1623SUPPRON (MATS)

**1623rd Support Squadron (1623SUPPRON), Military Air Transport Service (MATS):** The 1623rd Support Squadron (1623SUPPRON) was a unit assigned to the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), established during the height of the Cold War to provide critical logistical, maintenance, and administrative support to MATS airlift operations. Based at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, the squadron played a vital role in ensuring the readiness and efficiency of long-range transport missions, supporting both stateside and overseas deployments. Its personnel managed and maintained various types of cargo aircraft, contributing to the rapid global movement of troops, supplies, and equipment. The unit was eventually inactivated as part of the broader reorganization of Air Force transport and support units in the mid-1960s, with its mission absorbed by successor organizations.