The 143rd Airlift Squadron (143 AS) is a unit of the Rhode Island Air National Guard 143rd Airlift Wing located at Quonset Point Air National Guard Station, Rhode Island. The 143rd is equipped with the C-130J Hercules. The squadron is a descendant organization of the 152nd Observation Squadron, established on 21 August 1939. It is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.