Officials selected Great Falls as the only replacement aircrew training site for Berlin Airlift-bound C-54s.

[2] Using radio beacons, Great Falls was transformed to resemble Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany.

The wing's primary mission was the routing and scheduling of flights throughout the Pacific Ocean region and in support of allied forces in the Korean War.

Mountain Home was used by MATS' Air Resupply and Communications Service (ARCS) to train its units before they deployed overseas.

In November 1951, ARCS formed the 1300th Air Base Wing and assumed responsibility for Mountain Home.

[9] The 1701st was inactivated and replaced by the 1300th Wing in June 1953 when MATS transferred Mountain Home to Strategic Air Command and moved its ARCS operations to Great Falls.