78th Air Refueling Squadron, US Air Force
78TH AIR REFUELING SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted 78th Troop Carrier Squadron on 30 Jan 1943. Activated on 25 Feb 1943. Inactivated on 15 Nov 1945. Activated in the Reserve on 17 Jul 1947. Redesignated 78th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 26 Jun 1949. Ordered to active service on 1 Mar 1951. Inactivated on 1 Dec 1952. Activated in the Reserve on 1 Dec 1952. Inactivated on 24 Mar 1954. Activated in the Reserve on 1 Apr 1955. Inactivated on 16 Nov 1957. Activated in the Reserve on 8 May 1959. Redesignated 78th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy, on 8 May 1961. Ordered to active service on 1 Oct 1961. Relieved from active duty on 27 Aug 1962. Redesignated: 78th Air Transport Squadron, Heavy, on 1 Dec 1965; 78th Military Airlift Squadron on 1 Jan 1966; 78th Special Operations Squadron on 1 Apr 1972. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1973. Redesignated 78th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (Associate) on 25 Mar 1981. Activated in the Reserve on 1 Nov 1981. Redesignated: 78th Air Refueling Squadron (Associate) on 1 Feb 1992; 78th Air Refueling Squadron on 1 Oct 1994.
During World War II, transported personnel and cargo in ETO and MTO and participated in Allied airborne assaults on Normandy, Southern France, the Netherlands, and Germany. Reserve airlift training and transport operations during periods Jul 1947-Feb 1951, Dec 1952-Mar 1954, Apr 1955-Nov 1957, May 1959-Sep 1961, and Aug 1962-Mar 1972, during which times it often augmented Military Airlift Command strategic airlift operations worldwide and took part in domestic training exercises. Served in an active status, Mar 1951-Dec 1952 and Oct 1961-Aug 1962. Between Apr 1972 and Oct 1973, performed a special operations role. In Nov 1981, began strategic aerial refueling and airlift operations. In Dec 1989 refueled aircraft on way to Panama during Operation Just Cause. During Operation Desert Shield in 1990, its crews refueled more than a hundred aircraft on their way from the United States to the Persian Gulf area and delivered passengers and cargo.
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