79th Air Refueling Squadron, US Air Force
79TH AIR REFUELING SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 79 Troop Carrier Squadron on 23 Mar 1943. Activated on 1 Apr 1943. Inactivated on 15 Nov 1945. Activated in the Reserve on 11 Apr 1948. Redesignated as 79 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 27 Jun 1949. Ordered to active service on 1 Apr 1951. Inactivated on 16 Apr 1951. Activated in the Reserve on 18 May 1955. Inactivated on 15 May 1958. Redesignated as 79 Military Airlift Squadron, and activated in the Reserve, on 14 Mar 1966. Organized on 1 Apr 1966. Redesignated as 79 Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron on 30 Jun 1971. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1978. Redesignated as 79 Air Refueling Squadron (Heavy) (Associate) on 21 Jun 1982. Activated in the Reserve on 1 Sep 1982. Redesignated as: 79 Air Refueling Squadron (Associate) on 1 Feb 1992; 79 Air Refueling Squadron on 1 Oct 1994.
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The Emblem was approved 29 July 1996.
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