The 311th Troop Carrier Squadron trained in the United States from 1943 to 1944 and later flew cargo and personnel missions.

When Lieutenant General Millard Harmon crashed in the Pacific, the squadron participated in an intensive air search for survivors.

In addition, the unit flew flare, communications cover, air evacuation, and search and rescue missions for downed aircraft.

On 10 May 1968, The special forces camp at Kham Duc in the central highlands near Laos came under heavy mortar fire and was ordered to be evacuated.

As the Viet Cong overran the forward outpost and established gun positions on the airstrip, eight aircraft were destroyed and the C-130 on the runway reduced its usable length to only about 2,200 feet.

[4] It was inactivated in June 2014, leaving the 200th Airlift Squadron of the Colorado Air National Guard to continue its mission at Peterson.