91st Air Refueling Squadron
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KB-29P
91st Strategic Reconnaissance Group (Medium)
Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
16 Apr 1950-11 Sep 1951
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KB-29P
91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (Medium)
Lockbourne AFB, Ohio
11 Sep 1951-1953
KC-97F/G
91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (Medium)
Lockbourne AFB, Ohio
1953-1 Dec 1957
91st Air Refueling Squadron KC-97Fs:
51-0380
51-0381
51-0382
51-0383
51-0384
51-0385
51-0386
51-0387
51-0388
51-0389
51-0390
51-0391
51-0392
51-0393
51-0394
51-0395
51-0396
51-0397
Some of these aircraft were delivered to Sheppard AFB, Texas to be used for training new aircrews.
91st Air Refueling Squadron KC-97Gs straight from the factory:
52-2779
52-2783
52-2784
52-2786
52-2787
52-2788
52-2789
52-2790
52-2791
52-2792
52-2793
52-2794
52-2795
53-0118
KC-97F/G
376th Bombardment Wing
(attached to 301st Air Refueling Wing, 4 May�14 Jun 1964)
Lockbourne AFB, Ohio
1 Dec 1957-1963
KC-135A
376th Bombardment Wing
Lockbourne AFB, Ohio
1963-15 Jun 1964
KC-135A
301st Air Refueling Wing
Lockbourne AFB, Ohio
15 Jun 1964-30 Jun 1971
KC-135A
301st Air Refueling Wing
McConnell AFB, Kansas
30 Jun 1971�1 Oct 1987
KC-135A
301st Air Refueling Wing
Malmstrom AFB, Montana
5 Jan 1988-1 Jun 1992
KC-135A
43rd Air Refueling Wing
Malmstrom AFB, Montana
1 Jun 1992-1995
KC-135R
6th Air Refueling Wing
McDill AFB, Florida
1995-Present
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Lineage
Constituted 1st Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Redesignated: 391st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 22 Apr 1942; 391st Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 20 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 28 Aug 1945. Consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 91st Air Refueling Squadron, Medium, which was constituted on 1 Mar 1950. Activated on 16 Apr 1950. Redesignated 91st Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy, on 1 Jan 1963. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1987. Activated on 5 Jan 1988. Redesignated 91st Air Refueling Squadron on 1 Sep 1991.
Assignments
General Headquarters Air Force (later, Air Force Combat Command), 15 Jan 1941 (attached to 34th Bombardment Group, 15 Jan 1941�); 1st Bomber Command, 5 Sep 1941 (remained attached to 34th Bombardment Group); II Bomber Command, c. 25 Jan 1942 (attached to 34th Bombardment Group through 24 Feb 1942); 34th Bombardment Group, 25 Feb 1942�28 Aug 1945. 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Group, 16 Apr 1950 (attached to 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 10 Feb 1951�27 May 1952); 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 28 May 1952 (attached to 5th Air Division, 12 Jan�26 Feb 1954; Northeast Air Command, 6 Oct�12 Nov 1954 and 10 Jul�Oct 1955); 801st Air Division, 8 Nov 1957; 376th Bombardment Wing, 1 Dec 1957 (attached to 301st Air Refueling Wing, 4 May�14 Jun 1964); 301st Air Refueling Wing, 15 Jun 1964; 47th Air Division, 1 Jul 1971; 14th Air Division, 1 Apr 1972; 12th Strategic Missile Division, 1 Aug 1972; 384th Air Refueling (later, 384th Bombardment) Wing, 1 Dec 1972�1 Oct 1987. 301st Air Refueling Wing, 5 Jan 1988; 301st Operations Group, 1 Sep 1991; 43d Operations Group, 1 Jun 1992; 43d Air Refueling Group, 1 Jul 1994�.
Stations
Langley Field, VA, 15 Jan 1941; Westover Field, MA, 29 May 1941; Pendleton, OR, c. 25 Jan 1942; Davis-Monthan Field, AZ, c. 13 May 1942; Geiger Field (later, AAB), WA, 1 Jul 1942; Ephrata AAB, WA, 1 Dec 1942; Blythe AAB, CA, 11 Dec 1942�3 Apr 1944 (deployed at Salinas AAB, CA, 29 May�13 Jul 1943); Mendelsham, England, 23 Apr 1944�24 Jul 1945; Sioux Falls AAFld, SD, 13�28 Aug 1945. Barksdale AFB, LA, 16 Apr 1950; Lockbourne AFB, OH, 11 Sep 1951 (deployed at French Morocco, 12 Jan�26 Feb 1954; Goose AB, Labrador, 6 Oct�12 Nov 1954; and Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, 10 Jul�Oct 1955); McConnell AFB, KS, 30 Jun 1971�1 Oct 1987. Malmstrom AFB, MT, 5 Jan 1988�.
Aircraft
PT�17, 1941; B�17, 1941�1943, 1944�1945; B�18, 1941�1942; B�24, 1942�1943, 1944. KB�29, 1950�1953; KC�97, 1953�1963; KC�135, 1963�1987; UH�1, 1971�1972. KC�135, 1988�.
Operations
Antisubmarine patrols, Dec 1941�Oct 1942; combat in ETO, 24 May 1944�20 Apr 1945. Worldwide air refueling operations, 1950�1987, and 1988�. Crews and aircraft deployed to Southeast Asia to refuel tactical aircraft and B�52s involved in combat in Vietnam, Jan 1965�Dec 1975. Refueled aircraft participating in the Grenada rescue mission, Oct�Nov 1983.
Honors
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: Antisubmarine, American Theater; Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 8 Sep 1953�8 Nov 1957; 1 Oct 1966�1 Apr 1967; 1 Jul 1974�30 Jun 1976; 1 Jul 1976�30 Jun 1978; 1 Jul 1980�30 Jun 1981; 1 Jul 1988�30 Jun 1990.
Emblem
On a Yellow disc with land surfaces Green, longitude and latitude lines Black, a stylized cloud formation White, shaded Gray and edged Blue, thereover a flying refueling boom in bend, from left to right, Red, outlined and shaded Black. Approved on 3 Jun 1952 (44522 A.C.); replaced emblem approved on 24 Sep 1941 (9925 A.C.).
KC-97F 51-0389 which used to belong to the 91st Air Refueling Squadron until being sent to the 4397th Air Refueling Wing to be used for KC-97 flight training. The tail marking still represents the 91st Strategic Reconnaisance Wing.
91st ARS flight crew wearing 376th Bombardment Wing patches.
91st ARS KC-97Fs. 51-0384 is in the foreground, 51-0383 is in the middle, and 51-0382 is in the background.
91st ARS KC-97G 52-2790 refueling a RB-47E.
