Lineage

Constituted 584th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 15 Feb 1943. Activated on 5 Mar 1943. Redesignated: 584th Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 9 Oct 1944; 584th Bombardment Squadron, Light, on 3 Dec 1945. Inactivated on 31 Mar 1946. Consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with 384th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium, which was constituted on 3 Mar 1955. Activated on 1 Apr 1955. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 25 Jun 1966. Redesignated 384th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy, on 19 Jun 1973. Activated on 30 Sep 1973. Redesignated 384th Air Refueling Squadron on 1 Sep 1991.

Assignments

394th Bombardment Group, 5 Mar 1943?31 Mar 1946. 4050th Air Refueling Wing, 1 Apr 1955 (attached to HQ Eighth Air Force, 27 Apr?27 Jun 1956 and 21 May?25 Jun 1957); 499th Air Refueling Wing, 1 Jan 1963?25 Jun 1966. 384th Air Refueling (later, 384th Bombardment) Wing, 30 Sep 1973; 384th Operations Group, 1 Sep 1991; 19th Operations Group, 1 Jun 1992; 22d Operations Group, 1 Jan 1994?.

Stations

MacDill Field, FL, 5 Mar 1943; Ardmore AAFld, OK, 12 Jul 1943; Kellogg Field, MI, 24 Aug 1943; Atterbury AAFld, IN, 11 Sep 1943; Kellogg Field, MI, 13 Oct 1943?15 Feb 1944; Boreham, England, 11 Mar 1944; Holmsley, England, 24 Jul 1944; Tour-en-Bassin, France, 22 Aug 1944; Bricy, France, 21 Sep 1944; Cambrai-Niergnies, France, 8 Oct 1944; Venlo, Holland, 5 May 1945; Kitzingen, Germany, Sep 1945?15 Feb 1946; Bolling Field, DC, 15 Feb?31 Mar 1946. Westover AFB, MA, 1 Apr 1955?25 Jun 1966 (deployed at Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, 27 Apr?27 Jun 1956 and 21 May?25 Jun 1957; Lajes AB, Azores, 28 Sep?c. 28 Dec 1963). McConnell AFB, KS, 30 Sep 1973?.

Aircraft

B?26, 1943?1945; A?26, 1945?1946. KC?97, 1955?1965. KC?135, 1973?1977, 1978?.

Operations

Combat in ETO, 23 Mar 1944?20 Apr 1945. Aerial refueling for SAC bombers in N. Atlantic area, 1955?1965. Worldwide aerial refueling, 1973?; supported operations in Panama, 18?20 Dec 1989 and Southwest Asia, Aug 1990?Mar 1991.

Honors

Service Streamers. World War II American Theater.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: France, 7?9 Aug 1944. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 8 Feb 1956?1 Dec 1959; 1 Jul 1974?30 Jun 1976; 1 Jul 1976?30 Jun 1978; 1 Jul 1980?30 Jun 1981; 1 Jul 1987?30 Jun 1989. French Croix de Guerre with Palm: 6 Jun?14 Sep 1944.

Emblem

On a disc per fess embattled Air Force Blue and Air Force Golden Yellow, within a narrow Red border, a stylized Silver-Gray eagle in chief, his wings displayed, details Air Force Blue, holding in his talons a Red refueling boom and in base an elongated globe fesswise, Air Force Blue, land area Silver-Gray, latitude and longitude lines Red, the line marking the equator extending to the border on either side. Approved on 5 Feb 1960 (K 11278); replaced emblems approved on 30 Jun 1959 (11042 A.C.) and 31 Dec 1943 (23725 A.C.).