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249th Airlift Squadron
249th Airlift Squadron
	249th Airlift Squadron - Boeing C-17A Lot XI Globemaster III 99-0169 The "Spirit of Denali
Active	2009-Present
Country	United States
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Squadron
Role	Airlift
Part of	Alaska Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska
Tail Code	White tail stripe "Elmendorf" in black "AK"
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249th Airlift Squadron emblem

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The 249th Airlift Squadron (249 AS) is a unit of the Alaska Air National Guard 176th Wing located at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska. The 249th is equipped with the C-17 Globemaster III.

Overview

The 249th Airlift Squadron is one of the first Air National Guard units in the nation to be organized under the "Associate" organizational construct. Under this model, two or more components of the Air Force (Regular Air Force, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve) associate and operationally integrate, but retain separate chains of command. The 249th Airlift Squadron is organized under the "Classic Association" version of the model where the Regular Air Force host, the 517th Airlift Squadron, retains principal responsibility for the weapon system (C-17A) and shares it with the 249th Airlift Squadron, the Air National Guard associate.

History

In association with the 517th, the 249th began flying a variety of airlift missions—including combat missions in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom—in mid-summer of 2007. From that time up through September 2009, while members referred to it as the 249th, the unit was officially a detachment of the 176th Operations Group. It received official Department of Defense recognition and activation as the 249th Airlift Squadron in September 2009.

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Established as: 249th Airlift Squadron and allocated to Alaska ANG in 2007

Received federal recognition on 1 September 2009

Components designated as: 249th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron when deployed as part of an Air and Space Expeditionary unit

Assignments

176th Wing, 1 September 2009-Present

Stations

Kulis Air National Guard Base, Alaska, 1 September 2009

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, 18 Feburary 2011- present

Aircraft

C-17 Globemaster III, 2007-Present

References

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

249th Airlift Squadron factsheet

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 ==History==
+In association with the 517th, the 249th began flying a variety of airlift missions—including combat missions in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom—in mid-summer of 2007. From that time up through September 2009, while members referred to it as the 249th, the unit was officially a detachment of the 176th Operations Group. It received official Department of Defense recognition and activation as the 249th Airlift Squadron in September 2009.
 ===Lineage===
-* Established as: 249th Airlift Squadron and allocated to Alaska ANG in 2007
+* Established as: '''249th Airlift Squadron''' and allocated to Alaska ANG in 2007
 : Received federal recognition on 1 September 2009
+: Components designated as: '''249th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron''' when deployed as part of an Air and Space Expeditionary unit
 ===Assignments===
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 ===Stations===
-* Kulis Air National Guard Base, Alaska, 1 September 2009
+* [[Kulis Air National Guard Base]], Alaska, 1 September 2009
-: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, 18 Feburary 2011- present
+: [[Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson]], Alaska, 18 Feburary 2011- present
 ===Aircraft===
-* C-17 Globemaster III, 2007-Present
+* [[C-17 Globemaster III]], 2007-Present
 ==References==