page_title: 1608th Air Transport Wing
hierarchical_section_title: 1608th Air Transport Wing
caption_attribution_description: English: C-124 Globemaster IIs loading cargo
context_page_description: The 1608th Air Transport Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Eastern Transport Air Force of Military Air Transport Service at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. It performed strategic airlift missions until it was discontinued on 8 January 1966 and replaced by the 437th Military Airlift Wing of Military Airlift Command, which inherited its honors, but not its lineage or history.
context_section_description: The 1608th Air Transport Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force unit.  It was last assigned to the Eastern Transport Air Force of Military Air Transport Service (MATS) at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina.  It performed strategic airlift missions until it was discontinued on 8 January 1966 and replaced by the 437th Military Airlift Wing of Military Airlift Command, which inherited its honors, but not its lineage or history.
caption: C-124C Globemaster IIs loading cargo about 1960
exif: {}