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This article lists the aerial port squadrons of the United States Air Force. The purpose of an aerial port squadron is to arrange and carry out Air Force logistical functions such as processing cargo, loading equipment, rigging for airdrop, and packing parachutes.
| Aerial Port Squadrons | |||
| Squadron | Emblem | Location | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Aerial Port Squadron |  | Dyess AFB | Activated in 1952 as 1st Aerial Port Operations Squadron |
| 2nd Aerial Port Squadron |  | Little Rock AFB | Activated in 1952 as 2d Aerial Port Operations Squadron |
| 3rd Aerial Port Squadron |  | Pope AFB | Activated in 1953 as 3d Aerial Port Operations Squadron |
| 4th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Langley AFB | Activated in 1953 as 4th Aerial Port Operations Squadron |
| 5th Aerial Port Squadron | Evreux AB, France | Activated in 1953 as 5th Aerial Port Operations Squadron | |
| 5th Aerial Port Squadron |  | RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom | |
| 6th Aerial Port Squadron |  | U-Tapao RTAFB, Thailand | Activated in 1954 as 6th Aerial Port Operations Squadron |
| 7th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Ashiya AB, Japan Tachikawa AB, Japan Naha AB, Okinawa Kunsan AB, Korea | Activated on 7 Feb 1955, replaced 6127th Air Terminal Group (FEAF). Stations: Ashiya AB, Japan, 7 Feb 1955; Tachikawa AB, Japan, 1 Jul 1956; Naha AB, Okinawa, 8 Mar 1966; Kunsan AB, Korea, 30 Jun 1971-1 Nov 1973. Six detachments in Southeast Asia were realigned under 8th Aerial Port Squadron in 1963. Inactivated on 1 Nov 1973. |
| 8th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Tan Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam | |
| 9th Aerial Port Squadron | Forbes AFB | ||
| 10th Aerial Port Squadron | Dyess AFB | ||
| 11th Aerial Port Squadron | Mitchel AFB | Activated in the reserves in 1954 as 11th Aerial Port Operations Squadron | |
| 12th Aerial Port Squadron | Pittsburgh, PA | Activated in the reserves in 1954 as 12th Aerial Port Operations Squadron | |
| 13th Aerial Port Squadron | O'Hare International Airport | Activated in the reserves in 1954 as 13th Aerial Port Operations Squadron | |
| 14th Aerial Port Squadron | Cam Ranh Bay AB, South Viet Nam | Activated in the reserves in 1954 as 14th Aerial Port Operations Squadron | |
| 15th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Da Nang AB, South Viet Nam | Activated in the reserves in 1954 as 15th Aerial Port Operations Squadron |
| 16th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Bakalar AFB | Later 16th Mobile Aerial Port Flight at Elmendorf AFB |
| 18th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Pope Field | |
| 25th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Maxwell AFB | |
| 26th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Kelly AFB | |
| 27th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Minneapolis-Saint Paul ARS | |
| 28th Aerial Port Squadron |  | O'Hare Air Reserve Forces Facility | |
| 29th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron |   | Selfridge Air National Guard Base | (Later 29th Aerial Port Flight) |
| 30th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station | |
| 31st Aerial Port Squadron | NAS Willow Grove | ||
| 32d Aerial Port Squadron |  | Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station | |
| 33d Aerial Port Squadron |  | Andrews AFB | |
| 34th Aerial Port Squadron |  | General Mitchell ANGB | |
| 35th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst | |
| 36th Aerial Port Squadron |  | McChord AFB | |
| 37th Aerial Port Squadron | March AFB | ||
| 38th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Charleston AFB | U.S. Air Force Reserve Unit. [1] |
| 39th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Peterson AFB | |
| 40th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Rickenbacker ANGB | Inactivated 1992 |
| 41st Aerial Port Squadron |  | Keesler AFB | |
| 42d Aerial Port Squadron |  | Westover ARB | |
| 43d Aerial Port Squadron | Bergstrom AFB | ||
| 43d Aerial Port Squadron | Kelly AFB | ||
| 43d Aerial Port Squadron | Pope AFB | ||
| 44th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Andersen AFB | |
| 45th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Travis AFB | |
| 46th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Dover AFB | |
| 47th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Travis AFB | |
| 48th Aerial Port Squadron | Hickam AFB | ||
| 49th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Grissom ARB | |
| 50th Aerial Port Squadron |  | March ARB | |
| 51st Aerial Port Squadron |  | Charleston AFB | |
| 52d Aerial Port Squadron | McChord AFB | ||
| 52d Aerial Port Squadron | McChord AFB | ||
| 53d Aerial Port Squadron | Pope AFB | ||
| 54th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Norton AFB | |
| 55th Aerial Port Squadron | Travis AFB | ||
| 56th Aerial Port Squadron |  | March ARB | |
| 57th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Hanscom AFB | |
| 58th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Westover ARB | |
| 59th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Westover ARB | |
| 60th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Travis AFB | |
| 61st Aerial Port Squadron |  | Hickam AFB | |
| 62d Aerial Port Squadron |  | McChord AFB | |
| 63d Aerial Port Squadron | Norton AFB | ||
| 64th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Hamilton AFB Naval Station Treasure Island | |
| 65th Aerial Port Squadron | McClellan AFB | ||
| 66th Aerial Port Squadron |  | McClellan AFB | |
| 67th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Hill AFB | |
| 68th Aerial Port Squadron | Hill AFB | ||
| 69th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Andrews AFB | |
| 70th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Homestead ARB | |
| 71st Aerial Port Squadron | Tinker AFB | ||
| 71st Aerial Port Squadron |  | Langley AFB | |
| 72d Aerial Port Squadron |  | Tinker AFB | |
| 73d Aerial Port Squadron |  | NAS JRB Fort Worth - Carswell Field | |
| 74th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Lackland AFB/Kelly Field | |
| 75th Aerial Port Squadron | Carswell AFB | ||
| 76th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Youngstown ARS | |
| 77th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Richards-Gebaur AFB | |
| 78th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Richards-Gebaur AFB | |
| 79th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Dobbins ARB | |
| 80th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Dobbins ARB | |
| 81st Aerial Port Squadron |  | Charleston AFB | U.S. Air Force Reserve |
| 82d Aerial Port Squadron |  | Travis AFB | |
| 83d Aerial Port Squadron | Portland International Airport | ||
| 84th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Donaldson AFB | |
| 85th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Hanscom AFB | |
| 86th Aerial Port Squadron |  | McChord AFB | |
| 87th Aerial Port Squadron | McClellan AFB | ||
| 87th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Wright-Patterson AFB | |
| 88th Aerial Port Squadron |  | McGuire AFB | |
| 89th Aerial Port Squadron |  | JB Andrews | |
| 90th Aerial Port Squadron | Homestead AFB | ||
| 91st Aerial Port Squadron |  | O'Hare Air Reserve Forces Facility | |
| 92d Aerial Port Squadron |  | Willow Grove ARS | |
| 93d Aerial Port Squadron |  | Andrews AFB | |
| 94th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Robins AFB | |
| 95th Aerial Port Squadron |  | 440th Airlift Wing | |
| 96th Aerial Port Squadron | Richards-Gebaur AFB | ||
| 96th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Little Rock AFB | |
| 105th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Stewart ANGB | |
| 130th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron |  | Yeager ANGB | |
| 136th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron |  | Carswell Field | |
| 137th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Will Rogers World Airport | |
| 143d Aerial Port Squadron |  | Quonset Point, RI | |
| 164th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Memphis ANGB | |
| 165th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Savannah Air National Guard Base | |
| 167th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport | |
| 176th Mobile Aerial Port Flight |  | Kulis ANGB | |
| 305th Aerial Port Squadron |  | McGuire AFB | |
| 313th Aerial Port Squadron |  | RAF Mildenhall | |
| 314th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Little Rock AFB | |
| 316th Aerial Port Squadron | Yokota AB | ||
| 374th Aerial Port Squadron | Clark AB | ||
| 435th Aerial Port Squadron | | Rhein Main AB | |
| 436th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Dover AFB | |
| 437th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Charleston AFB | |
| 438th Aerial Port Squadron | McGuire AFB | ||
| 603d Aerial Port Squadron |  | Kadena AB | |
| 608th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Ramstein AB | |
| 611th Aerial Port Squadron |  | ||
| 616th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Elmendorf AFB | |
| 621st Aerial Port Squadron |  | McGuire AFB | |
| 624th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Clark AB | |
| 625th Aerial Port Squadron |  | Torrejon AB | |
| 721st Aerial Port Squadron |  | ||
| 731st Aerial Port Squadron | Osan AB | ||
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