17th Tactical Airlift Squadron Operation BLUE ICE 1967

Constituted as the 17th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron on 18 Feb 1942. Activated on 27 Apr 1942. Redesignated the 17th Transport Squadron on 19 Mar 1943. Disbanded on 31 Oct 1943. Reconstituted, and redesignated the 17th Air Transport Squadron, Medium on 22 Mar 1954. Activated on 18 Jul 1954. Redesignated the 17th Air Transport Squadron, Heavy on 18 Jun 1958; 17th Military Airlift Squadron on 8 Jan 1966. Inactivated on 8 Apr 1969. Activated on 1 Aug 1987. Redesignated the 17th Airlift Squadron on 1 Oct 1991. Inactivated on 25 June 2015.

Constituted as the 17th Transport Squadron on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 11 Dec 1940. Redesignated 17th Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 Jul 1942. Inactivated on 31 Jul 1945. Activated on 19 May 1947. Inactivated on 10 Sep 1948. Redesignated 17th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 3 Jul 1952. Activated on 14 Jul 1952. Inactivated on 21 Jul 1954. Activated on 24 Oct 1960 (not organized). Organized on 8 Feb 1961. Redesignated 17th Troop Carrier Squadron on 8 Dec 1965; 17th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 Sep 1967; 517th Airlift Squadron on 1 Apr 1992-.