48th Air Transport Squadron

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48th Air Transport Squadron
C-124 Globemaster II over Hawaii about 1957
Active	1942-1943; 1952-1965
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Airlift
Part of	Military Air Transport Service
Motto(s)	Forever Forward
Insignia
Patch with 48th Air Transport Squadron emblem

The 48th Air Transport Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 1502d Air Transport Wing, Military Air Transport Service, stationed at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. It was inactivated on 25 June 1965.

History

The squadron was first organized during World War II as a ferrying squadron in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations.

Reestablished as the 48th Air Transport Squadron in 1952 to replace the 1264th Air Transport Squadron, which had been organized in 1948 as the 2d Air Transport Squadron, a Douglas C-54 Skymaster transport squadron. That squadron was redesignated on 1 October 1948 to comply with the requirement that Table of Distribution units be numbered with four digits.

Upgraded to Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter and Douglas C-124 Globemaster II long distance intercontinental transports. Flew over MATS Pacific routes from Hawaii until inactivated in 1965 with the phaseout of the C-124.

Lineage

Constituted as the 48th Ferrying Squadron

Activated c. 9 July 1942

Redesignated 48th Transport Squadron c. 29 March 1943

Disbanded on 20 September 1943
Reconstituted as the 48th Air Transport Squadron, Heavy on 20 June 1952

Activated on 20 July 1952

Redesignated 48th Air Transport Squadron, Medium on 1 April 1960

Discontinued and inactivated on 25 June 1965

Assignments

14th Ferrying Group, c. 9 July 1942 – 20 September 1943
1500th Air Transport Group (later 1502d Air Transport Group), 20 July 1952
1502d Air Transport Wing, 1 May 1958 - 20 Jul 1952

Stations

Bathurst, Gambia, c. 9 July 1942
Marrakech, French Morocco, c. February 1943 – 20 September 1943
Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, 20 July 1952 - 25 June 1965^[1]

Aircraft

Douglas C-54 Skymaster, 1948-1949
Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter, 1949-1956
Douglas C-118, 1956-1965
Douglas C-124 Globemaster, 1955-1965

References

Notes

^ Mueller, p. 235

Bibliography

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Mueller, Robert (1989). Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-53-6.

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