Lineage. Constituted as 81 Motor Vehicle Squadron, Fighter, Single Engine, and activated, on 1 May 1948. Redesignated as: 81 Motor Vehicle Squadron, Fighter, Jet, on 16 Jul 1949; 81 Motor Vehicle Squadron on 20 Jan 1950; 81 Transportation Squadron on 1 Oct 1956. Inactivated on 1 Jul 1993.