40th Military Airlift Squadron

The squadron also provided a maintenance service for transient aircraft until inactivated on 30 September 1943.

It was reactivated in 1954 under Military Air Transport Service at Dover AFB, Delaware in 1954.

The squadron flew very long range C-124 Globemaster intercontinental transport aircraft carrying passengers and cargo, throughout the MATS Atlantic Division, to Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

The squadron was reactivated again in 1962 at McGuire AFB, New Jersey and equipped with the C-135A/B jet transport.

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

Emblem of the MATS 0th Air Transport Squadron
A C-124 over the Statue of Liberty, about 1960