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18th Air Refueling Squadron

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Overview
History
Operations
Lineage
Assignments Stations Aircraft
References
Notes Bibliography
External links

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The 18th Air Refueling Squadron is a United States Air Force Reserve squadron, assigned to the 931st Operations Group, stationed at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas.

Overview

The squadron operates the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, conducting aerial refueling missions.

History

"During World War II the 18th flew airborne assaults on Sicily, Myitkyina, Burma, and Southern France in addition to supporting partisans in Northern Italy from January to May 1945 and conducting aerial transportation in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) and briefly in the China-Burma-India Theater (CBI). It flew strategic and tactical airlift missions from 1948 to 1954 and 1962 to 1967. The squadron provided tactical airlift training for US and subsequently South Vietnamese pilots and crews from 1969 to 1972.

This unit has flown worldwide air refueling missions since 1995."^[2]

Operations

World War II
Operation Husky (the invasion of Sicily)
Operation Dragoon (the invasion of southern France)
Operation Joint Endeavor (Peacekeeping in Bosnia Herzegovina)
Operation Joint Guard (Peacekeeping in Bosnia Herzegovina), 21 June 1996 – 19 June 1998
Operation Joint Forge (Peacekeeping in Bosnia Herzegovina), June 201998 - 12 February 2004
Southern Watch (enforcing a no-fly zone in pre-war southern Iraq)
Northern Watch (enforcing a no-fly zone in pre-war northern Iraq)
Operation Desert Fox (December 1998 bombing of Iraq)
Operation Enduring Freedom (The Global War on Terror)
Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003 Iraq War)
Operation Noble Eagle ( US homeland security)

Lineage

Constituted as the 18th Transport Squadron on 20 November 1940

Activated on 11 December 1940

Redesignated 18th Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 July 1942

Inactivated on 31 July 1945

Redesignated 18th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy on 24 July 1948

Activated on 1 August 1948

Inactivated on 1 March 1949

Redesignated 18th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 3 July 1952

Activated on 14 July 1952

Inactivated on 21 July 1954

Activated on 3 August 1961 (not organized)

Organized on 8 January 1962

Redesignated 18th Troop Carrier Squadron on 1 March 1966

Discontinued and inactivated, on 25 June 1967

Redesignated 18th Tactical Airlift Training Squadron on 14 August 1969

Activated on 15 October 1969

Inactivated on 31 August 1972

Redesignated 18th Air Refueling Squadron on 9 September 1994

Activated in the reserve on 1 October 1995^[2]

Assignments

64th Transport Group (later 64 Troop Carrier Group), 11 December 1940 – 31 July 1945
5700th Composite Wing, 1 August 1948 – 1 March 1949
64th Troop Carrier Group, 14 July 1952 – 21 July 1954
Tactical Air Command, 3 August 1961 (not organized)
64th Troop Carrier Wing, 8 January 1962
516th Troop Carrier Wing, 1 January 1963
314th Troop Carrier Wing, 1 July 1963
317th Troop Carrier Wing (later 317th Tactical Airlift Wing), 1 April 1965 – 25 June 1967
516th Tactical Airlift Wing, 15 October 1969
463d Tactical Airlift Wing, 1 June–31 August 1972
931st Air Refueling Group, 1 October 1995 – present^[2]

Stations

McClellan Field, California, 11 December 1940
March Field, California, 11 July 1941
Westover Field, Massachusetts, 9 June–31 July 1942
RAF Ramsbury, England, 18 August–c. November 1942 (operated From Maison Blanche Airport, Algeria after 11 November 1942)
Blida Airfield, Algeria, 16 December 1942
Kairouan Airfield, Tunisia, 1 July 1943
El Djem Airfield, Tunisia, 26 July 1943
Comiso Airfield, Italy, 8 September 1943 (operated from bases in India, April–27 June 1944)
Ciampino Airfield, Italy, 10 July 1944 (operated From: Istres Air Base, France 7 September - 11 November 1944)

Rosignano Airfield, Italy, 9 January–23 May 1945
Waller Field, Trinidad, 4 June–31 July 1945
Albrook Air Force Base, Panama Canal Zone, 1 August 1948 – 1 March 1949
Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina, 14 July 1952 – 21 July 1954
Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, 8 January 1962
Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee, 1 July 1963
Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio, 1 April 1965 – 25 June 1967
Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, 15 October 1969 – 31 August 1972
McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, 1 October 1995 – present^[2]

Aircraft

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (1941–1945)
Douglas C-54 Skymaster (1948–1949)
Fairchild C-82 Packet (1951–1953)
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (1953–1954)
Lockheed C-130 Hercules (1962–1967)
De Haviland Canada C-7 Caribou (1969–1972)
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker (1995 – present)^[2]

References

{{Portal|United States Air Force|Military of the United States|World War II}}

Notes

Explanatory notes

1. ^Aircraft is Boeing KC-135R-BN Stratotanker serial 60-336, taken on 12 June 2012.
2. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷{{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433944/18-air-refueling-squadron-afrc/ |last1=Endicott|first1=Judy|title=Factsheet 18 Air Refueling Squadron (AFRC)|date=January 4, 2008|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|deadurl=no |accessdate=May 9, 2018}}

Citations

Bibliography

{{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|origyear= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|accessdate= December 17, 2016|edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher= Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979|pages=}}
{{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|origyear=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition= reprint|accessdate= December 17, 2016|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402| pages= }}
{{cite book|last=Ravenstein|first=Charles A.|title=Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330257/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-047.pdf|accessdate= December 17, 2016|year=1984|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-12-9|pages=}}

External links

{{cite web |url= http://www.reporternews.com/news/2011/apr/23/no-headline---c-130_timeline_dyess/?print=1 |last1=|first1=|title=C-130 Dyess timeline|date=23 April 2011|publisher=Abeline Reporter News|deadurl=no |accessdate=29 January 2014}}

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