64th Air Refueling Squadron

64th Air Refueling Squadron

64th Air Refueling Squadron Patch
Active 12 December 1942 - 15 May 1946
5 April 1947 - 31 March 1997
1 April 2003 - 2008
2009-Present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Type Aerial refueling
Decorations DUC
AFOUA
PPUC
ROK PUC
RVGC w/ Palm

The 64th Air Refueling Squadron (64 ARS) is a United States Air Force air-refueling squadron that is part of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing's 22nd Operations Group at McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas. Through the Air Force's Total Force Initiative, the 64th is operationally assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing at Pease Air National Guard Base in New Hampshire

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Mission

History

The 64th flew aerial transportation and evacuation in the South and Southwest Pacific from, 7 August 1943-c. 14 August 1945 and between Japan and Korea from, 19 May-31 December 1952. The squadron trained and provided airlift services from, January 1953-March 1997, including airlift to Vietnam during the late 1960s and to Southwest Asia in 1990-1991. It participated in various training exercises and airlift missions worldwide until inactivation on 31 March 1997.[1]

Associate Status

The 64th Air Refueling Squadron was activated at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire on 2 October 2009 as part of the 22d Air Refueling Wing. It is part of the Total Force Initiative and will work side by side with the 157th Air Refueling Wing, New Hampshire Air National Guard. This will be the first time that an active duty U.S. Air Force unit has returned to Pease since the active Air Force closed the base in 1991.

Operations[1]

Lineage[1]

Assignments[1]

Bases stationed[1]

Aircraft Operated[1]

References

United States Air Force portal
Military of the United States portal
World War II portal

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

See also