907th Air Refueling Squadron
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker taking off using water injection to increase thrust
Active	1942–1945; 1963–1968
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Air refueling
Nickname	Hump T Dumps (CBI Theater)
Engagements	China Burma India Theater
Insignia
Patch with 907th Air Refueling Squadron emblem
27th Troop Carrier Squadron emblem[a][1]

The907th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactiveUnited States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the91st Bombardment Wing atGlasgow Air Force Base, Montana, and was inactivated on 25 June 1968. From 1963 to 1968 thesquadron served as theair refueling element of its parentwing.

The first predecessor of the squadron was the27th Troop Carrier Squadron, aWorld War II troop carrier squadron that served in theChina Burma India Theater as anairlift unit. Its last assignment was with the443d Troop Carrier Group atLiangshan, China, where it was inactivated on 27 December 1945.

The two squadrons were consolidated into a single unit in 1985, but the consolidated unit has not been active since.

The27th Transport Squadron was activated atDaniel Field, Georgia in February 1942 as one of the original fivesquadrons of the89th Transport Group. The squadron was initially equipped withDouglas DC-3 transports (impressed into military service as C-48s and C-49s) and Douglas C-53 Skytroopers to conduct transition training for pilots who had no previous experience in Douglas transports.^[2] In June 1942, the squadron moved toKellogg Field, Michigan and was soon reassigned to the10th Transport Group, but attached to the62d Troop Carrier Group. It retained its C-53s, but its mission changed as it became aReplacement Training Unit.^[1] Replacement Training Units were oversized units that trained individual pilots or aircrews^[3]

In July 1942 the squadron and its parentgroup were redesignated as Troop Carrier units. In early August 1942, he squadron was relieved of its attachment to the 62d Group and moved toBowman Field, Kentucky. At Bowman, the squadron standardized on theDouglas C-47 Skytrain, although it retained some C-53s into 1943. In November 1943 the replacement training mission terminated and the 27th prepared for transfer overseas to theChina Burma India Theater.^[1]

The air echelon of the squadron gathered atBaer Field, Indiana, where it received new aircraft. It ferried the airplanes to India via theSouth Atlantic ferry route, leaving Morrison Field, Florida in December and arriving in India in January. The ground echelon did not arrive in theater until late March^[4]

The squadron flewairlift missions and evacuated wounded personnel, sometimes landing on unimproved airstrips. It participated inOperation Thursday, the transport of troops behind enemy lines in Burma, along with aircraft of the1st Air Commando Group. After moving to China, the squadron supportedOffice of Strategic Services missions in China and Southeast Asia.^[4] The squadron remained in China after the termination of hostilities in August 1945 and was inactivated there in December.^[1]

The907th Air Refueling Squadron was organized in July 1963 byStrategic Air Command atGlasgow Air Force Base, however its firstBoeing KC-135 Stratotanker did not arrive until October and it was December before the squadron became combat ready.^[5][6] The squadron mission was to provide air refueling support to theBoeing B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers of its parent91st Bombardment Wing and other USAF units as directed, including supportingOperation Chrome Dome airborne alert sorties.^[7] The squadron kept half its aircraft on fifteen-minutealert, fully fueled and ready for combat to reduce vulnerability to a Soviet missile strike^[8] until it became nonoperational in 1968, except for periods when it deployed its aircraft andaircrews to support operations in the Pacific.

The 907th deployed to the Western Pacific region to supportOperation Arc Light from September 1966 to March 1967 and to Okinawa from February to March 1968 during thePueblo Crisis.^[9] It also deployed to Southeast Asia to supportOperation Young Tiger, refueling tactical aircraft on strike missions.^[10]

The squadron became non-operational in May 1968^[9] and was inactivated in June when Glasgow closed.

The27th Troop Carrier Squadron and the907th Air Refueling Squadron were consolidated in 1985,^[11] but the consolidated unit has not been active.

• 89th Transport Group, 1 February 1942
• 10th Transport Group (later 10th Troop Carrier Group), 15 June 1942 (attached to 62d Transport Group (later 62d Troop Carrier Group), 21 June 1942 – 5 August 1942)
• Tenth Air Force, 12 January 1944 (attached to Troop Carrier Command, Eastern Air Command)
• 443d Troop Carrier Group, 6 March 1944 – 27 December 1945 (attached to69th Composite Wing, 21 May 1944 – c. July 1945)^[12]
• 91st Bombardment Wing, 1 July 1963 – 25 June 1968 (detached c. 11 September 1966 – c. 31 March 1967 and c. 5 February 1968 – c. 16 March 1968, not operational after c. 1 May 1968)^[9]

Campaign/Service Streamer	Campaign	Dates	Notes
	American Theater	1 February 1942 – 13 December 1943	27th Transport Squadron (later Troop Carrier Squadron)[1]
	India-Burma	12 January 1944 – 28 January 1945	27th Troop Carrier Squadron[1]
	China Defensive	12 January 1944 – 4 May 1945	27th Troop Carrier Squadron[1]
	China Offensive	5 May 1945 – 2 September 1945	27th Troop Carrier Squadron[1]

• List of United States Air Force air refueling squadrons

Explanatory notes

Citations

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

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• Smith, Richard K. (1998).Seventy-Five Years of Inflight Refueling: Highlights, 1923–1998(PDF). Air Force History and Museums Program. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 24 August 2017. Retrieved13 August 2013.

• 14 USAAF 27 Troop Carrier Squadron website (retrieved 14 October 2013)

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