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01-01-1951
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06-30-1951
MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE, CONTINENTAL DIVISI
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CONTINENTAL DIVISION MISSION WAS TO HAVE SUFFICIENT AIRCRAFT AND CREWS TO ACCOMPLISH RESPONSIBILITIES; AIR EVACUATION OF PATIENTS; FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONNEL AND CARGO; TRAINING CREWS; CONTROL AND OPERATION OF FERRY MISSION; OPERATION OF PORTS OF AERIAL EMBARKATION; FLIGHT CONTROL OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE (MATS) ASSUMED JURISDICTION OF INACTIVE MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE (AFB) ID. MOUNTAIN HOME PLACED ON ACTIVE STATUS WITH FOLLOWING UNITS: 1706 AIR BASE GROUP (ABG), 1706 INSTALLATIONS SQUADRON, 1706 OPERATIONS SQUADRON, 1706 FOOD SERVICE SQUADRON, 1706 SUPPLY SQUADRON, 1706 MOTOR VEHICLE SQUADRON, 1706 AIR POLICE SQUADRON, AND 1706 MEDICAL SQUADRON. MOUNTAIN HOME TRANSFERRED FROM STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND (SAC) TO MATS. 580 AIR RESUPPLY AND COMMUNICATIONS WING ACTIVATED AT MOUNTAIN HOME. 1025 AIR BASE SQUADRON (ABS) ASSUMED HOUSEKEEPING AND SERVICING FUNCTIONS FOR AIR FORCE INSTALLATION AT WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL AIRPORT. 1254 AIR TRANSPORT SQUADRON, WASHINGTON DC, REASSIGNED FROM CONTINENTAL DIVISION TO HEADQUARTERS, MATS. COL WILLIAM W. ASCH, CONTINENTAL DIVISION JUDGE ADVOCATE, SUFFERED FATAL HEART ATTACK WHILE ATTENDING CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON DC. COMMANDER AROLD J. DIEKHOFF, UNITED STATES NAVY, ASSUMED DUTIES OF DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, CONTINENTAL DIVISION. NINE CREW MEMBERS WERE KILLED WHEN C-97 AIRCRAFT OF 127 AIR TRANSPORT SQUADRON CRASHED NEAR KELLY AFB TX. FIRST CLASS OF FLIGHT STEWARDS IN NEW TRAFFIC SCHOOL REPORTED 29 JUN 1951.
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