336th Air Refueling Squadron

336th Air Refueling Squadron
Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker at March Air Reserve Base
Active	1942–1944; 1949–1953; 1953–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Air Refueling
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ	March Joint Air Reserve Base
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
Insignia
336th Air Refueling Squadron emblem (approved 28 May 1997)
336th Air Refueling Squadron emblem (approved 29 July 1996)
Aircraft flown
Tanker	Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

The 336th Air Refueling Squadron is a United States Air Force Reserve squadron, assigned to the 452d Operations Group, stationed at March Joint Air Reserve Base, California.

The squadron shares its aircraft and facility with the 912th Air Refueling Squadron, a USAF Associate Unit of the active duty 92d Air Refueling Wing.

Overview

The squadron operates the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting air refueling missions.

History

World War II

The first predecessor of the squadron is the 536th Bombardment Squadron, which was activated at Salt Lake City Army Air Base in November 1942 as one of the original squadrons of the 382d Bombardment Group. The squadron was equipped with Consolidated B-24 Liberators in early 1943 and conducted operational training from February through March 1943 and replacement training until March 1944, when it was inactivated.

Air Force Reserve and Korean War

The second predecessor of the squadron was organized in the reserves as the 336th Troop Carrier Squadron at Birmingham Municipal Airport, Alabama in June 1949, although it moved to Mitchel Air Force Base, New York in October. It transported United States Army troops and cargo, provided aerial resupply, and dropped paratroopers within the U.S. from, May 1951 – January 1953 \.

Airlift operations

Performed similar duties worldwide from, April 1953 – June 1976.

Air refueling operations

The 336th has performed aerial refueling worldwide since 1977.

Lineage

536th Bombardment Squadron

• Constituted as the 536th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 October 1942

Activated on 3 November 1942

Inactivated on 31 March 1944

• Consolidated with the 336th Air Refueling Squadron as the 336th Air Refueling Squadron on 19 September 1985

336th Air Refueling Squadron

• Constituted as the 336th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 10 May 1949

Activated in the reserve on 26 June 1949

Ordered to active service on 1 May 1951

Inactivated on 1 February 1953

Activated in the reserve on 1 April 1953

• Redesignated 336th Military Airlift Squadron on 1 October 1966

Ordered to active service on 26 January 1968

Relieved from active service on 2 June 1969

• Redesignated 336th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 April 1972
• Redesignated 336th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy on 1 October 1976
• Consolidated with the 536th Bombardment Squadron on 19 September 1985
• Redesignated 336th Air Refueling Squadron on 1 February 1992

Assignments

• 382d Bombardment Group, 3 November 1942 – 31 March 1944
• 514th Troop Carrier Group, 26 June 1949 – 1 February 1953 1953–1963)
• 514th Troop Carrier Group, 1 April 1953
• 514th Troop Carrier Wing, 14 April 1959
• 904th Troop Carrier Group, (later 904th Military Airlift group, 904th Tactical Airlift Group), 17 January 1963
• 452d Tactical Airlift Wing (later 452d Air Refueling Wing), 1 September 1975
• 452d Operations Group, 1 August 1992

Stations

• Salt Lake City Army Air Base, Utah, 3 November 1942
• Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona, 23 January 1943
• Pocatello Army Air Field, Idaho, 3 April 1943
• Muroc Army Air Field, California, 5 December 1943 – 31 March 1944)
• Birmingham Municipal Airport, Alabama, 26 June 1949

• Mitchel Air Force Base, New York, 10 October 1949 – 1 February 1953
• Mitchel Air Force Base, New York, 1 April 1953
• Stewart Air Force Base, New York, 15 March 1961
• Hamilton Air Force Base, California, 31 December 1969
• March Air Force Base (later March Air Reserve Base), California, 1 January 1976 – present

Aircraft operated

• Consolidated B-24 Liberator (1943–1944)
• Curtiss C-46 Commando (1951–1953)
• Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (1953–1966)
• Douglas C-124 Globemaster II (1966–1972)
• Lockheed C-130 Hercules (1972–1976)
• Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker (since 1976)

References

Notes

Bibliography

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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