The 28th Military Airlift 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 62d Military Airlift Wing, Military Airlift Command

Military Airlift Command

The Military Airlift Command is an inactive United States Air Force Major Command of the USAF which was headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. It was constituted on 1 January 1966 and active until the end of the Cold War, when the Air Force table of organization was revised...

, stationed at McChord Air Force Base, Washington. It was inactivated on 22 December 1969.

History

Established in 1952 as a Headquarters. Air Force Logistics Command-controlled logistics squadron. It's mission was to provide world-wide airlift of nuclear weapons and related equipment, with a secondary mission to airlift other Department of Defense cargo as required when space was available. Inactivated in 1965 with inactivation of storage sites.

Became a Military Air Transport Service (later Military Airlift Command) C-124 Globemaster II strategic transport squadron flying worldwide airlift operations. Inactivated in 1969 with the retirement of the C-124.

Lineage

• Established as 28th Logistic Support Squadron, 1 Sep 1952

Activated on 23 Sep 1952

Redesignated 28th Air Transport Squadron on 1 January 1965

Redesignated 28th Military Airlift Squadron on 8 January 1966

• Inactivated on 22 December 1969

Assignments

• 3079th Aviation Depot Wing
  3079th Aviation Depot Wing
  The 3079th Aviation Depot Wing, Air Material Command, United States Air Force, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, was a WMD unit of key strategic importance and special weapons storage wing active until 1962....
  
  , Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 23 Sep 1952-1 Jan 1965
• 62d Air Transport Wing, 1 January 1965
• 62d Military Airlift Wing, 8 Jan 1966-22 Dec 1969

Stations

• Hill AFB, Utah, 23 Sep 1952-1 Jan 1965
• McChord AFB, Washington, 1 Jan 1965-22 Dec 1969