19th Air Refueling Squadron

Inactive US Air Force unit June 2025 January 2023 19th Air Refueling Squadron File:USAF KC-97F refueling B-47B.jpg 300 KC 97 refueling a Boeing B-47 StratojetAircraft is Boeing KC-97F-50-BO Stratofreighter, serial 51-246 (retired to MASDC on 6 April 1964) refueling Boeing B-47B-45-BW Stratojet, serial 51-2263.> 1942–1944; 1956–1966 USA Aerial refueling la Servire de Supernis Service Over and Above World War II 165px 19th Air Refueling Squadron emblem The 19th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force. At the time of its inactivation, it was based at Otis Air Force Base. On 19 Sep 1985 the 19th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium was consolidated with the 19th Ferrying Squadron, a unit that was last active 31 Mar 1944. This action was directed by Department of the Air Force Letter DAF/MPM 662q Attachment 2 (Inactive Units), 19 Sep 1985. The Consolidated Unit will retain the Designation of 19th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy". History Operations World War II Lineage 19th Ferrying Squadron Constituted as the 19th Air Corps Ferry Squadron on 18 February 1942 Activated on 4 June 1942 Redesignated 19th Ferrying Squadron c. 12 May 1943 Disbanded on 31 March 1944Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 662q, 19 September 1985, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Tactical Squadrons Consolidated with the 19th Air Refueling Squadron on 19 September 1985 as the 19th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy 19th Air Refueling Squadron Constituted as the 19th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium in 1956 Activated on 1 February 1956 Inactivated on 25 June 1966 Consolidated with the 19th Ferrying Squadron on 19 September 1985 as the 19th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy Assignments 3rd Ferrying Group, 4 June 1942 – 31 March 1944 19th Bombardment Wing, 1 February 1956 (attached to 379th Bombardment Wing until 30 June 1956)Ravenstein, p. 36Ravenstein, p. 204 4050th Air Refueling Wing, 1 April 1960 4038th Strategic Wing, April 1961 397th Bombardment Wing, 1 February 1963Ravenstein, p. 213 499th Air Refueling Wing, 15 June 1963Ravenstein, p. 272 817th Air Division, 1 July 1964 – 25 June 1966 Stations Romulus Army Air Base, Michigan, 4 June 1942 – 31 March 1944 Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, 1 February 1956Mueller, p. 356 (deployed to Ben Guerir Air Base, Morocco 1957; Lajes Air Base, Azores Islands, Portugal 1958) Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 1 April 1960 – 25 June 1966 (deployed to RAF Brize Norton, England, 1963; RAF Fairford, England, 1963; Sondrestrom Air Base, Greenland, 1962–1963) Aircraft Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter (1956–1966) References Notes Explanatory notes Citations 30em Bibliography Mueller Robert Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 https://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330255/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-026.pdf 17 December 2016 1989 Office of Air Force History Washington, DC 0-912799-53-6 Ravenstein Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977 https://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330257/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-047.pdf 17 December 2016 1984 Office of Air Force History Washington, DC 0-912799-12-9 External links 19th Air Refueling Squadron (Archived 2009-10-22) Category:Military units and formations in Massachusetts 019 Category:Military units and formations established in 1956