History
27 Dec 1948
Manufactured by Ryan Aeronautical Corporation, S/N NAV-4-1650
for USAF Project Number AFF-8PL-28 and delivered to the US Army
Field Forces, San Antonio TX for Project AFF-28.
Dec 1948-Jul 1955 Far East Air Forces Service. Records
for FEAF service are currently
unavailable but there is photo and pilot evidence that 48-944 served
in the Korean War.
Jul 1955 Transferred to 6408th Air
Depot Group (Far East Air Forces),
Kisarazu AB Japan (From US Army)
Aug 1955 Transferred to Sacramento Air Materiel Area, McClellan AFB CA
Jun 1956 Transferred to Schweitzer Aircraft, Elmira NY
Feb 1957 Transferred to 30th AF ROTC Detachment (Air University), Fayetteville MAP AR
Jun 1960 Transferred to 3510th Flying Training Wing (Air Training Command), Randolph AFB TX
Jan 1961 Dropped from USAF inventory by transfer to school or museum.
Mar 1964 Transferred to 3525th Pilot
Training Wing (ATC), Williams AFB AZ (gained from
US Army as U-18B)
Jul 1964 Transferred to 3750th Maintenance and Supply Group (ATC), Sheppard AFB TX.
Apr 1967 Transferred to 3380th Maintenance and Supply Group (ATC), Keesler AFB MS.
Sep 1968 Dropped from inventory by transfer to other agency