1500th Air Transport Wing

The group was initially equipped with three squadrons of C-54 Skymasters that could reach the Continental US, but required intermediate stopovers along the Pacific transport routes to stations as far away as Pakistan.

The unit also had association with Naval Air Transport squadrons assigned to Hickam as part of the joint service organization of MATS.

The group was a tenant organization at Hickam, which was a Pacific Air Command (PAC) Base.

[1] It remained the host at Hickam until being replaced by the 15th ABW in a USAF program to continue the histories of notable combat units.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency