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350th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron

350th Air Refueling Squadron
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Active 1942-1945; 1947-1949; 1956–1976; 1982–present
Country  United States
Branch  United States Air Force
Type Squadron
Role Air Refueling
Part of Air Mobility Command
Eighteenth Air Force
22nd Air Refueling Wing
22nd Operations Group
Garrison/HQ McConnell Air Force Base
Nickname(s) Red Falcons
Engagements WWII European Theater
Gulf War
War on Terror
Decorations Distinguished Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
French Croix de Guerre with Palm
Insignia
350th Air Refueling Squadron Emblem (approved 17 Apr 1959) 350th Air Refueling Squadron.jpg
Patch with World War II 350th Bombardment Squadron emblem 350th Bombardment Squadron - Emblem.png
World War II ETO fuselage code and color LN
Yellow

The 350th Air Refueling Squadron (350 ARS) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. It operates Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting air refueling missions.

To organize, train and equip to provide global mobility, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

The squadron was originally established as one of the original Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombardment squadrons of the 100th Bombardment Group in mid-1942 under Third Air Force, but was immediately transferred to Second Air Force for training. It remained a paper unit until the initial cadre of the ground echelon (4 officers and 27 enlisted men) were assigned at Gowen Field, Idaho. Two days later, the squadron departed for Walla Walla Army Air Base, Washington for Phase I training. There the first aircrew arrived on 1 December 1942.

In February 1943, the ground echelon went to Kearney AAF, Nebraska, while the air echelon went to Ainsworth, Casper and Scottsbluff Army Air Fields, where they acted as instructors training other units for the next three months. On 28 April, Colonel Alkire, the first group commander was relieved of duty. Two days later, the air echelon returned to Wendover Field, and would not be reunited with the ground echelon until arriving in England in June.


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