- 99th Air Refueling Squadron
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 99th Air Refueling Squadron
caption= 99th Air Refueling Squadron Patch
dates=15 July 1942 -1 May 1944
1 July 1957 -30 September 1973
1 October 1983 - Present
country=United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type=Aerial refueling
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command_structure=Air Mobility Command
18th Air Force
19th Air Refueling Wing
19th Operations Group
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garrison=Little Rock Air Force Base
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battle_honours=The 99th Air Refueling Squadron (99 ARS) is part of the
19th Air Refueling Wing atLittle Rock Air Force Base ,Arkansas . It operates theKC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conductingaerial refueling missions.Mission
History
The squadron was an operational training unit from, October-November
1942 and a replacement training unit from, December 1942-May1943 and November 1943-April1944 . It conducted Theater and overseas aerial refueling, beginning in1958 , including support of operations inSoutheast Asia between1965 and1973 . The 99th also had an airborne command post mission from, 1965-1970 . It has flown worldwide aerial refueling missions since1983 and airborne command post mission between1984 and1991 . [http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10611 AFHRA 99 ARS Page] ]The 99th supported operations in
Grenada , 23-24 Oct 1983,Panama , 18-21 Dec 1989,Southwest Asia , Aug 1990-Mar 1991, and overBosnia , Jan-Feb 1995 and Aug 1996. It Provided personnel and aircraft for refueling aircraft enforcingno-fly zone s overIraq in 1996. In 1997 and 1998, unit resources refueled airplanes flying continuing missions along the border of Iraq in Southwest Asia. In 1998 and 1999, the squadron also supported operations over the formerYugoslavia . The squadron also refueled aircraft involved in antidrug operations over theCaribbean Sea in 1998. After the terrorist attacks onNew York City andWashington, D.C. , on 11 September 2001, the squadron supported Operations inAfghanistan and Iraq, the transportation ofTaliban andAl Qaeda detainees to Guantanamo Bay,Cuba , and counter-drug operations inSouth America .
=Operations=*
World War II
*Operation Urgent Fury
*Operation Just Cause
*Operation Desert Storm
*Operation Deny Flight
*Operation Provide Comfort
*Operation Northern Watch
*Operation Southern Watch
*Operation Phoenix Scorpion
*Operation Desert Thunder
*Operation Desert Fox
*Operation Noble Anvil
*Operation Deliberate Forge
*Operation Allied Force
*Operation Constant Vigil
*Operation Enduring Freedom
*Operation Iraqi Freedom
=Lineage=*9th Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) (1942)
*399th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (1942 - 1957)
*99th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1957 - 1991)
*99th Air Refueling Squadron (1991 - Present)
=Assignments=*88th Bombardment Group (1942 - 1944)
*4050th Air Refueling Wing (1957 - 1963)
*499th Air Refueling Wing (1963 - 1966)
*99th Bombardment Wing (1966 - 1973)
*19th Air Refueling Wing (1983 - Present)
=Bases stationed=*
Salt Lake City Army Air Base,Utah (1942)
*Geiger Field ,Washington (1942)
*Rapid City Army Air Base ,South Dakota (1942)
*Walla Walla Army Air Base , Washington (1942 - 1943)
*Redmond Municipal Airport ,Oregon (1943)
*Madras Army Air Field, Oregon (1943)
*Avon Park Army Air Field ,Florida (1943 - 1944)
*Turner Air Force Base , Georgia (1957)
*Westover Air Force Base ,Massachusetts (1957 - 1973)
*Robins Air Force Base , Georgia (1983 - 2008)
*Little Rock Air Force Base ,Arkansas (2008 - Present)
=Aircraft Operated=*
B-17 Flying Fortress (1942 - 1944)
*KC-135 Stratotanker (1957 - 1973, 1983 - Present)
*EC-135 (1965 - 1970, 1984 - 1997)
*EC-137 (1991 - 1994)References
Notes
Bibliography
* [http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10611 AFHRA 99th Air Refueling Squadron History]
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