00491060
4-4614-1A
UNCLASSIFIED
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07-01-1958
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12-31-1958
WESTERN TRANSPORT AIR FORCE
HISTORY
MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE
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WESTERN TRANSPORT AIR FORCE (WESTAF), MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE (MATS), FORMED 1 JUL 58. MAJ GEN RUSSELL L. WALDRON, COMMANDER. UNITS ASSIGNED TO PACIFIC DIVISION REASSIGNED TO CONTINENTAL DIVISION WHICH WAS REDESIGNATED WESTERN TRANSPORT AIR FORCE. BRIEFLY DISCUSSES MISSION OF UNITS ASSIGNED TO WESTAF. DECLINE IN VOLUME OF PASSENGERS AIRLIFTED DUE TO HIGH NUMBER OF SPECIAL MISSIONS OPERATED AND SEASONAL DROP. PROGRAM INSTIGATED TO IMPROVE PASSENGER SERVICE. SEVERAL FLYING AND GROUND ACCIDENTS OCCURRED, SOME WITH FATALITIES. MENTIONS SPECIAL MISSIONS AND EXERCISES PARTICIPATED IN. FLEET MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE HELD AT WESTAF HEADQUARTERS TO STANDARDIZE WESTAF's OPERATION THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC AND TO RECOMMEND REALIGNMENT OF THE TRANSPORTATION CONTROL CENTER (TCC) STRUCTURES IN THE PACIFIC. DISCUSSES PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED.
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