79th Air Refueling Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 79th Air Refueling Squadron


caption= 79th Air Refueling Squadron Patch
dates= 1 April 1943 - 15 November 1945
11 April 1948 - 16 April 1951
18 May 1955 - 15 May 1958
14 May 1966 - 1 October 1978
1 September 1982 - 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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battles= Operation Overlord
Operation Dragoon
Operation Market Garden
Operation Varsity
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The 79th Air Refueling Squadron (79 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 79th transported cargo and troops in the European Theater of Operations and the Mediterranean Theater of Operations during World War II, dropped relief supplies to Bastogne and took part in airborne assaults on Normandy, southern France, the Netherlands, and Germany in 1944 and 1945. It performed worldwide airlift operations from, 1966-1971, including missions to Southeast Asia. The squadron also flew airborne early warning and control missions in the air defense of the United States from, 1971-1978. Since 1982 it has trained for and flown worldwide air refueling and strategic airlift missions, including contingency and humanitarian relief operations. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0079ars.html AFHRA 79 ARS Page] ]

=Operations=

*World War II

=Lineage=

*79th Troop Carrier Squadron (1943 - 1949)
*79th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949 - 1966)
*79th Military Airlift Squadron (1966 - 1971)
*79th Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron (1971 - 1982)
*79th Air Refueling Squadron (Heavy) (Associate) (1982 - 1992)
*79th Air Refueling Squadron (Associate) (1992 - 1994)
*79th Air Refueling Squadron (1994 - Present)

=Assignments=

*436th Troop Carrier Group (1943 - 1945)
*419th Troop Carrier Group (1948 - 1949)
*436th Troop Carrier Group (1949 - 1951, 1955 - 1958)
*Continental Air Command (1966)
*915th Military Airlift Group (1966 - 1971)
*Eastern Air Force Reserve Region (1971 - 1976)
*10th Air Force (1976)
*915th Airborne Early Warning and Control Group (1976 - 1978)
*452d Air Refueling Wing (1982 - 1995)
*349th Air Mobility Wing (1995 - Present)

=Bases stationed=

*Baer Field, Indiana (1943)
*Alliance Army Air Field, Nebraska (1943)
*Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base, North Carolina (1943)
*RAF Bottesford, England (1944)
*RAF Membury, England (1944 - 1945)
**Operated From: Voltone Airfield, Italy (20 July - 23 August 1944)
*Melun, France (1945)
*Baer Field, Indiana (1945)
*Malden Army Air Field, Missouri (1945)
*Norfolk Municipal Airport, Virginia (1948 - 1949)
*Godman Air Force Base, Kentucky (1949 - 1950)
*Standiford Field, Kentucky (1950 - 1951)
*Naval Air Station New York, New York (1955 - 1958)
*Homestead Air Force Base, Florida (1966 - 1978)
*March Air Force Base, California (1982 - 1995)
*Travis Air Force Base, California (1995 - Present)

=Aircraft Operated=

*C-47 Skytrain (1943 - 1945, 1948 - 1951)
*T-7 Navigator (1948 - 1951)
*T-11 Kansan (1948 - 1951)
*C-46 Commando (1955 - 1958)
*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1957 - 1958)
*C-124 Globemaster II (1966 - 1971)
*C-121 Constellation (1971 - 1973, 1976 - 1978)
*EC-121 Warning Star (1971 - 1978)
*KC-10 Extender (1982 - Present)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0079ars.html AFHRA 79th Air Refueling Squadron History]

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