Lineage

Constituted 1st Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Redesignated: 391st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 22 Apr 1942; 391st Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 20 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 28 Aug 1945. Consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 91st Air Refueling Squadron, Medium, which was constituted on 1 Mar 1950. Activated on 16 Apr 1950. Redesignated 91st Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy, on 1 Jan 1963. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1987. Activated on 5 Jan 1988. Redesignated 91st Air Refueling Squadron on 1 Sep 1991.

Assignments

General Headquarters Air Force (later, Air Force Combat Command), 15 Jan 1941 (attached to 34th Bombardment Group, 15 Jan 1941?); 1st Bomber Command, 5 Sep 1941 (remained attached to 34th Bombardment Group); II Bomber Command, c. 25 Jan 1942 (attached to 34th Bombardment Group through 24 Feb 1942); 34th Bombardment Group, 25 Feb 1942?28 Aug 1945. 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Group, 16 Apr 1950 (attached to 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 10 Feb 1951?27 May 1952); 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 28 May 1952 (attached to 5th Air Division, 12 Jan?26 Feb 1954; Northeast Air Command, 6 Oct?12 Nov 1954 and 10 Jul?Oct 1955); 801st Air Division, 8 Nov 1957; 376th Bombardment Wing, 1 Dec 1957 (attached to 301st Air Refueling Wing, 4 May?14 Jun 1964); 301st Air Refueling Wing, 15 Jun 1964; 47th Air Division, 1 Jul 1971; 14th Air Division, 1 Apr 1972; 12th Strategic Missile Division, 1 Aug 1972; 384th Air Refueling (later, 384th Bombardment) Wing, 1 Dec 1972?1 Oct 1987. 301st Air Refueling Wing, 5 Jan 1988; 301st Operations Group, 1 Sep 1991; 43d Operations Group, 1 Jun 1992; 43d Air Refueling Group, 1 Jul 1994?.

Stations

Langley Field, VA, 15 Jan 1941; Westover Field, MA, 29 May 1941; Pendleton, OR, c. 25 Jan 1942; Davis-Monthan Field, AZ, c. 13 May 1942; Geiger Field (later, AAB), WA, 1 Jul 1942; Ephrata AAB, WA, 1 Dec 1942; Blythe AAB, CA, 11 Dec 1942?3 Apr 1944 (deployed at Salinas AAB, CA, 29 May?13 Jul 1943); Mendelsham, England, 23 Apr 1944?24 Jul 1945; Sioux Falls AAFld, SD, 13?28 Aug 1945. Barksdale AFB, LA, 16 Apr 1950; Lockbourne AFB, OH, 11 Sep 1951 (deployed at French Morocco, 12 Jan?26 Feb 1954; Goose AB, Labrador, 6 Oct?12 Nov 1954; and Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, 10 Jul?Oct 1955); McConnell AFB, KS, 30 Jun 1971?1 Oct 1987. Malmstrom AFB, MT, 5 Jan 1988?.

Aircraft

PT?17, 1941; B?17, 1941?1943, 1944?1945; B?18, 1941?1942; B?24, 1942?1943, 1944. KB?29, 1950?1953; KC?97, 1953?1963; KC?135, 1963?1987; UH?1, 1971?1972. KC?135, 1988?.

Operations

Antisubmarine patrols, Dec 1941?Oct 1942; combat in ETO, 24 May 1944?20 Apr 1945. Worldwide air refueling operations, 1950?1987, and 1988?. Crews and aircraft deployed to Southeast Asia to refuel tactical aircraft and B?52s involved in combat in Vietnam, Jan 1965?Dec 1975. Refueled aircraft participating in the Grenada rescue mission, Oct?Nov 1983.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Antisubmarine, American Theater; Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 8 Sep 1953?8 Nov 1957; 1 Oct 1966?1 Apr 1967; 1 Jul 1974?30 Jun 1976; 1 Jul 1976?30 Jun 1978; 1 Jul 1980?30 Jun 1981; 1 Jul 1988?30 Jun 1990.

Emblem

On a Yellow disc with land surfaces Green, longitude and latitude lines Black, a stylized cloud formation White, shaded Gray and edged Blue, thereover a flying refueling boom in bend, from left to right, Red, outlined and shaded Black. Approved on 3 Jun 1952 (44522 A.C.); replaced emblem approved on 24 Sep 1941 (9925 A.C.).