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Air Transport Squadron 7 (VR-7) Detachment A
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Established as Air Transport Squadron 7 (VR-7) on 1 Apr 1943. Disestablished in 1944. Restablished in Nov 1946. Disestablished in 1948. Restablished in Apr 1953. Disestablished on 31 Jan 1967.
Lockheed R7V Super Constellation, 1953-1963
Lockheed C-130E Hercules, 1963-1967
Det A established to maintain the "Embassy Run" which originated at Travis AFB, CA, and traveled across the Pacific to American Embassies in Tokyo (Tachikawa AFB), Manila (Clark AFB), Saigon Indo China (Than Son Nhut AB), Calcutta India, Bangkok Thailand, Calcutta India, New Delhi India, Karachi Pakistan and Dhahran Saudi Arabia.
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