41st Airlift Squadron

[2] The 41st participated in airborne drops on Nadzab, Noemfoor, Tagaytay, Corregidor, and Aparri, as well as aerial transportation in South, Southwest, and Western Pacific, during World War II.

[2] While stationed at the Hollandia Airfield Complex, the squadron rebuilt a captured Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar fighter.

In November 1965 the squadron was moved from Lockbourne AFB, Ohio, to Naha Air Base, in Okinawa, Japan.

The 41st airlifted personnel, special forces and supplies during operations in Grenada in 1983, Panama from December 1989 – January 1990, and in Southwest Asia from, 11 August 1990 – 21 March 1991.

[6] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 720th Special Tactics Group out of Hurlburt Field, Fla., jump out of a C-130J Hercules aircraft during water rescue training above Choctawhatchee Bay, over the Destin coastline in Florida Oct. 3, 2007. The training is designed to enhance aerial ZoDIAC deployment and personnel recovery. The aircraft belongs to the 41st Airlift Squadron out of Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas.