The 13th Air Transport Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last was assigned to the 2d Aircraft Delivery Group, Air Force Logistics Command

Air Force Logistics Command

Air Force Logistics Command was a United States Air Force command. Its headquarters was located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio...

, stationed at Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia. It was inactivated on 30 September 1970.

History

Activated as a C-46 Commando

C-46 Commando

The Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando was a transport aircraft originally derived from a commercial high-altitude airliner design. It was instead used as a military transport during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces as well as the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps under the designation R5C...

 squadron at Pope Field, North Carolina

North Carolina

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. Deployed to Air Transport Command

Air Transport Command

Air Transport Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its mission was to meet the urgent demand for the speedy reinforcement of the United States' military bases worldwide during World War II, using an air supply system to supplement surface transport...

 in ndia] where the squadron flew the India out of India over the Hump. Inactivated in December 1943

Reactivated in 1952 at Brookley Air Force Base

Brookley Air Force Base

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, Alabama

Alabama

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 and equipped with C-124 Globemaster II

C-124 Globemaster II

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 intercontinental strategic transports. Flew long range strategic airlift missions in 1957 when unit was inactivated as part of Military Air Transport Service

Military Air Transport Service

The Military Air Transport Service is an inactive Department of Defense Unified Command. Activated on 1 June 1948, MATS was a consolidation of the United States Navy Naval Air Transport Service and the United States Air Force Air Transport Command into a single, joint, unified command...

 pullout from Brookley.

Activated as part of Military Assistance Program at Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

 in 1969. Delivered 619 aircraft of 35 aircraft types including F-4, F-102, NF-5/F-5, B-66, F-86, C-130, A-1H/J, 0-2A, HH-53C, C-119, C-54 and C-123 to allied nations purchasing refurbished aircraft from United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 excess inventory. Inactivated in 1970.

Lineage

• Cconstituted as 13th Air Corps Ferry Squadron on 18 Feb 1942

Activated on 7 Mar 1942

Redesignated as 13th Transport Squadron 24 Mar 1943

Disbanded on 1 Dec 1943

• Reconstituted on or about 1 Jun 1952 as 13th Air Transport Squadron

Activated on: 18 Jul 1952

Inactivated on: 1 Jul 1957

• Organized on 15 Oct 1969

Inactivated on 30 Sep 1970

Assignments

• 1st Ferrying (later Transport) Group 7 Mar 1942-1 Dec 1943
• 1703d Air Transport Group
  1703d Air Transport Group
  The 1703d Air Transport Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 1701st Air Transport Wing, Military Air Transport Service, stationed at Brookley Air Force Base, Alabama...
  
   20 July 1952
• Continental Division, Military Air Transport Service
  Military Air Transport Service
  The Military Air Transport Service is an inactive Department of Defense Unified Command. Activated on 1 June 1948, MATS was a consolidation of the United States Navy Naval Air Transport Service and the United States Air Force Air Transport Command into a single, joint, unified command...
  
  , 18 June-1 Jul 1957
• 2nd Aircraft Delivery Group 15 October 1969-30 September 1970

Stations

• Pope Field, North Carolina, 7-17 Mar 1942
• Charleston Army Air Base, South Carolina, 17-19 Mar 1942
• Karachi Airport, India, 15 May 1942
• New Malir Cantonment, India, 17 May 1942
• Chabua Airfield, India, 1 Aug 1942-1 Dec 1943
• Brookley AFB, Alabama, 1952-1957
• Dobbins AFB, Georgia, 1969-1970