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7th Air Refueling Squadron
KC-135 Stratotanker of the19th Air Refueling Wing
Active	1943; 1952–1955; 1958–1993
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Aerial refueling
Mottos	Cum Diligentia atque CeleritateLatin With Diligence and Speed
Insignia
Patch with 7th Air Refueling Squadron emblem

The7th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactiveUnited States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the19th Operations Group, stationed atRobins Air Force Base, Georgia, where it was inactivated on 1 January 1993.

World War IIEstablished in 1943 byAir Transport Command in India, the squadron flewCurtiss C-46 Commando transports from theAssam Valley in India over the 'Hump' to bases in China, flying supplies, personnel and equipment to supportFourteenth Air Force combat units in theChina Burma India Theater (CBI).

Reactivated as part ofMilitary Air Transport Service (MATS) in 1952, it flewDouglas C-54 Skymasters fromMcChord Air Force Base, Washington toElmendorf andLadd Air Force Bases, Alaska. It moved toTravis Air Force Base, California in 1953, where it was re-equipped withDouglas C-124 Globemaster II intercontinental strategic transport aircraft. The unit flew very long range strategic airlift missions within the MATS Western Transport Air Force area from California to Japan, the Philippines, Indochina andKarachi Airport in West Pakistan during the 1950s. It was inactivated in July 1955 due to budget reductions.

It was re-activated atCarswell Air Force Base, Texas on 1 April 1958 when its parent unit, the7th Bombardment Wing receivedBoeing B-52 Stratofortresses. The unit providedair refueling on a worldwide basis for over 30 years withBoeing KC-135 Stratotankers. The squadron was not operational 6 May – 1 December 1965 and 10 December 1969 – 31 March 1970^[1] due to operations inSoutheast Asia. All aircrews and aircraft were deployed or on loan to provisional units atKadena Air Base,Okinawa,Andersen Air Force Base,Guam orU-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Airfield, Thailand. On 19 September 1985 the 7th Air Refueling Squadron was consolidated with the 77th Air Transport Squadron.

It remained assigned to the 7th Wing at Carswell until 1 June 1992. Reassigned to the19th Operations Group at Robins AFB, the squadron was inactivated in 1993 as part of the postCold War drawdown of the USAF.

77th Air Transport Squadron

• Constituted as the77th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron on 30 January 1943

Activated on 22 February 1943

Redesignated77th Transport Squadron on 1 July 1943

Disbanded on 1 December 1943

• Reconstituted on 16 September 1952 as the77th Air Transport Squadron, Heavy

Activated on 24 September 1952

Inactivated on 1 July 1955

• Consolidated on 19 September 1985 with the7th Air Refueling Squadron as the7th Air Refueling Squadron^[2]

7th Air Refueling Squadron

• Constituted as the7th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy on 28 January 1958

Activated on 1 April 1958

• Consolidated on 19 September 1985 with the77th Air Transport Squadron^[2]

Redesignated7th Air Refueling Squadron on 1 September 1991

• Activated on 1 June 1992

Inactivated on 1 January 1993

• 22d Ferrying Group (later 22d Transport Group), 22 February 1943 – 1 December 1943
• 1705th Air Transport Group, 24 September 1952
• 1501st Air Transport Group, 20 November 1953 – 1 July 1955
• 7th Bombardment Wing, 1 April 1958^[1]
• 19th Operations Group, 1 June 1992 – 1 January 1993

• Chabua Airfield, Assam, India, 22 February 1943
• Jorhat Airfield, Assam, India, April – December 1943
• McChord Air Force Base, Washington, 24 September 1952^[3]
• Travis Air Force Base, California 20 November 1953 – 1 July 1955^[4]
• Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, 1 April 1958^[5]
• Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, 1 June 1992 – 1 January 1993

• Curtiss C-46 Commando 1943
• C-54 Skymaster, 1952–1953
• Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter, 1953–1955
• KC-135 Stratotanker, 1958–1992, 1992–1993

Notes

 This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Mueller, Robert (1989).Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982(PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-912799-53-6.
• Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984).Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-912799-12-9.

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