64th Air Refueling Squadron

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unit_name= 64th Air Refueling Squadron


caption= 64th Air Refueling Squadron Patch
dates= 12 December 1942 - 15 May 1946
5 April 1947 - 31 March 1997
1 April 2003 -
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type= Aerial refueling
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The 64th Air Refueling Squadron (64 ARS) was most recently part of the 939th Air Refueling Wing at the Portland International Airport, Oregon. It operated the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting aerial refueling training.

Mission

History

The 64th flew aerial transportation and evacuation in the South and Southwest Pacific from, 7 August 1943-c. 14 August 1945 and between Japan and Korea from, 19 May-31 December 1952. The squadron trained and provided airlift services from, January 1953-March 1997, including airlift to Vietnam during the late 1960s and to Southwest Asia in 1990-1991. It participated in various training exercises and airlift missions worldwide until inactivation on 31 Mar 1997. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0064ars.asp AFHRA 64 ARS Page] ]

=Operations=

*World War II
*Korean War
*Vietnam War

=Lineage=

*64th Troop Carrier Squadron (1942 - 1949)
*64th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949 - 1967)
*64th Tactical Airlift Squadron (1967 - 1992)
*64th Airlift Squadron (1992 - 2002)
*64th Air Refueling Squadron (2002 - Present)

=Assignments=

*403d Troop Carrier Group (1942 - 1946)
*419th Troop Carrier Group (1947 - 1949)
*403d Troop Carrier Wing (1949 - 1963)
*928th Airlift Group (1963 - 1997)
*939th Air Refueling Wing (2003 - )

=Bases stationed=

*Bowman Field, Kentucky (1942)
*Alliance Army Air Field, Nebraska (1942 - 1943)
*Pope Field, North Carolina (1943)
*Baer Field, Indiana (1943)
*Tontouta, New Caledonia (1943)
*Espiritu Santo (1943)
*Henderson Field, Guadalcanal (1943 - 1944)
*Biak (1944 - 1945)
**Operated From: Wakde (2 - 21 October 1944)
**Operated From: Noemfoor (29 October 1944 - 1 January 1945)
*Dulag, Leyte (1945 - 1946)
*Clark Field, Luzon (1946)
*Olmsted Field, Pennsylvania (1947 - 1949)
*Portland Municipal Airport, Oregon (1949 - 1952)
*Ashiya Air Base, Japan (1952 - 1953)
*Portland International Airport, Oregon (1953 - 1957)
*Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, New York (1957 - 1958)
*O'Hare International Airport, Illinois (1958 - 1997)
*Portland International Airport, Oregon (2003 - )

=Aircraft Operated=

*C-47 Skytrain (1943 - 1945)
*C-46 Commando (1945, 1947 - 1950, 1951 - 1952)
*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1952, 1957 - 1970)
*C-130 Hercules (1970 - 1997)
*KC-135 Stratotanker (2003 - )

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0064ars.asp AFHRA 64th Air Refueling Squadron History]

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