29th Military Airlift Squadron explained

Unit Name:	29th Military Airlift Squadron
Dates:	1942-1968
Country:	United States
Branch:	United States Air Force
Type:	Airlift

The 29th Military Airlift Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 438th Military Airlift Wing, Military Airlift Command, stationed at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. It was inactivated on 31 August 1968.

History

Lineage

• Constituted as 29th Ferrying Squadron, on 9 Jul 1942

Activated on 25 Jul 1942

Redesignated: 29th Transport Squadron, on 24 Mar 1943

Disbanded on 1 Sep 1943

Reconstituted, redesignated and activated: 29th Air Transport Squadron, Heavy, 20 Jun 1952

Redesignated: 29th Air Transport Squadron, Medium on 11 Sep 1953

Redesignated: 29th Military Airlift Squadron on 8 January 1966

Discontinued & inactivated on 31 August 1968

Assignments

• 8th Ferrying (later Transport) Group, 25 Jul 1942-1 Sep 1943
• 1600th Air Transport Group, 20 Jul 1952-13 Apr 1955
• 1611th Air Transport Group, 13 Apr 1955-18 Jan 1963
• 1611th Air Transport Wing, 18 Jan 1953-8 Jan 1966
• 438th Military Airlift Wing, 8 Jan 1966-31 Aug 1968

Stations

• Presque Isle Army Air Field, Maine, 25 Jul 1942-1 Sep 1943
• Westover AFB, Massachusetts, 20 Jul 1952-13 Apr 1955
• McGuire AFB, New Jersey, 13 Apr 1955-31 Aug 1968

Aircraft

• C-97, 1952–1953
• C-54, 1953–1954
• C-118, 1954–1964
• C-130, 1964–1968

References

• 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