NOTE: Welcome to the new
look NavyMats.org. Sorry for the delay in updating
the website, we've been
going through a new design. Still some bugs to work
out, but we hope you enjoy
the new look for 2008.
This is the home page of the Navy MATS Reunion
Group. We are a non-profit organization, dedicated
to preserving the history of those Naval Air
Transport Squadrons that were detached from the
Naval Command and attached to the MILITARY AIR
TRANSPORT SERVICE, and the MILITARY AIRLIFT COMMAND
during the years 1948 to 1967. The men and women of
these squadrons were diverted from their naval
careers to serve with the United States Air Force,
and established long term relationships while
serving in these unique units. In 1981, these former
shipmates banded together to form the Navy Mats
Reunion Group to preserve and memorialize the
exploits of these units that have gone largely
unheralded in the archives of the U.S. Navy, U.S.
Air Force and military history.