The 301st Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

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 unit. It was last assigned to the 301st Air Refueling Wing

301st Air Refueling Wing

The 301st Air Refueling Wing is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force being last assigned to the Strategic Air Command at Malmstrom AFB, Montana. It was inactivated on 1 June 1992....

, stationed at Lockbourne AFB, Ohio

Ohio

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. It was inactivated on 31 December 1975.

The squadron performed air refueling in support of USAF operations on a worldwide basis. The squadron was one of the first Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command

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 air refueling squadrons established in 1949; inactivated in 1962 with the phaseout of the propeller-driven KC-97 from SAC. Reactivated briefly in the early 1970s as a KC-135A squadron.

In 1985 the squadron was consolidated with several others. The World War II 301st Transport Squadron, giving the unit a wartime heritage, being an Air Transport Command airlift squadron, stationed at Sookerating Airport in the Assam Valley of India during 1943. It operated C-47 transports flying "The Hump" route from India to China.

Lineage

• Established as: 301st Transport Squadron constituted c. 4 June 1943

Activated 21 June 1943

Disbanded 1 December 1943

• Reconstituted 19 September 1985 and consolidated with 322nd Transport Squadron and 301st Transport Squadron, Medium as 301st Air Refueling Squadron.

Assignments

• 29th Transport Group, 4 June-1 December 1943.
• 301st Bombardment Wing, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
  Louisiana
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  , 7 Nov 1949
• 4238th Strategic Wing, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
  Louisiana
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  , 15 Apr 1958-1 Jul 1962
• 301st Air Refueling Wing
  301st Air Refueling Wing
  The 301st Air Refueling Wing is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force being last assigned to the Strategic Air Command at Malmstrom AFB, Montana. It was inactivated on 1 June 1992....
  
  , Lockbourne AFB, Ohio
  Ohio
  Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
  
  , 30 Sep 1973-31 Dec 1975

Aircraft flown:

• KB-29M Superfortress, 1949–1953
• KC-97F Stratotanker, 1953-1962 (Also KC-97G)
• KC-135A Stratotanker, 1973–1975