The 96th Airlift Squadron is part of the 934th Airlift Wing at Minneapolis-St Paul Joint Air Reserve Station, Minnesota. It operates Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft supporting the United States Air F
Profile of a squadron C-130H Hercules
C-130H showing the squadrons Flying Vikings banner
The 440th Operations Group is an active United States Air Force Reserve unit. It is the flying component of the Twenty-Second Air Force 440th Airlift Wing, stationed at Pope Air Force Base, North Caro
96th Airlift Squadron
…Redesignated 96th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 26 May 1952 440th Troop Carrier Group, 1 Jul 1943 – 18 Oct 1945 Second Air Force, 6 March 1947…
Emblem of the 440th Operations Group
C-130s of the 440th Operations Group at Pope Air Force Base, N.C
Paratroopers prepare to drop from a C-130 of the 440th Operations Group
5 June 1944 photograph of C-47s of the 95th and 98th Troop Carrier Squadrons at RAF Exeter with freshly applied black/white invasion stripes to aid in aircraft identification from the ground. There was insufficient space to park all the aircraft on the concrete, so many were parked on grass turf.