349th Air Refueling Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 349th Air Refueling Squadron


caption= 349th Air Refueling Squadron Patch
dates= 1 June 1942 - 1 December 1945
29 May 1947 - 27 June 1949
1 January 1956 - 1 June 1992
1 January 1994 - Present
country= United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type= Aerial refueling
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18th Air Force
22d Air Refueling Wing
22d Operations Group
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The 349th Air Refueling Squadron (349 ARS) is part of the 22d Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. It operates the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions.

Mission

History

The 349th flew combat mission in the European Theater of Operations from, 25 June 1943–20 April 1945. It conducted bombardment training from, 1956–1966 and worldwide strategic reconnaissance from, 1966–1976. The squadron flew air refueling in support of the SR-71 Blackbird from, 1976–1990 and provided cargo and air refueling support to combat units in Southwest Asia from, August 1990–March 1991. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0349ars.html AFHRA 349 ARS Page] ]

=Operations=

*World War II
*Operation Desert Storm

=Lineage=

*349th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (1942 - 1943)
*349th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy (1943 - 1947)
*349th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy (1947 - 1955)
*349th Bombardment Squadron, Medium (1955 - 1966)
*349th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (1966 - 1976)
*349th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1976 - 1991)
*349th Air Refueling Squadron (1991 - Present)

=Assignments=

*100th Bombardment Group (1942 - 1945, 1947 - 1949)
*100th Air Refueling Wing (1956 - 1983)
*9th Reconnaissance Wing (1983 - 1992)
*22d Air Refueling Wing (1994 - Present)

=Bases stationed=

*Orlando Air Base, Florida (1942)
*Barksdale Field, Louisiana (1942)
*Pendleton Field, Oregon (1942)
*Gowen Field, Idaho (1942)
*Walla Walla, Washington (1942)
*Wendover Field, Utah (1942 - 1943)
*Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa (1943)
*Kearney Army Airfield, Nebraska (1943)
*RAF Thorpe Abbotts, England (1943 - 1945)
*Camp Kilmer, New Jersey (1945)
*Miami Army Air Field, Florida (1947 - 1949)
*Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire (1956 - 1966)
**Deployed: RAF Brize Norton, England (4 January - c. 1 April 1958)
*Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona (1966 - 1976)
*Beale Air Force Base, California (1976 - 1992)
*McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas (1994 - Present)

=Aircraft Operated=

*B-17 Flying Fortress (1942 - 1945)
*AT-6 Texan (1947 - 1949)
*AT-7 Navigator (1947 - 1949)
*AT-11 Kansan (1947 - 1949)
*B-47 Stratojet (1956 - 1966)
*U/WU-2 (1966 - 1976)
*KC-135 Stratotanker (1976 - 1992, 1994 - Present)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0349ars.html AFHRA 349th Air Refueling Squadron History]

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