346th Fighter Squadron

147th Air Refueling Squadron
171st Air Refueling Wing Boeing KC-135T Stratotanker landing at Pittsburgh ANGB
Active	2 October 1942–Present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Pennsylvania
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Squadron
Role	Air Refueling
Part of	Pennsylvania Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania
Nickname(s)	"Steelers"
Tail Code	Blue tail stripe, "Pennsylvania" in yellow letters
Insignia
147th Air Refueling Squadron emblem
Unofficial 346th Fighter Squadron World War II emblem

The 147th Air Refueling Squadron is a unit of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard 171st Air Refueling Wing located at Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania. The 147th is equipped with the KC-135T Stratotanker.

The squadron was activated on 1 October 1942 at RAF Duxford, England by Eighth Air Force through by special authority of the Army Air Forces before it was constituted. The squadron became part of VIII Fighter Command, and drew its cadre from the 31st and 52d Fighter Groups, and Americans transferred from the Royal Air Force (RAF) who had volunteered to join the RAF prior to the United States entry into the European War, 11 December 1941.

The squadron was initially equipped with an export/Lend-Lease version of P-39D Airacobra, designated Airacobra I by the RAF with additional aircraft that had been sold to France that been impounded by the British after the fall of France. These aircraft were designated as the P-400. It deployed to French Morocco, where it became part of Twelfth Air Force and engaged in combat during the North African campaign. It was briefly equipped with Lockheed P-38 Lightnings between June and September 1943. Each squadron of the 350th Fighter Group was assigned two P-38s to intercept and destroy high flying Luftwaffe reconnaissance aircraft sent to photograph the allied invasion fleet gathering along the North African coast for the Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily.