96th Air Refueling Squadron

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unit_name= 96th Air Refueling Squadron


caption= 96th Air Refueling Squadron Patch
dates= 15 January 1941 - 27 January 1946
18 November 1953 - 1 October 1960
15 December 1960 - 25 June 1965
1 April 1994 - 31 March 2005
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The 96th Air Refueling Squadron (96 ARS) was most recently part of the 92d Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. It operated the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions.

Mission

History

The squadron flew antisubmarine patrols from, December 1941–August 1942 and December 1942–February 1943. It then went on to fly combat sorties in the Central Pacific from, 19 January–23 September 1944 and the Western Pacific from, 9 July–12 August 1945. The 96th flew air refueling to meet global commitments from, July 1954–October 1960, December 1960–June 1965, and April 1994-March 2005. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0096ars.html AFHRA 96 ARS Page] ]

=Operations=

*World War II

=Lineage=

*6th Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium) (1940 - 1942)
*396th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) (1942 - 1943)
*396th Bombardment Squadron, Medium (1943 - 1953)
*96th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium (1953 - 1958)
*96th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1958 - 1994)
*96th Air Refueling Squadron (1994 - Present)

=Assignments=

*41st Bombardment Group (1941 - 1946)
*96th Bombardment Wing (1953 - 1957)
**Attached: Northeast Air Command (5 October - 20 November 1954, 1 August - 14 September 1955, 18 - 31 January 1956)
**Split Deployment (25 June - 9 October 1956):
***Alaskan Air Command
***303d Bomb Wing
**98th Air Base Group (10 January - 7 April 1957)
*11th Bombardment Wing (1957 - 1960)
*11th Strategic Aerospace Wing (1960 - 1965)
*453d Operations Group (1994)
*92d Air Refueling Wing (1994 - 2005)

=Bases stationed=

*March Field, California (1941)
*Tucson, Arizona (1941)
*Muroc Army Air Field, California (1941 - 1942)
*Sacramento, California (1942)
**Operated From: Alameda, California (April - 10 May 1942)
**Detachment: Cherry Point, North Carolina (June - August 1942)
*Hammer Field, California (1942 - 1943)
*Hickam Field, Hawaii (1943)
*Tarawa (1943 - 1944)
*Makin (1944)
*Wheeler Field, Hawaii (1944 - 1945)
*Okinawa (1945)
*Manila, Luzon (1945 - 1946)
*Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma (1953 - 1960, 1960 - 1965)
**Deployed: Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland (15 October - 20 November 1954)
**Deployed: Thule Air Base, Greenland (1 August - 14 September 1955)
**Deployed: Thule Air Base, Greenland 18 - 31 January 1956)
**Split Deployed (25 June - 9 October 1956):
***Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
***Andersen Air Force Base, Guam
*Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington (1994 - 2005)

=Aircraft Operated=

*PT-17 Kaydet (1941)
*B-18 Bolo (1941 - 1942)
*LB-30 (1941 - 1942)
*A-29 Hudson (1941 - 1942)
*B-25 Mitchell (1942 - 1945)
*KC-97 Stratotanker (1954 - 1958)
*KC-135 Stratotanker (1958 - 1960, 1960 - 1965, 1994 - 2005)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0096ars.html AFHRA 96th Air Refueling Squadron History]

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