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 McGuire AFB/McGuire, the common name of the McGuire unit of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, is a United States Air Force base in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, approximately south-southeast of Trenton. McGuire is under the j ...

, 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 The 1600th Air Transport Group is a discontinued United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Atlantic Division, Military Air Transport Service at Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts. It provided strategic airlift between the Un ...

, 20 Jul 1952-13 Apr 1955 *

1611th Air Transport Group The 1611th Air Transport Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the Eastern Transport Air Force, Military Air Transport Service, stationed at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. It was inactivated on 8 Ja ...

, 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 Westover Air Reserve Base is an Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) installation located in the Massachusetts communities of Chicopee and Ludlow, near the city of Springfield, Massachusetts. Established at the outset of World War II, today West ...

, Massachusetts, 20 Jul 1952-13 Apr 1955 * McGuire AFB, New Jersey, 13 Apr 1955-31 Aug 1968

Aircraft

* C-97, 1952–1953 *

C-54 The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War. Like the Douglas C-47 Skytrain derived from the DC-3, the C-54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian a ...

, 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 {{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017 029 Military units and formations in New Jersey