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On 1 October 1994, the 438th Airlift Wing was inactivated, being replaced at McGuire by the 305th Air Mobility Wing which was transferred from Grissom AFB, Indiana when Grissom was realigned via a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) action to the Air Force Reserve Command as Grissom ARB.
The Military Airlift Command (MAC) is an inactive United States Air Force major command (MAJCOM) that was headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.Established on 1 January 1966, MAC was the primary strategic airlift organization of the Air Force until 1974, when Air Force tactical airlift units in the Tactical Air Command (TAC) were merged into MAC to create a unified airlift organization.
On 1 December 1991, the unit was activated as the 438th Operations Group as the operational component of the 438th Airlift Wing when Military Airlift Command implemented the Objective Wing organization. On 1 October 1993, the group's 30th Airlift Squadron moved on paper to Yokota Air Base, Japan, .
Through its successor organizations, Military Airlift Command (MAC) in 1966 and since 1992 as Air Mobility Command (AMC), the primary mission of McGuire has remained the strategic airlift of personnel and equipment worldwide. MATS activities at the base began on 1 July 1954 with the 1611th Air Transport Wing being activated.
This article lists the airlift squadrons of the United States Air Force. The purpose of an airlift squadron is to organize and effect the delivery of supplies or personnel, usually via military transport aircraft such as the C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules .
337th Airlift Squadron: Air Force Reserve Command: Fourth Air Force: 439 AW: 26 June 1949 Westover ARB, Massachusetts: C-5M [236] 356th Airlift Squadron: Air Force Reserve Command: Fourth Air Force: 433 AW: 1 June 1942 JB San Antonio, Texas: C-5M [237] 458th Airlift Squadron: Air Mobility Command: Eighteenth Air Force: 375 AMW: 6 July 1942 [238 ...
Replaced by 436th Military Airlift Wing [48] [49] 1608th Air Transport Wing: Charleston AFB, SC: MATS: 1 Mar 1955: 8 Jan 1966: Replaced by 437th Military Airlift Wing. [50] [51] 1611th Air Transport Wing: McGuire AFB, NJ: MATS: 1 May 1954: 8 Jan 1966: Support units replaced 568th Air Defense Group. Replaced by 438th Military Airlift Wing [52] [53]
320th AAF/Air Force Base Unit; Dyess AFB, Texas (15 October 1969 – 1 December 1974) 516th Tactical Airlift Wing (1969–1972) 463d Tactical Airlift Wing (1972–1974) Alexandria/England AFB, Louisiana (21 March 1946 – 1 December 1948, 1 December 1950 – 1 June 1992) 366th Fighter Wing (1953–1959) 1st Air Commando/Special Operations Wing ...