535th Airlift Squadron Lieutenant’s Protection Association Pencil Pocket Tab

Constituted as 535 Fighter Squadron on 24 Sep 1943. Activated on 1 Oct 1943. Disbanded on 10 Apr 1944. Reconstituted, and redesignated as 535 Fighter Squadron, Two-Engine, on 16 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949. Redesignated as 535 Fighter-Escort Squadron on 16 Mar 1950. Ordered to active service on 1 May 1951. Inactivated on 25 Jun 1951. Redesignated as 535 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 26 May 1952. Activated in the Reserve on 15 Jun 1952. Inactivated on 1 Feb 1953. Redesignated as 535 Troop Carrier Squadron, and activated, on 12 Oct 1966. Organized on 1 Jan 1967. Redesignated as 535 Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 Aug 1967. Inactivated on 24 Jan 1972. Redesignated as 535 Airlift Squadron on 1 Apr 2005. Activated on 18 Apr 2005.