[Okinawa]] (1945)
*[[Tachikawa]], [[Japan]] (
*[[Youngstown, Ohio|Youngstown]] Municipal Airport, [[Ohio]] (
*Greater Pittsburgh Airport, [[Pennsylvania]] (
*[[Robins Air Force Base]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] (
*[[Ramstein Air Base]], [[Germany]] (
*[[Altus Air Force Base]], Oklahoma (
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==Aircraft Operated==
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*[[C-47 Skytrain]] (
*[[B-17 Flying Fortress]] (1944)
*[[C-46 Commando]] (
*[[T-6 Texan|AT-6 Harvard II]] (1948)
*[[Beechcraft Model 18|AT-11 Kansas]] (1948)
*[[C-124 Globemaster II]] (
*[[C-141 Starlifter]] (
*[[Lockheed JetStar|VC-140]] (
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*[[C-135 Stratolifter|VC-135]] (
*[[North American Sabreliner|CT-39 Sabreliner]] (
*[[C-12 Huron]] (
*[[Learjet 35|C-21]] (
*[[Gulfstream III|C-20]] (
*[[Boeing T-43|T-43]] (
*[[C-17 Globemaster III]] (1996 – Present)
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==References==
*[http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0058as.html USAF 58th Airlift Squadron History]
*[http://www.altus.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4937 58th Airlift Squadron Fact Sheet]
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