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38th Air Transport Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	38th Air Transport Squadron
image	Douglas C-118A Liftmaster 53-3251.jpg
image_size	290
caption	Douglas C-118 as flown by the squadron
dates	1942-1943; 1954-1965
country
branch
role	Airlift
identification_symbol	[[File:38th Air Transport Squadron - MATS - Emblem.png	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	Patch with 38th Air Transport Squadron emblem

The 38th Air Transport Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 1611th Air Transport Wing, Military Air Transport Service, stationed at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. It was inactivated on 25 June 1965.

History

Activated during World War II as a ferrying squadron. Moved to the Pacific and served on Christmas Island until it was replaced by Station 8, Pacific Wing, Air Transport Command in a general reorganization of Air Transport Command in 1943.

Reestablished in 1954 as a Douglas C-118 Liftmaster transport squadron. Flew MATS passenger flights on a worldwide scale until inactivated in 1965 with the phaseout of the C-118.

Lineage

Constituted as the 38th Ferrying Squadron : Activated c. 9 July 1942
Redesignated 38th Transport Squadron on 19 March 1943 : Disbanded on 18 October 1943
Reconstituted as the 38th Air Transport Squadron, Medium c. 1 June 1954 : Activated on 18 October 1954 : Inactivated and discontinued on 25 June 1965

Assignments

11th Ferrying Group, c. 9 July 1942
19th Ferrying Group (later 19th Transport Group) 1 November 1942 – 18 October 1943
1611th Air Transport Group, 18 October 1954
1611th Air Transport Wing, 1 January 1963 - 25 June 1965

Stations

Hamilton Field, California, c. 9 July 1942
Cassidy Field, Christmas Island, 1 January 1943 – 18 October 1943
McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, 18 October 1954 - 25 June 1965

Aircraft

Douglas C-118 Liftmaster, 1954-1965

References

Notes

Bibliography

References

Mueller, p. 414

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