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===Assignments===
===Assignments===
* 349th Troop Carrier Group, 1 Nov 1943-31 Jul 1946
* 349th Troop Carrier Group, 27 Jun 1949-2 Apr 1951
* 349th Fighter-Bomber (later, 349th Troop Carrier) Group, 13 Jun 1952
* 349th Troop Carrier Wing, 14 Apr 1959
* 940th Troop Carrier (later, 940th Air Transport; 940th Military Airlift; 940th Tactical Airlift; 940th Air Refueling) Group, 11 Feb 1963
* 940th Operations Group, 1 Aug 1992-30 April 2008


===Stations===
===Stations===

Revision as of 03:21, 23 February 2012

314th Air Refueling Squadron
314th Air Refueling Squadron Patch
Active1 November 1943 - 31 July 1946
27 June 1949 - 2 April 1951
13 June 1952 - 2008
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeAerial refueling
Part ofAir Force Reserve Command
4th Air Force
940th Air Refueling Wing
940th Operations Group
Garrison/HQBeale Air Force Base
Decorations AFOUA
RVGC w/ Palm

The 314th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 940th Air Refueling Wing, based at Beale Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 30 April 2008

Mission

It operated the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions.

History

The 314th flew aerial transportation in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. Except for brief period as a fighter-bomber squadron, it trained for and performed troop carrier and airlift missions between 1949 and 1951 and from 1957-1976. The squadron has performed air refueling missions worldwide since 1977 and maintained an alert responsibility for Strategic Air Command until the command's deactivation in September 1991. It deployed aircraft and personnel to Saudi Arabia and European locations in support of the Gulf War and later contingency operations in Somalia and the Balkans.[1]

Lineage

  • Constituted 314th Troop Carrier Squadron on 23 Oct 1943
Activated on 1 Nov 1943
Inactivated on 31 Jul 1946
  • Re-designated: 314th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 10 May 1949
Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949
Ordered to Active Service on 1 Apr 1951
Inactivated on 2 Apr 1951
  • Re-designated: 314th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 26 May 1952
Activated in the Reserve on 13 Jun 1952
Re-designated: 314th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 1 Sep 1957
Ordered to Active Service on 28 Oct 1962
Relieved from Active Duty on 28 Nov 1962
Re-designated: 314th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy on 1 Apr 1965
Re-designated: 314th Air Transport Squadron, Heavy on 1 Dec 1965
Re-designated: 314th Military Airlift Squadron on 1 Jan 1966
Re-designated: 314th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 Apr 1972
Re-designated: 314th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy on 1 Jan 1977
Re-designated: 314th Air Refueling Squadron on 1 Feb 1992.

Assignments

  • 349th Troop Carrier Group, 1 Nov 1943-31 Jul 1946
  • 349th Troop Carrier Group, 27 Jun 1949-2 Apr 1951
  • 349th Fighter-Bomber (later, 349th Troop Carrier) Group, 13 Jun 1952
  • 349th Troop Carrier Wing, 14 Apr 1959
  • 940th Troop Carrier (later, 940th Air Transport; 940th Military Airlift; 940th Tactical Airlift; 940th Air Refueling) Group, 11 Feb 1963
  • 940th Operations Group, 1 Aug 1992-30 April 2008

Stations

Aircraft

Operations[1]


References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5
  1. ^ a b AFHRA 314 ARS Page

See also

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