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==History==
Constituted as 58 Troop Carrier Squadron on 12 Nov 1942. Activated on 18 Nov 1942 with [[C-47]]s at [[Bowman Field (Kentucky)|Bowman Field]], [[KY]]. The 58th conducted aerial transportation in [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|Pacific Theater]], and participated in the [[Airborne forces|airborne]] assault on [[Salamaua-Lae_campaign#Operation_Cartwheel|Nadzab, New Guinea]], on 5 September 1943 during [[World War II]].
The 58th were inactivated on 25 March 1946. Activated in the Reserve on 28 June 1947. Redesignated as 58 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 27 June 1949. Inactivated on 3 Oct 1950. Redesignated as 58 Military Airlift Squadron, Special, and activated, on 27 December 1965. Organized on 8 January 1966. Redesignated as 58 Military Airlift Squadron on 8 January 1967. Inactivated on 15 August 1971. Activated on 1 September 1977. Redesignated as 58 Airlift Squadron on 1 Jun 1992. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1993. Activated on 30 Jan 1996.<ref name=58ASfacts/>
The 58th provided global airlift from 1966–1971 and from 1977–1993. When it was organized in January 1966, it absorbed the personnel and equipment of the [[7th Air Transport Squadron, Special]].'
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