75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron
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 A 75th EAS C-130J Super Hercules resupplies US forces in Kenya, 2020 | |
| Active | 1943–1944 1952–2003 2014–present |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Airlift |
| Part of | United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa |
| Garrison/HQ | Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti |
| Nickname(s) | Rogue Squadron[1] |
| Motto(s) | Sustinere est Defendere (Latin: "To Support is to Defend")[2] |
| Engagements | .png){kind=small} World War II – American Theater  Armed Forces Expeditionary |
| Decorations |  Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (9x)  Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm |
| Insignia | |
| 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron emblem (Approved 5 February 2015)[2] |  |
| 75th Airlift Squadron emblem (Approved 3 November 1959)[2] |  |
The 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (75 EAS) is a provisional Air Force squadron. It was most recently activated in May 2014 in Djibouti, where it provides airlift support for Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa. It replaced the 52d Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. The 75th EAS is a deployed unit, made up of rotating Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard units, such as the 910th Airlift Wing, members of which comprised the squadron in May 2022.[1]
The squadron was first activated as the 75th Ferrying Squadron in 1943 it transported cargo. It was redesignated the 75th Transport Transition Squadron later that year and trained aircrews on transport aircraft until being disbanded the following year.
The 75th was reconstituted as the 75th Air Transport Squadron in 1952. It operated heavy airlift aircraft, primarily in the Pacific area until 1993.
Prior to its conversion to provisional status it was last assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, where it operated C-9A Nightingale aircraft providing theater medical evacuation airlift in Europe until 2003.
- ^ a b Word, Jonathan (9 May 2022). "The Real Rogue Squadron". Youngstown Air Reserve Station. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d Haulman, Daniel (May 2014). "75 Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (USAFE)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 22 July 2022.