A C-124C Globemaster II; note the front-opening doors
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 operated C-54 Skymasters until MATS shut down operations at Great Falls. It moved to Travis AFB in 1953, where it was equipped with long range C-124 Globemaster II intercontinental transports. The unit flew worldwide strategic transport missions under the Western Transport Air Force. It was re-equipped with the C-133B Cargomaster very heavy strategic transport aircraft in 1958, and continued worldwide transport operations until July 1971 when the C-133s were retired.
Lineage
Established as the 84th Ferrying Squadron and activated on 25 March 1943
Re-designated as the 84th Transport Squadron on 26 March 1943
Inactivated on 20 September 1943
Disbanded on 8 October 1948
Reconstituted as the 84th Air Transport Squadron (Medium) and activated on 20 January 1952
Re-designated as the 84th Air Transport Squadron, Heavy on 16 May 1953
Re-designated as the 84th Military Airlift Squadron on 8 January 1966
Inactivated on 1 July 1971
Assignments
1452d Army Air Force Base Unit, 25 March – 20 September 1943
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
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