 The 40th completed its transition into the C-130 in June 1958, just in time for the new plane to gain its first taste of action.When Lebanon exploded into civil war in July 1958, the 40th both airlifted personnel, equipment, and supplies of the 24th Infantry Division into Beirut, and deployed aircraft to Incirlik Combined Defense Installation, Turkey.The squadron continued to fly into Lebanon until October 1959 when the civil war ended and the troops moved out.