74th Air Refueling Squadron

The 74th Air Refueling Squadron (74 ARS) is part of the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Joint Air Reserve Base, Indiana. It operates the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions.

Mission

History

The 74th flew airborne assaults on Normandy, Holland, and Germany, participated in the relief of Bastogne, and conducted aerial transportation of passengers and cargo in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. The squadron trained in troop carrier duties from, 1947-1951. It has performed air refueling missions worldwide since 1992. Since late 1993 the 74th periodically deployed to Italy and other western European locations in support of NATO operations in the Balkans.^[1]

Operations^[1]

• World War II

Lineage^[1]

• 74th Troop Carrier Squadron (1943–1949)
• 74th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949–1992)
• 74th Air Refueling Squadron (1992–Present)

Assignments^[1]

• 434th Troop Carrier Group (1943–1946, 1947–1951)
• 434th Air Refueling Wing (1992–Present)

Bases stationed^[1]

Aircraft Operated^[1]

• C-47 Skytrain (1943–1946, 1949)
• Horsa glider (1944–1945)
• CG-4 (1944–1945)
• C-46 Commando (1945–1946, 1949–1951)
• T-7 Navigator (1949–1951)
• T-11 Kansan (1949–1951)
• KC-135 Stratotanker (1992–Present)

References

Notes

Bibliography

• AFHRA 74th Air Refueling Squadron History
• 434th Air Refueling Wing Fact Sheet

See also