437th Military Airlift Wing 16th Airlift Squadron Special Operations Spec Ops C-141 Starlifter Air Force Challenge Coin Navy SEALs to a numbered air force

to a numbered air force aligned under Air Combat Command

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437th Military Airlift Wing 16th Airlift Squadron Special Operations Spec Ops C-141 Starlifter Air Force Challenge Coin Navy SEALs to a numbered air forceThis coin is 1 1 2 inches in diameter. On 1 October 1993 the squadron was reassigned without aircraft or personnel to the 437th Operations Group, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, to replace the 76th Airlift Squadron flying the Lockheed C 141 Starlifter. Over the next six years the 16th AS provided the nation's only long range, rapid response, special operations low level (SOLL) capability. The squadron provided the backbone of the nation's elite