70th Air Refueling Squadron

70th Air Refueling Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 70th Air Refueling Squadron


caption= 70thAir Refueling Squadron Patch
dates= 16 July 1942 - 1 May 1944
1 August 1955 - 1 April 1993
1 September 1994 - Present
country= United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type= Aerial refueling
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command_structure= Air Force Reserve Command
4th Air Force
349th Air Mobility Wing
349th Operations Group
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garrison= Travis Air Force Base
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The 70th Air Refueling Squadron (70 ARS) is part of the 349th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, California. It operates the KC-10 Extender aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions as the reserve associate to the 60th Air Mobility Wing.

Mission

History

The squadron trained B-25 Mitchell replacement aircrews from, September 1942-April 1944. It has conducted worldwide air refueling from, 1955-1993 and since 1994. The 70th supported the National Emergency Airborne Command Post from 1970 to 1993. It also deployed aircrews and aircraft to Europe and the Arabian peninsula during the Gulf War from, 1990-1991. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0070ars.html AFHRA 70 ARS Page] ]


=Operations=

*World War II
*Operation Desert Storm


=Lineage=

*470th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) (1942 - 1955)
*70th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium (1955 - 1963)
*70th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1963 - 1991)
*70th Air Refueling Squadron (1991 - Present)


=Assignments=

*334th Bombardment Group (1942 - 1944)
*70th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (1955 - 1961)
*384th Bombardment Wing (1961 - 1964)
*43d Bombardment Wing (1964 - 1970)
*305th Air Refueling Wing (1970 - 1993)
*349th Air Mobility Wing (1994 - Present)


=Bases stationed=

*Greenville Army Air Base, South Carolina (1942 - 1944)
*Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas (1955 - 1970)
**Deployed: Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland (26 June - 15 August 1955, 24 June - 24 September 1957)
**Deployed: Lajes Field, Azores (3 September 1958 - 12 January 1959, 5 October 1960 - 11 January 1961, 31 July - 28 September 1962))
*Grissom Air Force Base, Indiana (1970 - 1993)
*Travis Air Force Base, California (1994 - Present)


=Aircraft Operated=

*B-25 Mitchell (1942 - 1944)
*KC-97 Stratotanker (1955 - 1963)
*KC-135 Stratotanker (1964 - 1969, 1970 - 1993)
*EC-135 (1976 - 1993)
*KC-10 Extender (1994 - Present)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0070ars.html AFHRA 70th Air Refueling Squadron History]

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