350th Air Refueling Squadron
military unit
The 350th Air Refueling Squadron is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. It operates Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions.
The squadron was activated as the 350th Bombardment Squadron during World War II as a heavy bomber unit. It served in combat in the European Theater of Operations, where it earned two Distinguished Unit Citations and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm for its actions. After V-E Day the squadron returned to the United States and was inactivated at the port of embarkation. The squadron was briefly active in the reserve from 1947 to 1949, but was not fully equipped or manned.
It was activated in 1956 with Strategic Air Command as a medium bomber unit and stood alert at Pease Air Force Base until late 1965 with Boeing B-47 Stratojets. In 1966 it moved to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, where, as the 350th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, it flew worldwide reconnaissance missions until 1976. In 1982, it was again activated as an air refueling squadron. It participated in Operation Desert Storm and has deployed to support United States military operations.
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