Its last assignment was to the 60th Military Airlift Wing, Military Airlift Command, stationed at Travis Air Force Base, California.

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.

The squadron was re-activated at Great Falls AFB, Montana in 1952 under Military Air Transport Service.

It moved to Travis AFB in 1953, where it was equipped with long range C-124 Globemaster II intercontinental transports.

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