The 48th Aerial Port Squadron, located at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, deploys qualified personnel to provide air terminal operations worldwide in support of contingency operations, exercises, unit moves, and foreign humanitarian relief or disaster operations. The squadron provides expertise in all areas of air terminal operations to include aircraft loading, cargo processing and inspecting, passenger services, aircraft fleet services and aerial port command and control.
Peacetime mission: Train personnel to provide sustained expeditionary support of aerial port operations at established, fixed and/or non-fixed terminals.
Wartime mission: Deploy resources in support of Air Mobility Command for contingencies or other higher headquarters-directed operations.