40th Military Airlift Squadron

40th Military Airlift Squadron
	Emblem of the 40th Military Airlift Squadron
Active	1942-1968
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Airlift

The 40th Military Airlift Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 438th Military Airlift Wing, Military Airlift Command, stationed at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey.

Emblem of the MATS 0th Air Transport Squadron

A C-124 over the Statue of Liberty, about 1960

It was inactivated on 4 March 1968.

History

The unit was activated as the 40th Ferrying (later, Transport) Squadron under Ferrying (later Air Transport) Command at Canton Island Airport, Gilbert Islands, in August 1942. It ferried various aircraft, including A-20s, B-17s, B-24s, B-25s, B-26s, P-38s, P-40s, C-46s, and C-47s, to destinations in the Pacific Theater. The squadron also provided a maintenance service for transient aircraft until inactivated on 30 September 1943.

It was reactivated in 1954 under Military Air Transport Service at Dover AFB, Delaware in 1954. The squadron flew very long range C-124 Globemaster intercontinental transport aircraft carrying passengers and cargo, throughout the MATS Atlantic Division, to Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

It was inactivated in 1960.

The squadron was reactivated again in 1962 at McGuire AFB, New Jersey and equipped with the C-135A/B jet transport. It carried cargo between the US and Vietnam until it was inactivated in 1968 when MAC C-135 operations came to an end.

Lineage

Established as 40th Ferrying Squadron on 1 August 1942

Activated on 17 August 1942

Redesignated: 40th Transport Squadron on 1 March 1943

Disbanded on 30 September 1943

Established as 40th Air Transport Squadron, Heavy on 1 March 1954

Activated on 8 March 1954

Inactivated on 8 December 1960

Redesignated as 40th Air Transport Squadron, Medium on 8 January 1962

Redesignated as 40th Military Airlift Squadron on 8 January 1966

Inactivated on 4 March 1968

Assignments

25th Ferrying (later, 25th Transport) Group, 17 August 1942 – 30 September 1943
1607th Air Transport Wing, 8 March 1954 – 8 December 1960
1611th Air Transport Wing, 8 January 1962 – 8 January 1966
438th Military Airlift Wing, 8 January 1966 – 4 March 1968

Stations

Canton Island Airport, Kanton Island, Gilbert Islands, 17 Aug 1942-30 Sep 1943
Dover AFB, Delaware, 8 March 1954 – 8 December 1960
McGuire AFB, New Jersey, 8 January 1962 – 4 March 1968

Aircraft

C-124C Globemaster II, 1954–1960
C-130E Hercules, 1962–1968

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References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

Mueller, Robert, Air Force Bases Volume I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982, Office of Air Force History, 1989

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