Lineage

Constituted 350th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Jun 1942. Redesignated 350th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 20 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 15 Dec 1945. Redesignated 350th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 9 Jul 1947. Activated in the Reserve on 16 Jul 1947. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949. Redesignated 350th Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 1 Aug 1955. Activated on 1 Jan 1956. Redesignated 350th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron on 25 Jun 1966. Inactivated on 1 Jul 1976. Redesignated 350th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy, on 19 Jan 1982. Activated on 28 Jan 1982. Redesignated 350th Air Refueling Squadron on 1 Sep 1991.

Assignments

100th Bombardment Group, 1 Jun 1942?15 Dec 1945. 100th Bombardment Group, 16 Jul 1947?27 Jun 1949. 100th Bombardment (later, 100th Strategic Reconnaissance) Wing, 1 Jan 1956?1 Jul 1976 (attached to Sixteenth Air Force, 4 Mar?4 Apr 1958). 100th Air Refueling Wing, 28 Jan 1982; 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 15 Mar 1983; 9th Operations Group, 1 Sep 1991; 43d Operations Group, 1 Oct 1993; 22d Operations Group, 1 Jul 1994?.

Stations

Orlando AB, FL, 1 Jun 1942; Barksdale Field, LA, 18 Jun 1942; Pendleton Field, OR, 26 Jun 1942; Gowen Field, ID, 28 Aug 1942; Walla Walla, WA, 31 Oct 1942; Wendover Field, UT, 30 Nov 1942; Sioux City AAB, IA, 6 Jan 1943; Kearney AAFld, NE, 4 Feb?1 May 1943; Thorpe Abbots, England, 2 Jun 1943?9 Dec 1945; Camp Kilmer, NJ, 14?15 Dec 1945. Columbia AAB, SC, 16 Jul 1947?27 Jun 1949. Portsmouth (later, Pease) AFB, NH, 1 Jan 1956 (deployed at Brize Norton RAF Stn, England, 4 Jan?4 Mar 1958, and at Torrejon AB, Spain, 4 Mar?4 Apr 1958). Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 25 Jun 1966?1 Jul 1976. Beale AFB, CA, 25 Jan 1982; McConnell AFB, KS, 1 Jul 1994?.

Aircraft

B?17, 1942?1945. AT?6, AT?7, and AT?11, 1947?1949. B?47, 1956?1966; DC?130, 1966?1976; CH?3, 1966?1976; AQM?34 (drone), 1966?1976. KC?135, 1982?.

Operations

Combat in ETO, 25 Jun 1943?20 Apr 1945. Global bombardment training, Apr 1956?Feb 1966. Operated AQM?34 strategic reconnaissance drones launched from DC?130 aircraft and recovered by CH?3 helicopters, 1966?1976. Provided refueling support for SR?71 aircraft, 1983?1990. Provided cargo support and intratheater refueling during combat in Southwest Asia, Aug 1990?Mar 1991.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater. Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Germany, 17 Aug 1943; Berlin, Germany, 4, 6, 8 Mar 1944; Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device: 1 Jul 1972?30 Jun 1973. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul 1968?30 Jun 1970; 1 Jul 1983?30 Jun 1984; 1 Jul 1985?30 Jun 1986; 1 Jul 1989?30 Jun 1990; 1 Sep 1991-30 Jun 1993. French Croix de Guerre with Palm: 25 Jun?31 Dec 1944.

Emblem

On an Air Force Blue disc, a pattern of six White stars in bend; over all a Red falcon in flight, outlines and details White, shadows Air Force Blue, bearing in its beak a long trailing Green olive spray; radiating from the falcon?s talons to base, three Air Force Golden Yellow lightning flashes; all within a White border, edged Blue. MOTTO: RED FALCONS. Approved on 17 Apr 1959 (K 2068).