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49th Air Transport Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	49th Air Transport Squadron
dates	1942-1943; 1952-1955
country
branch
role	Airlift
battles	Mediterranean Theater of Operations
identification_symbol	[[File:49th Air Transport Squadron - MATS - Emblem.png	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	Patch with 49th Air Transport Squadron emblem

The 49th Air Transport Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was as part of the 1502d Air Transport Wing, Military Air Transport Service, stationed at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. It was inactivated on 1 July 1955.

History

Activated as a ferrying unit during World War II, it served in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations until disbanded in 1943 and replaced by Station 10, North African Wing, Air Transport Command.

Reestablished in 1952 to replace the 1265th Air Transport Squadron, which had been organized on 1 June 1949 as a medium transport squadron flying Douglas C-54 Skymasters, it transported supplies and personnel in the Pacific from Hawaii to the Philippines and bases in between. It deployed elements of the squadron to Tachikawa Air Base, Japan during 1951–1952, flying combat resupply missions during the Korean War.

After the Korean War, it returned to normal peacetime operations. It was inactivated simultaneously with the host 1500th ATW in July 1955.

Lineage

Constituted as the 49th Ferrying Squadron : Activated c. 9 July 1942
Redesignated 49th Transport Squadron, c. 29 March 1943
Disbanded on 20 September 1943 : Reconstituted as the 49th Air Transport Squadron, Medium on 20 June 1952 : Activated on 20 July 1952 : Inactivated on 1 July 1955

Assignments

14th Ferrying Group, c. 9 July 1942
African-Middle East Wing, Air Transport Command, 1943 – 20 September 1943
1500th Air Transport Group, 20 July 1952 - 1 July 1955

Stations

Bathurst, Gambia, c. 9 July 1942
Marrakech, French Morocco, c. February 1943 – 20 September 1943
Hickam Air Force Base Hawaii, 20 July 1952 - 1 July 1955

Aircraft

C-54 Skymaster, 1949–1952
C-97 Stratofreighter, 1952–1955

References

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

References

Mueller, p. 244

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