457th Airlift Squadron 75th Anniversary Art

457th Airlift Squadron 75th Anniversary Poster Art.

The 457th Airlift Squadron (457 AS) is part of the 375th Air Mobility Wing and is stationed at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. It operates C-21 aircraft providing executive airlift to our nation’s military leaders. This poster artwork commemorates the 75th anniversary of the founding of the 457th Airlift Squadron (1942-2017). Established in mid-1942 (WWII) under II Bomber Command as a B-17 Flying Fortress Replacement Training Unit (RTU). Operated until March 1944 with the end of Heavy Bomber training. Re-designated on 1 April 1944 as a B-29 Superfortress Very Heavy bombardment squadron. When training was completed, it moved to North Field Guam in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific Area in January 1945 and assigned to XXI Bomber Command, Twentieth Air Force. Its mission was the strategic bombardment of the Japanese Home Islands and the destruction of its war-making capability. – During Vietnam, they received their nickname “the Hustlers” flying much need cargo in the C-7 caribou.  Their Motto: “The Wings of Command”. Joint Base Andrews is a United States military facility located in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force 11th Wing, Air Force District of Washington (AFDW). In 2009, Andrews Air Force Base and Naval Air Facility Washington were merged to form Joint Base Andrews. The Learjet Model 35 and Model 36 are a series of American multi-role business jets and military transport aircraft manufactured by Learjet.