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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

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.
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	(Later reorganized into the 43d Air Mobility Squadron)
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		Osan Air Base	Under the 611th Military Airlift Support Group, later the 731st Air Mobility 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		Ramstein AB

See also

• List of United States Air Force squadrons

References

1. "38th Aerial Port Squadron".
2. "43rd Air Mobility Squadron". www.pope.af.mil. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

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