314th Air Refueling Squadron

314th Air Refueling Squadron
314th Air Refueling Squadron Patch
Active	1 November 1943 - 31 July 1946 27 June 1949 - 2 April 1951 13 June 1952 - 2009
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Aerial refueling
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command 4th Air Force 940th Air Refueling Wing 940th Operations Group
Garrison/HQ	Beale Air Force Base
Mascot	PegBur
Decorations	AFOUA RVGC w/ Palm

The 314th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 940th Air Refueling Wing, based at Beale Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 1 July 2009.

Mission

It operated the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions.

History

Activated in late 1943 as a C-47 Skytrain troop carrier squadron, trained under I Troop Carrier Command in the United States. Was not deployed until the spring of 1945 to England, being assigned to the IX Troop Carrier Command, Ninth Air Force. Was not used in combat operations, however did transport supplies and equipment to the front-line ground forces primarily into Germany and evacuated casualties to rear areas. Returned to the United States in September 1945 and was a transport squadron for Continental Air Forces until its inactivation in September 1946.

It trained in the Reserve for troop carrier missions from, 1949–1951, for fighter-bomber missions from, 1952–1957, and resumed its current role as an airlift squadron in 1957 until 1976.

The squadron has performed air refueling missions worldwide since 1977 and maintained an alert responsibility for Strategic Air Command until the command's inactivation in September 1991. It deployed aircraft and personnel to Saudi Arabia and European locations in support of the Gulf War and later contingency operations in Somalia and the Balkans.^[1]

Operations and Decorations

Combat Operations. Deployed aircraft and personnel to Saudi Arabia and European locations in support of the Gulf War and later contingency operations in Somalia and the Balkans.
Campaigns. Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait.
Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 23 Dec 1964-23 Jan 1965; 1 Jan 1979-31 Dec 1980; 1 Mar 1982-29 Feb 1984; 31 Jul 1989-30 Sep 1990; 1 Oct 1995-30 Sep 1997; 1 Oct 1997-30 Sep 1999. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm: 1 Apr 1966-31 Mar 1972.

Lineage

Constituted 314th Troop Carrier Squadron on 23 Oct 1943

Activated on 1 Nov 1943

Inactivated on 31 Jul 1946

Re-designated: 314th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 10 May 1949

Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949

Ordered to Active Service on 1 Apr 1951

Inactivated on 2 Apr 1951

Re-designated: 314th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 26 May 1952

Activated in the Reserve on 13 Jun 1952

Re-designated: 314th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 1 Sep 1957

Ordered to Active Service on 28 Oct 1962

Relieved from Active Duty on 28 Nov 1962

Re-designated: 314th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy on 1 Apr 1965

Re-designated: 314th Air Transport Squadron, Heavy on 1 Dec 1965

Re-designated: 314th Military Airlift Squadron on 1 Jan 1966

Re-designated: 314th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 Apr 1972

Re-designated: 314th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy on 1 Jan 1977

Re-designated: 314th Air Refueling Squadron on 1 Feb 1992.

Inactivated on 1 Jul 2009

Assignments

349th Troop Carrier Group, 1 Nov 1943-31 Jul 1946
349th Troop Carrier Group, 27 Jun 1949-2 Apr 1951
349th Fighter-Bomber (later, 349th Troop Carrier) Group, 13 Jun 1952
349th Troop Carrier Wing, 14 Apr 1959
940th Troop Carrier (later, 940th Air Transport; 940th Military Airlift; 940th Tactical Airlift; 940th Air Refueling) Group, 11 Feb 1963
940th Operations Group, 1 Aug 1992-1 Jul 2009

Stations

Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri, 1 Nov 1943
Alliance Army Air Field, Nebraska, 20 Jan 1944
Pope Field, North Carolina, 11 Mar 1944
Baer Field, Indiana, 7-15 Mar 1945
RAF Barkston Heath (AAF-483), England, 30 Mar 1945
Roye-Amy Airfield (A-73), France, 18 Apr-13 Jul 1945

Bergstrom Field, Texas, 17 Sep 1945-7 Sep 1946
Hamilton AFB, California, 27 Jun 1949-2 Apr 1951; 13 Jun 1952
Hill AFB, Utah, 14 Oct 1955
Mather AFB, California, 1 Jan 1977
McClellan AFB, California, 1 Jul 1993
Beale AFB, California, 1 Oct 1997-1 Jul 2009

Aircraft

C-53 Skytrooper (1943–1944)
C-47 Skytrain (1943–1944, 1945–1946)
C-46 Commando (1944–1946, 1949–1951, 1952–1958)
CG-4 Haig (1944 – c. 1946)
C-109 Liberator Express (1945)
T-6 Texan (1949–1950, 1952–1954)

T-7 Navigator (1949–1951)
T-11 Kansan (1949–1951)
T-28 Trojan (1953–1956)
C-119 Flying Boxcar (1958–1965)
C-124 Globemaster II (1965–1972)
KC-135 Stratotanker (1976–2009)

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.

↑ AFHRA 314 ARS Page

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Leadership

Structure

Commands	Reserve Air National Guard Field Operating Agencies Installations

Direct Reporting Units	District of Washington Operational Test and Evaluation Center USAF Academy

Major Commands	Air Combat Air Education and Training Air Mobility Global Strike Materiel Reserve Space Special Operations Europe & Africa Pacific

Numbered Air Forces	First Second Third Fourth Fifth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth Seventeenth Eighteenth Nineteenth Twentieth Twenty-Second Twenty-Third Twenty-Fourth Twenty-Fifth

Wings (ANG) Groups (ANG) Squadrons (ANG) Civilian auxiliary: Civil Air Patrol

Personnel and
training

Uniforms and
equipment

History and
traditions

Category
Portal

Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)

Air Forces

Bases

Command

Air Reserve Personnel Center

Wings/Groups

Air Refueling	434th 459th 507th 916th 939th 940th

Airlift	94th 302d 315th 433d 439th 440th 445th 446th 512th 908th 910th 911th 914th 927th 932d 934th

Fighter	301st 414th 419th 442d 476th 477th 482d 944th

other	310th Space 349th Air Mobility 403d 452d Air Mobility 514th Air Mobility 307th Bomb 919th Special Operations 920th Rescue

United States Air Force Aerial Refueling Units

Wings	6th 19th 22d 68th 92d 100th 101st 107th 108th 117th 121st 126th 128th 134th 141st 157th 155th 157th 161st 163d 168th 171st 184th 185th 186th 190th 301st 305th 319th 340th 380th 384th 434th 452d 459th 497th 499th 507th 916th 927th 939th 940th 4045th 4061st 4108th 4397th 4505th

Groups	19th 43d 98th 307th 931st

Squadrons	2d 6th 7th 9th 11th 19th 22d 26th 28th 32d 34th 40th 41st 42d 43d 44th 46th 54th 55th 63d 64th 68th 70th 71st 72d 74th 77th 90th 91st 92d 93d 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 105th 106th 108th 116th 117th 126th 127th 132d 133d 136th 141st 146th 147th 150th 151st 154th 166th 168th 203d 301st 303d 305th 306th 307th 308th 310th 314th 320th 321st 336th 340th 341st 344th 349th 350th 351st 376th 380th 384th 407th 465th 509th 711th 744th 763d 900th 901st 902d 903d 904th 905th 906th 907th 908th 909th 911th 913th 915th 916th 917th 919th 920th 922d 924th

USAAF Ninth Air Force in World War II

Stations

Palestine (Mand)	Lydda Muqueibile Ramat David St Jean

Egypt	Abu Sueir Ismailia El Amiriya Daba Deversoir Fayid Kabrit * Landing Ground 174 Payne Sidi Haneish

Libya	Baheira Belandah Benina Castel Benito Berca Darragh El Adem El Assa Gambut Hamraiet Lete Martuba Tmed El Chel Tobruk Tripoli Sidi Azeiz

Tunisia	Ben Gardane Bou Grara Chekira Hani Hazbub Hergla El Djem El Haouaria Kairouan Medenine Menzel Heurr Sfax Soltane

United Kingdom	Aldermaston Andover Andrews Field Ashford Balderton Barkston Heath Beaulieu Birch Bisterne Boreham Bottesford Boxted Charmy Down Chalgrove Chilbolton Chipping Ongar Christchurch Cottesmore Earls Colne Exeter Folkingham Fulbeck Gosfield Great Dunmow Greenham Common Grove High Halden Headcorn Holmsley South Hurn Ibsley Kingsnorth Langar Lashenden Little Walden Lymington Matching Membury Merryfield Middle Wallop North Witham Ramsbury Raydon Rivenhall Saltby Scorton Staplehurst Spanhoe Stansted Stoney Cross Thruxton Upottery Warmwell Welford Weston Zoyland Wethersfield Winkton Woodchurch Wormingford

Europe	Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) in France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Germany too numerous.

Units

Commands

Wings

Bombardment	97th Bombardment 98th Bombardment 99th Bombardment

Fighter	8th Fighter 9th Fighter 70th Fighter 71st Fighter 84th Fighter 100th Fighter 303d Fighter

Troop carrier	50th Troop Carrier 52d Troop Carrier 53d Troop Carrier

Groups

Bombardment	12th Bombardment 98th Bombardment 322d Bombardment 323d Bombardment 340th Bombardment 344th Bombardment 376th Bombardment 386th Bombardment 387th Bombardment 391st Bombardment 394th Bombardment 397th Bombardment 409th Bombardment 410th Bombardment 416th Bombardment

Fighter	36th Fighter 48th Fighter 50th Fighter 57th Fighter 79th Fighter 324th Fighter 354th Fighter 358th Fighter 365th Fighter 362d Fighter 363d Fighter 366th Fighter 367th Fighter 368th Fighter 370th Fighter 371st Fighter 373d Fighter 404th Fighter 405th Fighter 406th Fighter 474th Fighter

Troop carrier	61st Troop Carrier 64th Troop Carrier 313th Troop Carrier 314th Troop Carrier 315th Troop Carrier 316th Troop Carrier 349th Troop Carrier 434th Troop Carrier 435th Troop Carrier 436th Troop Carrier 437th Troop Carrier 438th Troop Carrier 439th Troop Carrier 440th Troop Carrier 441st Troop Carrier 442d Troop Carrier IX Troop Carrier Pathfinder (Provisional)

Reconnaissance	10th Reconnaissance 67th Reconnaissance 69th Reconnaissance

Squadrons

Liaison	14th Liaison 47th Liaison

Night fighter	422d Night Fighter 425th Night Fighter

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