Aircraft of the United States' Military Air Transport Service 1948 to 1966.pdf

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Aircraft
of the United States'
Military Air Transport Service
1948
to
1966
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Ainnan 2nd Class William Chapman guards a MATS
C-97C of the 146th ATW, Van Nuys, California.
California ANG, courtesy of lLt M
J
Kasiuba
Dedication
The pilots and flight crew who flew the aircraft
operated by the Military Air Transport Service
deserve high praise for their professionalism and devotion
to duty under often trying conditions.
But this book is humbly dedicated to the tens of thousands
of nameless mechanics, cooks, technicians, duty drivers,
supply personnel, security officers, administrative staff, and watchstanders
who dedicated themselves to a job well done behind the scenes.
Without your untiring and largely unheralded efforts,
the Military Air Transport Service would not have been so competent,
so efficient, or so successful.
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Aircraft of the United States'
Military Air Transport Service 1948-1966
ISBN 1 85780 087 7
©
Nicholas M Williams, 1999
Published by Midland Publishing Limited
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Aircraft
of the
United
States'
Military
Air Transport Service
1948
to
1966
Nicholas M Williams
Midland Publishing
Limited
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AIRCRAFT OF THE MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE 1948-1966
Introduction
and Acknowledgements
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The aircraft of today's
Air
Mobility Command seem almost
ghost-like in their operations. Nondescript camouflaged trans-
ports arrive and depart airfields with little fanfare, cruising far
overhead with only whispy contrails and a faint rumble marking
their passage.
It
seems incredible that two generations have not
heard the drone of a MATS transport, shimmering in bright yel-
low and blue aluminum, breaking the evening stillness.
In the 50 years since its formation, a nostalgic look back
seems fitting to celebrate not only the varied roles MATS under-
took, but also to look in amazement at the multitude of aircraft
types which were flown. Many of the aircraft described in this
book will be familiar to long-time MATS men and women who
flew, crewed or maintained them. Other types may well surprise
some readers who were unaware of the widely varied missions
which were performed under the MATS umbrella. A few aircraft
included in this book may provoke argument about whether
they truly were MATS aircraft after all.
Surprisingly little has been published relating to the MATS'
'trash haulers' and its many subordinant services. Most available
sources have dealt with personalities and subjective, behind-
the-scenes personal narratives. In contrast, this is not a 'people
book', but an objective, in-depth look at the missions and air-
craft of MATS. Much of the information has been gleaned from
previously published books, articles and histories, as well as
thousands of pages of microfilm histories of units obtained
from the
Air
Force Historical Research Center at Maxwell Air
Force Base, the Naval Aviation History and Archives Unit, as well
as the individual historical offices of the
Air
Weather Service, Air
Force Communications Command etc, various Air Force bases,
and the newsletters ofthe many alumni associations.
As
a starting point, MATS' own published figures for aircraft
types, dates and numbers of aircraft flown have been used. In
many cases, the published figures have proven incorrect or con-
tradictory, and have been revised.

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