McGuire AFB - MATS era Card - early 1960s

The 1611th Air Transport Wing is an inactive

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...

unit. Its last was assigned to the Eastern Transport Air Force,

Military Air Transport Service The Military Air Transport Service (MATS) is an inactive United States Department of Defense, Department of Defense Unified Command. Activated on 1 June 1948, MATS was a consolidation of the United States Navy's Naval Air Transport Service (NA ...

, stationed at

McGuire Air Force Base McGuire AFB/McGuire, the common name of the McGuire unit of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, is a United States Air Force base in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, approximately south-southeast of Trenton. McGuire is unde ...

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. It was inactivated on 8 January 1966. With the disestablishment of MATS, the USAF assets of the Wing were reassigned to the

438th Military Airlift Wing The 438th Air Expeditionary Wing was a United States Air Force unit operating in Afghanistan and assigned to United States Air Forces Central. The wing trained Afghan Air Force members, including pilots. In the Cold War it was active as an air ...

Military Airlift Command 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 ...

History

Established in 1954 at McGuire AFB, New Jersey after

assumed jurisdiction at McGuire from

Air Defense Command Aerospace Defense Command was a major command (military formation), command of the United States Air Force, responsible for air defense of the continental United States. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air De ...

. The unit operated primarily C-118 Liftmaster (Navy R6D) transports throughout its existence; received

C-135 Stratolifter The Boeing C-135 Stratolifter is a transport aircraft derived from the prototype Boeing 367-80 jet airliner''Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1963–1964''. p. 183 (also the basis for the 707) in the early 1950s. It has a narrower fuselage and i ...

s in 1962 and was upgraded from a medium to a heavy transport wing. Commenced transitioning to

C-130E Hercules The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designe ...

late 1963. Supported Air Force Reserve associate units beginning in 1961. It operated Aerial Port and Port of Embarkation for the Northeast United States, primarily for European flights as well as maintained support for

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and Air Rescue Service squadrons and aircraft as well as

interceptor aircraft and other air defense units. Discontinued on 8 January 1966 along with MATS, equipment and personnel were reassigned to MAC 438th MAW same date.

Lineage

* Established as 1611th Air Transport Wing (Medium) on 1 May 1954 and activated : Redesignated as: 1611th Air Transport Wing (Heavy) on 1 January 1962 : Discontinued on 8 January 1966

Components

* 1611th Air Transport Group, 1 July 1954 – 18 January 1963 * 18th Air Transport Squadron, 18 July 1954 – 8 January 1966 * 38th Air Transport Squadron, 18 October 1954 – 25 June 1965 * 29th Air Transport Squadron, 13 April 1955 – 8 January 1966 * 30th Air Transport Squadron, 5 May 1955 – 25 January 1965 * 58th Air Transport Squadron, 30 June 1955 – 18 June 1960 * 99th Air Transport Squadron, 6–25 Jul 1955 : Originated as: 99th Transport Squadron constituted c. 4 June 1943, activated 21 June 1943, disbanded 1 December 1943 : Assigned to: 13th Ferry / Air Transport Squadron, India-China Wing,

Air Transport Command Air Transport Command (ATC) was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces. It had two main missions, the first being the delivery of supplies a ...

. * 100th Air Transport Squadron, 9–25 Oct 1955 * 44th Air Transport Squadron, 9 November 1955 – 14 November 1955 * 40th Air Transport Squadron, 8 January 1962 – 8 January 1966 * 1611th Air Traffic (Later: 1611th Air Terminal / 1611th Aerial Port) Squadron 1 July 1954 – 8 January 1966 * Aerial Port of Embarkation, McGuire AFB 1 April 1955 – 8 January 1966 ** 1611th Air Base Group *** 1611th Air Base Squadron 1 July 1954 – 1 November 1955 *** 1611th Air Police Squadron 1 July 1954 – 1 November 1955 *** 1611th Food Services Squadron 1 July 1954 – 1 November 1955 *** 1611th Installations (Later: 1611th Civil Engineering) Squadron 1 July 1954 – 8 January 1966 *** 1611th Motor Vehicle (Later: 1611th Transportation) Squadron 1 July 1954 – 8 January 1966 *** 1611th Operations Squadron 1 August 1958 – 8 January 1966 *** 1611th Services Squadron 18 January 1963 – 8 January 1966 *** 1611th Supply Squadron 18 January 1963 – 8 January 1966 *** 1611th Maintenance Squadron 1 July 1954 – 1 August 1955 (R/D: 1611th FMS) ** 1611th Maintenance Group 1 August 1955 – 18 January 1963 *** 1611th Field Maintenance Squadron 1 August 1955 – 8 January 1966 *** 1611th Periodic Maintenance Squadron 1 July 1954 – 1 July 1961 *** 1611th Flight Line (Later: 1611th Organizational) Maintenance Squadron 1 November 1956 – 25 June 1965 *** 1611th Communications & Electronics Maintenance Squadron 1 October 1959 – 8 January 1966 *** 1612th Organizational Maintenance Squadron 1 October 1963 – 8 January 1966 *** 1613th Organizational Maintenance Squadron 1 October 1963 – 8 January 1966 * ATTACHED UNITS : 12th Aeromedical Transport Squadron, 8 November 1956 – 8 January 1966 (1st Aeromedical Transport Group) : Naval Air Transport Squadron Three (VR-3), 16 July 1957 – 8 January 1966 (Naval Air Transport Wing – Atlantic) * Non Associated Air Force Reserve Units : 514th Troop Carrier Wing, 15 March 1961 – 8 January 1966 : 903d Troop Carrier Group, 28 December 1962 – 8 January 1966

Stations

, New Jersey, 1 May 1954 – 8 January 1966

Aircraft

C-54 Skymaster The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War. Like the Douglas C-47 Skytrain derived from the DC-3, the C-54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian ...

, 1954 * C-118 Liftmaster (USAF), 1954–1966 : R6D (Navy), 1954 * C-135A Stratolifter, 1962–1966 *

, 1963 – ?

References

{{reflist Air transport wings of the United States Air Force Military units and formations in New Jersey Major command controlled wings of the United States Air Force Military units and formations established in 1954 Military units and formations disestablished in 1966