| 词条 | 349th Air Refueling Squadron |
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|unit_name= 349th Air Refueling Squadron |image=KC-135R refueling Missouri ANG F-15Cs 2008.jpg |caption=22d Air Refueling Wing Boeing KC-135R refueling Missouri ANG F-15Cs |dates=1942–1945; 1947–1949; 1956–1992; 1994–present |country={{USA}} |branch={{air force|USA}} |type= |role=Air Refueling |size= |command_structure=Air Mobility Command |current_commander= |garrison= McConnell Air Force Base |ceremonial_chief= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |nickname=Blue Knights (1957-1977) |patron= |motto= |colors= |march= |mascot= |battles=European Theater of Operations[1] |notable_commanders= |anniversaries= |decorations=Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device Air Force Outstanding Unit Award French Croix de Guerre with Palm[1] |battle_honours= |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label=349th Air Refueling Squadron emblem (approved 11 January 1977)[1] |identification_symbol_2= |identification_symbol_2_label=349th Bombardment Squadron emblem (approved 24 May 1957)[2] |identification_symbol_3= |identification_symbol_3_label=349th Bombardment Squadron emblem (World War II)[3] }} The 349th Air Refueling Squadron is part of the 22d Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. It operates the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions. HistoryWorld War IIEstablished as a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombardment squadron in mid-1942; trained initially under Third Air Force in the southeast, then transferring to Second Air Force in the Pacific Northwest. Operated as an Operational Training Unit in the Midwest until being deployed to the European Theater of Operations, being assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England in June 1949. Engaged in strategic bombardment operations over Occupied Europe and Germany, sustaining very heavy losses of personnel and aircraft while conducting many unescorted missions over enemy territory attacking airfields, industries, naval facilities and transportation hubs. During the summer of 1944, aircrews bombed enemy positions at Saint-Lô, followed by similar campaigns at Brest in August and September. In October 1944, the squadron attacked enemy and ground defenses in the allied drive on the Siegfried Line, then bombed marshaling yards, German occupied villages, and communication targets in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge from December 1944 to January 1945. Attacked enemy targets in Germany during the spring of 1945, ending combat operations with the German capitulation in May 1945. Remained in Europe as part of the United States Air Forces in Europe occupation forces, dropping food to the people in the west of the Netherlands, and in June transported French Allied former prisoners of war from Austria to France. Demobilizing in England, in December 1945 the squadron inactivated as a paper unit. Air Force reserveActivated in the reserves in 1947 at Miami Army Air Field, Florida. Unclear whether or not the unit was manned or equipped; inactivated in 1949 due to budget restrictions. Strategic Air CommandReactivated under Strategic Air Command received new, swept wing Boeing B-47 Stratojets in 1956 which were designed to carry nuclear weapons and to penetrate Soviet air defenses with its high operational ceiling and near supersonic speed. The squadron flew the B-47 for about a decade when by the mid-1960s it had become obsolescent and vulnerable to new Soviet air defenses. The squadron began to send its Stratojets to Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center at Davis-Monthan AFB for retirement in 1965, the last being retired in 1966, one of the last B-47 Squadrons. Redesignated as a strategic reconnaissance squadron from 1966–1976. Air RefuelingThe squadron flew air refueling in support of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird from 1976–1990 and provided cargo and air refueling support to combat units in Southwest Asia from, August 1990–March 1991.[1] Lineage
Activated on 1 June 1942 Redesignated 349th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 20 August 1943 Inactivated on 1 December 1945
Activated in the reserve on 29 May 1947 Inactivated on 27 June 1949
Activated on 1 January 1956 Redesignated 349th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron on 25 June 1966 Redesignated 349th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy on 30 September 1976 Redesignated 349th Air Refueling Squadron on 1 September 1991 Inactivated on 1 June 1992
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1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433648/349-air-refueling-squadron-amc/ |last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 349 Air Refueling Squadron (AMC)|date=January 29, 2008|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|deadurl=no |accessdate=August 3, 2017}} 2. ^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 433 3. ^Watkins, p. 48 4. ^Station number in Anderson. 5. ^Stations in Robertson, Factsheet 349 Air Refueling Squadron, except as noted. Bibliography{{AFHRA}}
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