00494505
3-2741-1A
UNCLASSIFIED
2434925
07-01-1954
2435108
12-31-1954
GROUP/1254/AIR TRANSPORT
HISTORY
K318.6-1254
16332
K3344
4
208
51
2450765
11-12-1997
1254 AIR TRANSPORT GROUP (HEAVY) (SPECIAL MISSIONS) WAS COMMANDED BY COL PHILIP H. BEST. MRS. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER CHRISTENED THE NEW SUPER CONSTELLATION, COLUMBINE III, 24 NOV 54. 1254 AIR TRANSPORT GROUP (HEAVY) WAS BROKEN DOWN INTO GROUP AND SQUADRONS (1254 AIR TRANSPORT GROUP, 1255, 1298 AND 1299 AIR TRANSPORT SQUADRONS). DISCUSSES ROUTINE DUTIES PERFORMED BY CHAPLAIN'S SECTION. FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION OF SPECIAL MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY INSPECTION CONDUCTED. SEVERAL KEY PERSONNEL CHANGES OCCURRED. 1299 AIR TRANSPORT SQUADRON CONVERTED TO C-131D AIRCRAFT. NEW ACCOUNTING SYSTEM PUT INTO EFFECT. COMMUNICATIONS SECTION REDESIGNATED COMMUNICATIONS CENTER 15 NOV 53. GROUP FLYING SAFETY SECTION PREVENTS ACCIDENTS AND PROMOTES SAFETY IN THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND.
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HISTORY, 1255 AIR BASE SQUADRON *** HISTORY, 1299 AIR TRANSPORT SQUADRON
CONTAINS BRIEF DISCUSSION OF ACTIVITIES, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND ACTIVITIES OF 1254 AIR TRANSPORT GROUP (HEAVY) (SPECIAL MISSIONS), MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE (MATS), WASHINGTON, DC. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS, HISTORICAL REPORTS OF SUBORDINATE UNITS, STAFF MEETING MINUTES, ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS, AND NEWSLETTER.