| 7th Air Refueling Squadron | |
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Emblem of the 7th Air Refueling Squadron |
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| Active | 1955–1991 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Type | Air Refueling |
| Role | Aerial Refueling |
The 7th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 19th Operations Group, stationed at Robins AFB, Georgia.
It was inactivated on 1 January 1993.
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Established in 1943 by Air Transport Command in India, the squadron flew C-46 Commando transports from the Assam Valley in India over the 'Hump' to bases in China, flying supplies, personnel and equipment to support Fourteenth Air Force combat units in the CBI (China Burma India Theater).
Reactivated as part of Military Air Transport Service in 1952, it flew C-54 Skymasters from McChord AFB, Washington to Elmendorf AFB and Ladd AFB, Alaska Territory. It moved to Travis AFB, California in 1953, where it was re-equipped with C-124 Globemaster II intercontinental strategic transport aircraft. The unit flew very long range strategic airlift missions within the MATS Western Transport Air Force area from California to Japan, Philippines, Indochina and Karachi Airport in West Pakistan during the 1950s. It was inactivated in 1955 due to budget reductions.
It was re-activated at Carswell AFB, Texas on 1 April 1958 when its parent unit, the 7th Bombardment Wing received B-52 Stratofortresses. The unit provided air-to-air refueling on a worldwide basis for over 30 years with KC-135 Stratotankers. It remained assigned to the 7th BMW at Carswell until the closure of the base on 1 June 1992 and the 7th was inactivated. Reassigned to the 19th Operations Group at Robins AFB, the squadron was inactivated in 1993 as part of the post Cold War drawdown of the USAF.
(Not operational 6 May – 1 December 1965 and 10 Dec 1969 – 31 Mar 1970 due to operations in Southeast Asia. All aircrews and aircraft were deployed or on loan to provisional units at Kadena AB, Okinawa, Andersen AFB, Guam or U-Tapao RTNAF, Thailand.)
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
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