• Source: 48th Air Transport Squadron

    • 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

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    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

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    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


    = Aircraft

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    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

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    = Bibliography

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    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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