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The 85th Military Airlift Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 60th Military Airlift Wing, Military Airlift Command, stationed at Travis Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 8 July 1967. ==History== Established in 1952 and assuming the assets of the provisional Military Air Transport Service 1287th ATS, it was initially equipped with C-54s flying the transport route to Alaska. Re-equipped with C-124 Globemaster II intercontinental strategic transports in 1953. Primary mission was to transport personnel, equipment and supplies to Elmendorf AFB, Alaska and return to Great Falls. When MATS ended operations at Great Falls, was transferred to Travis AFB, California, continued Alaska support operations as well as flying airlift operations throughout the Pacific. It flew routine flights to Japan, Hawaii, Alaska and other points in Asia, including transport flights to Indochina and Karachi in Pakistan. During the 1960s, resources were almost solely devoted to the transport of equipment and personnel to South Vietnam. It was inactivated in 1967 with the phaseout of the C-124. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「85th Military Airlift Squadron」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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