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Unit/Organization Information
  • 172nd Airlift Wing
  • 183rd Airlift Squadron
Location
Coin Location: 18Q2
Homebase: Jackson, Mississippi
Deployment: Afghanistan
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 21 November 2016
Donated by: MAJ Ryan O'Quinn
Copies: 1 of 1

C005829

Location: 18Q2

Coin: Unit

National Guard » U.S. Air Force » Aviation - Airlift

Narrative

Round shaped coin, brass in color, 1 3/4 inches in diameter.

Journal - Page 123 - Line 17

The 183d Airlift Squadron is a unit of the 172d Airlift Wing of the Mississippi Air National Guard stationed at Allen C. Thompson Field Air National Guard Base, Jackson, Mississippi. The squadron is equipped with the C-17 Globemaster III.

The 183d was organized in 1953 as a reconnaissance unit, but converted to the airlift role in 1957. It was called to federal service during the first Gulf War.