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Unit/Organization Information
  • Air Mobility Command
  • 317th Airlift Group
  • 40th Airlift Squadron
Location
Coin Location: 9K4
Homebase: Dyess AFB, Texas
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C005369

Location: 9K4

Coin: Unit

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Round shaped coin, pewter in color, 2 inches in diameter.

The 40th Airlift Squadron is a United States Air Force unit based at Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas. The unit currently flies the new Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. Nicknamed the Screaming Eagles, it is one of the most decorated airlift units in the U.S. Air Force.

The 745th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron was active during 1942-1945, 1947-1956, and was reactivated as a C-130 Hercules airlift Squadron as part of the Global War on Terrorism.