74th Air Refueling Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 74thAir Refueling Squadron


caption= 74th Air Refueling Squadron Patch
dates= 9 February 1943 - 31 July 1946
15 March 1947 - 2 May 1951
1 August 1992 - 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
434th Air Refueling Wing
434th Operations Group
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garrison= Grissom Joint Air Reserve Base
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battles= Operation Overlord
Operation Market Garden
Battle of the Bulge
Operation Plunder
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The 74th Air Refueling Squadron (74 ARS) is part of the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Joint Air Reserve Base, Indiana. It operates the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions.

Mission

History

The 74th flew airborne assaults on Normandy, Holland, and Germany, participated in the relief of Bastogne, and conducted aerial transportation of passengers and cargo in [the European Theater of Operations during World War II. The squadron trained in troop carrier duties from, 1947-1951. It has performed air refueling missions worldwide since 1992. Since late 1993 the 74th periodically deployed to Italy and other western European locations in support of NATO operations in the Balkans. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0074ars.html AFHRA 74 ARS Page] ]

=Operations=

*World War II

=Lineage=

*74th Troop Carrier Squadron (1943 - 1949)
*74th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949 - 1992)
*74th Air Refueling Squadron (1992 - Present)

=Assignments=

*434th Troop Carrier Group (1943 - 1946, 1947 - 1951)
*434th Air Refueling Wing (1992 - Present)

=Bases stationed=

*Alliance Army Air Field, Nebraska (1943)
*Baer Field, Indiana (1943)
*RAF Fulbeck, England (1943, 1944)
*RAF Welford, England (1943 - 1944)
*RAF Aldermaston, England (1944 - 1945)
*Mourmelon-le-Grand, France (1945)
*Baer Field, Indiana (1945)
*Alliance Army Air Field, Nebraska (1945)
*George Field, Illinois (1945 - 1946)
*Greenville Army Air Base (1946)
*Stout Field, Illinois (1947 - 1949)
*Atterbury Air Force Base, Indiana (1949 - 1951)
*Grissom Air Force Base, Indiana (1992 - Present)

=Aircraft Operated=

*C-47 Skytrain (1943 - 1946, 1949)
*Horsa glider (1944 - 1945)
*CG-4 (1944 - 1945)
*C-46 Commando (1945 - 1946, 1949 - 1951)
*T-7 Navigator (1949 - 1951)
*T-11 Kansan (1949 - 1951)
*KC-135 Stratotanker (1992 - Present)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0074ars.html AFHRA 74th Air Refueling Squadron History]
* [http://www.grissom.afrc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2263 434th Air Refueling Wing Fact Sheet]

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