The 31st Airlift Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last was assigned to the 436th Operations Group

436th Operations Group

The 436th Operations Group is an active United States Air Force unit. It is the flying component of the Eighteenth Air Force 436th Airlift Wing, stationed at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware....

, Air Mobility Command

Air Mobility Command

Air Mobility Command is a Major Command of the U.S. Air Force. AMC is headquartered at Scott AFB, Illinois, east of St. Louis....

, stationed at Dover Air Force Base

Dover Air Force Base

Dover Air Force Base or Dover AFB is a United States Air Force base located two miles southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware.-Units:...

, Delaware. It was inactivated on 14 January 1994.

History

Activated in 1952 as a C-124 Globemaster II heavy airlift squadron. Flew worldwide very long range strategic airlift missions for Military Air Transport Service (Later Military Airlift Command) on a global scale, inactivated in 1969 with the retirement of the C-124. Reactivated in 1989 as a C-5 Galaxy strategic airlift squadron when the C-5B began production. Flew global transport missions of equipment and personnel until being inactivated after the end of the Cold War.

Lineage

• Established as the 31st Air Transport Squadron on 20 Jul 1952

Inactivated on 9 May 1955

Activated on 19 Jun 1955

Redesignated as: 31st Military Airlift Squadron on 8 Jan 1966

Inactivated on 8 April 1969

Reactivated on 1 October 1989

Redesignated as: 31st Airlift Squadron on 1 Dec 1991

Inactivated on 14 Jan 1994

Assignments

• 1600th Air Transport Group
  1600th Air Transport Group
  The 1600th Air Transport Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the Atlantic Division, Military Air Transport Service, stationed at Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts...
  
  , 20 Jul 1952-9 May 1955
• 1607th Air Transport Wing
  1607th Air Transport Wing
  The 1607th 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 Dover Air Force Base, Delaware...
  
  , 19 June 1955-8 January 1966
• 436th Military Airlift Wing, 8 January 1966-1 April 1969; 1 October 1989
• 436th Operations Group
  436th Operations Group
  The 436th Operations Group is an active United States Air Force unit. It is the flying component of the Eighteenth Air Force 436th Airlift Wing, stationed at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware....
  
  , 1 December 1991-14 January 1994

Stations

• Westover AFB, Massachusetts, 20 Jul 1952-9 May 1955
• Dover AFB, Delaware, 1 June 1955-8 January 1966, 8 January 1966-1 April 1969; 1 October 1989-14 January 1994