USAF 31st Troop Carrier Sq. (very Heavy ) old design & Rare.

Description

Obtained from a retired Pilot in 1973, they were formed in 1949  they flew the new ( at that time) the Largest Cargo Air Craft  Globe Master C-124  A-Model's MATS newly formed Wings all over the world Globe. they needed a Large Aircraft to haul Troops & Cargo to supply all the USAF Bases world wide. the EAST COAST had the largest number of C-124's Assigned. DOVER AFB DOVER DELAWARE  had 4 Squadrons of C-124's  31st Squadron was one of them.  In 1963  Military Airlift Command was getting the new all jet  C-141;s  replacing over time all the C-124 aircraft, the 31st was one of the first to go! By 1968  ALL  the C-124's were given to all USAF RESERVE Flying Units & the AIR GUARD Units!  in 1989 the Air Mobility Command Reactivated the 31st Airlift Squadron  to fly the C-5's largest in service. it remained active untill  1994 they were then Deactivated. when the 31st was reformed they completely redesigned the Unit Patch.