6th Air Refueling Squadron, US Air Force
6TH AIR REFUELING SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 6 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 22 Dec 1939. Activated on 1 Feb 1940. Redesignated as 6 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 28 Mar 1944. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1944. Activated on 1 Apr 1944. Inactivated on 20 May 1946. Activated in the Reserve on 15 Jun 1947. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949. Consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 6 Air Refueling Squadron, Medium, which was constituted on 6 Apr 1951. Activated on 10 Apr 1951. Inactivated on 1 Aug 1951. Redesignated as 6 Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy, on 1 Apr 1957. Activated on 1 Nov 1957. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 25 Jan 1967. Activated on 3 Jan 1989. Redesignated as 6 Air Refueling Squadron on 1 Sep 1991.
Antisubmarine patrol missions in the Caribbean, Jan–Jun 1942. Operational and later replacement training, 1942–1944. Combat in the Western Pacific, c. 16 Feb–15 Aug 1945. Air refueling training, 1959–1962. Worldwide air refueling, 1963–1967, including support of tactical aircraft flying in Southeast Asia. Stood operation alerts to support exercises of the Strategic Air Command, Jan 1964-Feb 1994. Worldwide air refueling since 1989, including deployments to Southwest Asia, 1990–1991, and humanitarian airlift to Somalia, 1992–1993. Refueling support for the Global War on Terrorism, 2001-.
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The Emblem was approved on 9 December 1994; newest rendition 30 January 2013.
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