912th Air Refueling Squadron, US Air Force
912TH AIR REFUELING SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 22 Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Redesignated as 412 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 22 Apr 1942. Activated on 15 Jun 1942. Redesignated as 412 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 20 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 28 Aug 1945. Redesignated as 412 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 9 Jul 1947. Activated in the Reserve on 16 Jul 1947. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949. Consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with 912 Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy, which was constituted, and activated, on 3 Aug 1961. Organized on 1 Dec 1961. Redesignated as 912 Air Refueling Squadron on 1 Sep 1991. Combat in European Theater of Operations (ETO), 13 May 1943-20 Apr 1945. Long distance aerial refueling, 1961-1972; worldwide aerial refueling, beginning 1973. Gained EC-135 airborne command post mission, 1984-1989. Supported operations in Grenada, 23-24 Oct 1983; Panama, 18-21 Dec 1989; and Southwest Asia, Aug 1990-Mar 1991. Performed aerial refueling operations in support of various missions including: Joint Task Force Southwest Asia; effort to monitor airspace over Bosnia; humanitarian missions in Haiti, Rwanda and Cuba; and NATO actions, 1996-. Deployed aircraft and personnel in support of homeland defense after terrorist attacked the US on 11 Sep 2001.
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The Emblem was approved 28 September 1964; updated on 27 August 2007.
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