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The 2nd Airlift Squadron (2 AS) of the United States Air Force is an airlift squadron operating from Pope Air Force Base, Fayetteville, North Carolina. They operate C-130 Hercules aircraft. The squadron is part of the 43d Airlift Wing of the Air Mobility Command. Today the squadron flies C-130H2 Hercules' transport aircraft on airlift missions and shares 16 of these aircraft in an association with the Air Force Reserve Command's 440th Airlift Wing. After being moved to Pope in the 2005 BRAC, the 440th became the first Air Force Reserve Wing to have an active duty associate squadron.

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  • The 2nd Airlift Squadron (2 AS) of the United States Air Force is an airlift squadron operating from Pope Air Force Base, Fayetteville, North Carolina. They operate C-130 Hercules aircraft. The squadron is part of the 43d Airlift Wing of the Air Mobility Command. Today the squadron flies C-130H2 Hercules' transport aircraft on airlift missions and shares 16 of these aircraft in an association with the Air Force Reserve Command's 440th Airlift Wing. After being moved to Pope in the 2005 BRAC, the 440th became the first Air Force Reserve Wing to have an active duty associate squadron.
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  • The 2nd Airlift Squadron (2 AS) of the United States Air Force is an airlift squadron operating from Pope Air Force Base, Fayetteville, North Carolina. They operate C-130 Hercules aircraft. The squadron is part of the 43d Airlift Wing of the Air Mobility Command. The squadron trained transport pilots, 21 May-1 October 1942; transported troops and airdropped them during the airborne assault on Myitkyina, Burma, 17 May 1944; aerial transportation in China-Burma-India theater, 25 February 1943-c. August 1945; airlift of Chinese troops to eastern China for disarmament operations, September–November 1945. Airlift for airborne troops, 1 June 1992–present. Today the squadron flies C-130H2 Hercules' transport aircraft on airlift missions and shares 16 of these aircraft in an association with the Air Force Reserve Command's 440th Airlift Wing. After being moved to Pope in the 2005 BRAC, the 440th became the first Air Force Reserve Wing to have an active duty associate squadron.
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