97th Air Refueling Squadron

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unit_name= 97th Air Refueling Squadron


caption= 97th Air Refueling Squadron Patch
dates= 15 January 1941 - 31 March 1946
1 March 1949 - 15 March 1964
8 October 1964 - 1 April 1992
1 October 1992 - 30 September 2004
country= United States
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type= Aerial refueling
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motto= Pro Potentia Inter Astra
For Strength Among the Stars
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The 97th Air Refueling Squadron (97 ARS) was most recently part of the 92d Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. It operated the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions.

Mission

History

The 97th flew antisubmarine patrols from, Dececember 1941–January 1942 then flew combat missions in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations between 28 December 1942 and 30 April 1945. It conducted air refueling operations from, 1951–2004. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0097ars.html AFHRA 97 ARS Page] ]

=Operations=

*World War II

=Lineage=

*20th Reconnaissance Squadron (Light) (1940 - 1941)
*97th Bombardment Squadron (Light) (1941 - 1943)
*97th Bombardment Squadron, Light (1943 - 1949)
*97th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium (1949 - 1964)
*97th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1964 - 1991)
*97th Air Refueling Squadron (1991 - Present)

=Assignments=

*Air Force Combat Command (1941)
**Attached: 17th Bombardment Group (15 January - 7 May 1941)
*47th Bombardment Group (1941 - 1946)
*97th Bombardment Wing (1949 - 1957)
**Attached: 15th Air Force (c. 31 May - 10 July 1955)
*4061st Air Refueling Wing (1957 - 1961)
*9th Strategic Aerospace Wing (1961 - 1962)
**Attached: 341st Combat Support Group (1961 - 1962)
*28th Bombardment Wing (1962 - 1964)
*Strategic Air Command (1964)
*97th Bombardment Wing (1964 - 1992)
*43d Air Refueling Wing (1992 - 1994)
*453d Operations Group (1994)
*92d Air Refueling Wing (1994 - 2004)

=Bases stationed=

*McChord Field, Washington (1941)
*Hammer Field, California (1941 - 1942)
*Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma (1942)
*Greensboro Airport, North Carolina (1942)
*Langley Field, Virginia (1942)
*Casablanca, French Morocco (1942)
*Mediouna, French Morocco (1942)
*Thelepte, Tunisia (1942 - 1943)
*Youks-les-Bains, Algeria (1943)
*Canrobert, Algeria (1943)
*Souk-el-Arba, Tunisia (1943)
*Grombalia, Tunisia (1943)
*Takali Airdrome, Malta (1943)
*Torrente Comunelli, Sicily (1943)
*Catania, Sicily (1943)
*Tarranto, Italy (1943)
*Foggia, Italy (1943 - 1944)
*San Guiseppe, Italy (1944)
*Capodichino, Italy (1944)
*Ponte Galeria, Italy (1944)
*Poretto, Italy (1944)
*Salon, France (1944)
*Follonica, Italy (1944)
*Rosignano, Italy (1944)
*Grossetto, Italy (1944 - 1945)
*Pisa, Italy (1945)
*Camp Kilmer, New Jersey (1945)
*Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina (1945)
*Lake Charles Army Air Field, Louisiana (1944- 1946)
*Biggs Air Force Base, Texas (1949 - 1957)
**Deployed: RAF Upper Heyford, England (15 March - 1 June 1952)
**Deployed: Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland (21 November - 20 December 1954)
**Deployed: Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland (c. 31 May - 10 July 1955)
**Deployed: RAF Greenham Common, England (1 May - 9 July 1956)
**Deployed: Goose Air Force Base, Labrador (April - 1 September 1957)
*Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana (1957 - 1964)
*Eaker Air Force Base, Arkansas (1964 - 1992)
*Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana (1992 - 1994)
*Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington (1994 - 2004)

=Aircraft Operated=

*B-18 Bolo (1941 - 1942)
*B-24 Liberator (1941 - 1942)
*DB-7 Boston (1942)
*A-20 Havoc (1942 - 1945)
*B-26 Marauder (1945 - 1946)
*B-29 Superfortress (1950)
*KB-29 Superfortress (1950 - 1954)
*KC-97 Stratotanker (1954 - 1964)
*KC-135 Stratotanker (1964 - 2004)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0097ars.html AFHRA 97th Air Refueling Squadron History]

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