The 49th 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 1502d Air Transport Wing

1502d Air Transport Wing

The 1502d Air Transport Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit, being inactivated on 8 January 1966.The 1502d ATW was a heavy cargo transport wing of the Military Air Transport Service , formed on 1 June 1948...

, 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...

, stationed at Hickam Air Force Base

Hickam Air Force Base

Hickam Field, re-named Hickam Air Force Base in 1948, was a United States Air Force facility now part of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, named in honor of aviation pioneer Lt Col Horace Meek Hickam.- History :...

, Hawaii. It was inactivated on 1 July 1955.

History

Established in 1948 as a medium transport squadron flying C-54s. Transported supplies and personnel in the Pacific between Hawaii and the Philippines and bases between. Deployed elements of squadron to Tachikawa Airfield

Tachikawa Airfield

is an airfield in the city of Tachikawa, the western part of Tokyo, Japan. Currently under the administration of the Ministry of Defense, it has also served as the civil aviation with Japan's first scheduled air service.-Operations:...

, Japan during 1951-1952 flying combat resupply missions during Korean War

Korean War

The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...

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After the Korean War, returned to normal peacetime operations, Inactivated in July 1955 with the inactivation of the host 1500th ATW.

Lineage

• Established as 1265th Air Transport Squadron on 1 Jun 1949

Activated on: 30 Jun 1949

Redesignated: 49th Air Transport Squadron, on 20 Jul 1952

Inactivated on 1 Jul 1955.