351st Air Refueling Squadron, US Air Force
351ST AIR REFUELING SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 351 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Jun 1942. Redesignated as 351st Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 20 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 15 Dec 1945. Redesignated as 351 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 3 Jul 1947. Activated in the Reserve on 17 Jul 1947. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949. Redesignated as 351 Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 1 Aug 1955. Activated on 1 Jan 1956. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 25 Jun 1966. Redesignated as 351 Air Refueling Squadron on 26 Mar 1992. Activated on 31 Mar 1992. Squadron saw little activity during the first months after activation on 1 Jun 1942. Began training at Walla Walla, WA, after receiving its first B-17s in early Nov 1942. In Jun 1943, moved to Thorpe Abbotts, England, and began bombing targets in France and Germany, including ball-bearing plants, aircraft factories, submarine pens, airfields, surface transportation targets, oil production facilities, and V-1 launch sites until the end of the bombing campaign in Apr 1945. Inactivated in Dec 1945 after return to the United States. Activated in the Reserve from 17 Jul 1947 to 27 Jun 1949. After reactivation on 1 Jan 1956 until Feb 1966, trained bombardment aircrews to conduct immediate and sustained global strategic bombing operations. Participated in various exercises and deployments in the United States and overseas. Inactivated on 26 Jun 1966. Redesignated and activated as the 351 Air Refueling Squadron on 31 Mar 1992. As the sole aerial refueling squadron in Europe, conducted aerial refueling operations for US military, NATO and other allied aircraft for routine flight operations, training exercises, deployments, and humanitarian and contingency operations throughout Europe, including DENY FLIGHT and ALLIED FORCE, and Africa. Supported deployed aircraft for contingency operations in Southwest Asia, including Operations PROVIDE COMFORT, RESTORE HOPE, NORTHERN WATCH, ENDURING FREEDOM, and IRAQI FREEDOM. Provided aircraft and aircrews to the European Tanker Task Force until its termination in Nov 1998. In Oct 1995, squadron KC-135s began carrying cargo from Dover AFB, DE, to RAF Mildenhall, UK, to free up Air Mobility Command's C-141s for other airlift missions.
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The Emblem was approved on 16 September 1958.
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