99th Air Refueling Squadron

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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The 99th Air Refueling Squadron (99 ARS) is part of the 19th Air Refueling Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. It operates the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions.

Mission

History

The squadron was an operational training unit from, October-November 1942 and a replacement training unit from, December 1942-May 1943 and November 1943-April 1944. It conducted Theater and overseas aerial refueling, beginning in 1958, including support of operations in Southeast Asia between 1965 and 1973. The 99th also had an airborne command post mission from, 1965-1970. It has flown worldwide aerial refueling missions since 1983 and airborne command post mission between 1984 and 1991. [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 over Bosnia, Jan-Feb 1995 and Aug 1996. It Provided personnel and aircraft for refueling aircraft enforcing no-fly zones over Iraq 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 former Yugoslavia. The squadron also refueled aircraft involved in antidrug operations over the Caribbean Sea in 1998. After the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., on 11 September 2001, the squadron supported Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, the transportation of Taliban and Al Qaeda detainees to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and counter-drug operations in South 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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