6th Air Refueling Squadron

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Lineage

Constituted 6th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 22 Dec 1939. Activated on 1 Feb 1940. Redesignated 6th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 28 Mar 1944. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1944. Activated on 1 Apr 1944. Inactivated on 20 May 1946. Activated in the Reserve on 15 Jun 1947. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949. Consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 6th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium, which was constituted on 6 Apr 1951. Activated on 10 Apr 1951. Inactivated on 1 Aug 1951. Redesignated 6th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy, on 1 Apr 1957. Activated on 1 Nov 1957. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 25 Jan 1967. Activated on 3 Jan 1989. Redesignated 6th Air Refueling Squadron on 1 Sep 1991.

Assignments

29th Bombardment Group, 1 Feb 1940?1 Apr 1944. 29th Bombardment Group, 1 Apr 1944?20 May 1946. Tenth Air Force, 15 Jun 1947; 482d Bombardment Group, 30 Sep 1947?27 Jun 1949. 6th Bombardment Group, 10 Apr?1 Aug 1951. Fifteenth Air Force, 1 Nov 1957; 6th Bombardment (later, 6th Strategic Aerospace) Wing, 3 Jan 1958?25 Jan 1967. 22d Air Refueling Wing, 3 Jan 1989; 22d Operations Group, 1 Sep 1991; 722d Operations Group, 1 Jan 1994; 60th Operations Group, 1 Aug 1995?.

Stations

Langley Field, VA, 1 Feb 1940; MacDill Field, FL, 21 May 1940; Gowen Field, ID, 25 Jun 1942?1 Apr 1944. Pratt AAFld, KS, 1 Apr 1944; Dalhart AAFld, TX, 25 May 1944; Pratt AAFld, KS, 17 Jul?6 Dec 1944; North Field, Guam, 17 Jan 1945?20 May 1946. Barksdale Field (later, AFB), LA, 15 Jun 1947?27 Jun 1949. Walker AFB, NM, 10 Apr?1 Aug 1951. Bergstrom AFB, TX, 1 Nov 1957; Walker AFB, NM, 3 Jan 1958?25 Jan 1967. March AFB, CA, 3 Jan 1989; Travis AFB, CA, 1 Aug 1995?.

Aircraft

YB?17, 1940; B?17, 1940?1943; B?18, 1940?1941; B?24, 1943?1944. B?17, 1944; B?29, 1944?1946. AT?6, 1947?1949; AT?11, 1947?1949. KC?135, 1958?1967. KC?10, 1989?.

Operations

Antisubmarine patrol missions in the Caribbean, Jan?Jun 1942. Operational and later replacement training, 1942?1944. Combat in the Western Pacific, c. 16 Feb?15 Aug 1945. Air refueling training, 1959?1962. Worldwide air refueling, 1963?1967, including support of tactical aircraft flying in Southeast Asia. Worldwide air refueling, 1989?, including support of deployments to Southwest Asia, 1990?1991. Humanitarian airlift to Somalia, 1992?1993.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Antisubmarine, American Theater; Air Offensive, Japan; Western Pacific.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Japan, 31 Mar 1945; Japan, 19?26 Jun 1945. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 May 1960?31 May 1962; 1 Feb?30 Jun 1989; 1 Jul 1989?30 Jun 1991.

Emblem

Celeste, a Taeguk Or and Azure charged with a pegasus soaring Argent garnished Sable, all within a diminished bordure of the third. Approved on 9 Dec 1994; replaced emblems approved on 12 Oct 1960 (K 12078) and on 6 Apr 1942 (K 2661). MOTTO: VIS EXTENSA?Strength Extended. Approved on 12 Oct 1960.

  
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