00494607
2-4596-5A
UNCLASSIFIED
2434195
07-01-1952
2434378
12-31-1952
GROUP/1705/AIR TRANSPORT
HISTORY
K318.6-1705
16338
K3350
1205
1312
51
2450792
12-09-1997
77 AIR TRANSPORT SQUADRON. EQUIPPED WITH C-124 AIRCRAFT, ACTIVATED. C- 124 AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN ALASKA FATALLY INJURING ALL PERSONNEL ABOARD. C-54 AIRCRAFT FROM FAIRBANKS, AK, CRASHED AT MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, WA, KILLING THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE THIRTY-NINE PASSENGERS ABOARD. FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL INSPECTION RECEIVED. PROBLEM OF CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF CREWS PARTLY SOLVED. ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES MADE. TRANSPORT CONTROL FUNCTION REMOVED FROM GROUP LEVEL AND ASSIGNED TO 1726 SUPPORT SQUADRON. OVERALL TRAINING PROGRAM HINDERED DUE TO LACK OF ADEQUATE CLASSROOM SPACE. TRAINING PROGRAM TO CHECK OUT NAVIGATORS ON AN/APS-42 RADAR BEGAN. AIRBORNE RADIO OPERATORS’ SCHOOL ESTABLISHED TO FACILITATE TRAINING AND ELIMINATE TRAVEL OF STUDENTS TO AND FROM TRANSPORT TRANSITION UNIT (TTU) AT WEST PALM BEACH, FL. FIVE SQUADRONS OPERATING UNDER THE 1705 AIR TRANSPORT GROUP BY THE END OF DECEMBER. 32 AIR TRANSPORT SQUADRON (H), 33 AIR TRANSPORT SQUADRON (M), 34 AIR TRANSPORT SQUADRON (H), 77 AIR TRANSPORT SQUADRON (H), 1726 SUPPORT SQUADRON. PLANS MADE TO ORGANIZE 1705 AIR TRAFFIC SQUADRON INTO 1705 AIR TRANSPORT GROUP. SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT POOL FORMED TO REDUCE TRANSPORTATION AND PROVIDE A CONTROL POINT FOR INSPECTION OF EQUIPMENT TO TRAIN PERSONNEL IN INSPECTION AND CARE OF GEAR DUE TO SHORTAGE. PROJECT INITIATED TO DETERMINE FEASIBILITY OF SINGLE POINT REFUELING ON C-124 AIRCRAFT.
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INCLUDES HISTORICAL REPORT OF THE 1705 AIR TRANSPORT GROUP, CONTINENTAL DIVISION, MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE, MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, WA. INCLUDES MESSAGES, ORDERS, MEMORANDUMS, AERIAL MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS.