70th Air Refueling Squadron
The 70th Air Refueling Squadron is a United States Air Force Reserve squadron, assigned to the 349th Operations Group, stationed at Travis Air Force Base, California. It is an associate unit of the active duty 6th Air Refueling Squadron, 60th Air Mobility Wing. It operates the McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender aircraft conducting mobility, and air refueling missions.History
World War II
The squadron trained North American B-25 Mitchell aircrews from September 1942 to April 1944.Air Refueling operations
It has conducted worldwide air refueling from 1955–1993. The 70th supported the National Emergency Airborne Command Post from 1970 to 1993. It also deployed aircrews and aircraft to Europe and the Arabian peninsula during the Gulf War from, 1990-1991.Reserve associate unit
In 1994 the squadron resumed refueling operations, using the McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extenders of the active duty 9th Air Refueling Squadron.Lineage
- Constituted as the 470th Bombardment Squadron on 9 July 1942
- Reconstituted on 19 September 1985 and consolidated with the 70th Air Refueling Squadron as the 70th Air Refueling Squadron
- Consolidated with the 4'70th Air Bombardment Squadron' on 19 September 1985
- Activated in the reserve on 1 September 1994
Assignments
- 334th Bombardment Group, 16 July 1942 – 1 May 1944
- 70th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 1 August 1955
- 384th Bombardment Wing, 1 August 1961
- 43d Bombardment Wing, 1 September 1964
- 305th Air Refueling Wing, 1 January 1970
- 305th Operations Group, 1 September 1991 – 1 April 1993
- 349th Operations Group, 1 September 1994 – present
Stations
- Greenville Army Air Base, South Carolina, 16 July 1942 – 1 May 1944
- Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, 1 August 1955
- Grissom Air Force Base, Indiana, 1 January 1970 – 1 April 1993
- Travis Air Force Base, California
Aircraft
- North American B-25 Mitchell
- Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker
- Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
- Boeing EC-135
- McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender
