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This is a list of United States Air Force air refueling squadrons. Air refueling squadrons Squadron Shield Location Nickname Aircraft Status 2nd Air Refueling Squadron McGuire AFB "Second to None" KC-46 Pegasus Active 6th Air Refueling Squadron Travis AFB, Fairfield CA Strength Extended KC-10 Extender Active 7th Air Refueling Squadron Carswell AFB, Ft. Worth TX KC-135A Inactivated 1993 9th Air ...
9th Aerial Port Squadron: Forbes AFB: 10th Aerial Port Squadron: Dyess AFB: 11th Aerial Port Squadron: Mitchel AFB: Activated in the reserves in 1954 as 11th Aerial Port Operations Squadron 12th Aerial Port Squadron: Pittsburgh, PA: Activated in the reserves in 1954 as 12th Aerial Port Operations Squadron 13th Aerial Port Squadron: O'Hare ...
The base was renamed Travis Air Force Base in 1951 for Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, who was killed when a B-29 Superfortress crashed shortly after takeoff on 5 August 1950. The ensuing fire caused the 10,000 pounds of high explosives in the plane's cargo — a Mark 4 nuclear weapon (minus its nuclear core) — to detonate, killing ...
Travis AFB, California: KC-10A [15] 9th Air Refueling Squadron: Air Mobility Command: Eighteenth Air Force: 60 AMW: 1 February 1942 Travis AFB, California: KC-10A [16] 18th Air Refueling Squadron: Air Force Reserve Command: Fourth Air Force: 931 ARW: 11 December 1940 McConnell AFB, Kansas: KC-135 [17] 32nd Air Refueling Squadron: Air Mobility ...
19th Airlift Squadron: Travis AFB: C-141B Starlifter: Inactive 20th Airlift Squadron: Travis AFB: C-141B Starlifter: Inactive 21st Airlift Squadron: Travis AFB: Beeliners: C-17 Globemaster III: Active 22nd Airlift Squadron: Travis AFB: Mulies: C-5 Galaxy: Active 30th Airlift Squadron: Cheyenne Regional Airport: C-130 Hercules: Inactive 36th ...
23d Air Base Squadron: 33d Air Base Squadron: 34th Air Base Squadron: 35th Air Base Squadron: 43d Air Base Squadron: Pope Field, North Carolina: 47th Air Base Squadron: 53d Air Base Squadron: 54th Air Base Squadron: 59th Air Base Squadron: 74th Air Base Squadron: 79th Air Base Squadron: 80th Air Base Squadron: 81st Air Base Squadron: 82d Air ...
The 6th Air Refueling Squadron was activated at Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico in April 1951 and began to train with the KB-29 tanker version of the Superfortress. The bombardment squadrons of the 6th's parent 6th Bombardment Group were flying B-29s as well, but plans were underway by late summer to convert the group to Convair B-36 ...
The 722d Air Refueling Wing was activated at March as a holding organization for the remaining regular Air Force units there on 1 January 1994, and the squadron became part of the 722d Wing until September 1994, when it moved to Travis Air Force Base, California and was assigned to the 60th Operations Group.