The 84th Military Airlift Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 60th Military Airlift Wing, Military Airlift Command, stationed at Travis Air Force Base, California, where it was inactivated on 1 July 1971.

History World War II The squadron was activated under the Alaskan Wing, Air Transport Command in March 1943 at Edmonton Airport, Alberta, Canada; it provided support for transient lend-lease aircraft bound for the Soviet Union during 1943, as well as Eleventh Air Force aircraft which were to be used during the Aleutian Campaign.

Cold War

The squadron was reactivated at Great Falls Air Force Base, Montana in 1952 under Military Air Transport Service (MATS). It operated Douglas C-54 Skymasters until MATS shut down operations at Great Falls. It moved to Travis Air Force Base in 1953, where it was equipped with long range Douglas C-124 Globemaster II intercontinental transports. The unit flew worldwide strategic transport missions under Western Transport Air Force. It was re-equipped with the Douglas C-133 Cargomaster strategic transport aircraft in 1958, and continued worldwide transport operations until July 1971 when the C-133s were retired.

Lineage Established as the 84th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron and activated c. 1 March 1943 Redesignated 84th Transport Squadron on 26 March 1943 Disbanded on 20 September 1943 Reconstituted as the 84th Air Transport Squadron, Medium on 20 June 1952 Activated on 20 July 1952 Redesignated 84th Air Transport Squadron, on 16 May 1953 Redesignated 84th Military Airlift Squadron on 8 January 1966 Inactivated on 1 July 1971

Assignments 25rh Ferrying Group, c. 1 March – 20 September 1943 1701st Air Transport Wing, 20 July 1952 1501st Air Transport Wing, 16 May 1953 60th Military Airlift Wing, 8 January 1966 – 1 July 1971

Stations Edmonton Airport, Alberta, Canada, c. 1 March – 20 September 1943 Great Falls Air Force Base, Montana, 20 July 1952 Travis Air Force Base, California, 16 May 1953 – 1 July 1971

Aircraft Transient lend-lease aircraft on Alaska Transport Route, 1943 Douglas C-54 Skymaster, 1952–1953 Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, 1953–1958 Douglas C-133 Cargomaster, 1957–1971

References Notes

Bibliography

Mueller, Robert, Air Force Bases Volume I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982, Office of Air Force History, 1989 Remembering an Unsung Giant The Douglas C-133 Cargomaster and Its People AFHRA document search