History
The 30th ferried bombers and P-38 aircraft over the North Atlantic route to England from, August 1942-August 1943. It provided air transport for the Atlantic Division of the Military Air Transport Service from, July 1952-June 1965 and conducted worldwide airlift from, August 1967 including support for operations in Southwest Asia from, August 1990-June 1991.
On 8 July 2006 the 30th became the first active-duty associate unit partnering with the Wyoming Air National Guard's (WyANG) 153d Airlift Wing.
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