page_title: 536th Tactical Airlift Squadron
hierarchical_section_title: 536th Tactical Airlift Squadron
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Air Force De Havilland C-7B Caribou (s/n 63-9725) of the 535th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 483d Tactical Airlift Wing, at Cam Ranh Air Base, South Vietnam, in October 1971. This aircraft was later transferred to the South Vietnamese VNAF 427th Transport Squadron.
context_page_description: The 536th Tactical Airlift Squadron is an inactive squadron of the United States Air Force. The unit was last active at Cam Ranh Air Base Viet Nam, where it was inactivated on 15 October 1971.
  The squadron was first established during World War II as the 536th Fighter Squadron. It served as a Replacement Training Unit for Republic P-47 Thunderbolt pilots until it was disbanded in a major reorganization of the Army Air Forces in 1944 designed to streamline training organizations.
  In 1952, the squadron was redesignated as the 536th Troop Carrier Squadron, and activated at Atterbury Air Force Base to replace elements of the 923d Reserve Training Wing. The following year the squadron was inactivated and replaced at Atterbury by the 72d Troop Carrier Squadron.
  The unit was activated again in Viet Nam as a C-7 Caribou squadron assigned to the 483d Tactical Airlift Wing; the squadron was awarded three Presidential Unit Citations for its actions during the Viet Nam War.
context_section_description: The 536th Tactical Airlift Squadron is an inactive squadron of the United States Air Force.  The unit was last active at Cam Ranh Air Base Viet Nam, where it was inactivated on 15 October 1971.
  The squadron was first established during World War II as the 536th Fighter Squadron.  It served as a Replacement Training Unit for Republic P-47 Thunderbolt pilots until it was disbanded in a major reorganization of the Army Air Forces in 1944 designed to streamline training organizations.
  In 1952, the squadron was redesignated as the 536th Troop Carrier Squadron, and activated at Atterbury Air Force Base to replace elements of the 923d Reserve Training Wing.  The following year the squadron was inactivated and replaced at Atterbury by the 72d Troop Carrier Squadron.
  The unit was activated again in Viet Nam as a C-7 Caribou squadron assigned to the 483d Tactical Airlift Wing; the squadron was awarded three Presidential Unit Citations for its actions during the Viet Nam War.
caption: DeHavilland Canada C-7A Caribou of the 483d Tactical Airlift Wing at Cam Rahn Bay in 1971
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