384th Air Refueling Squadron

384th Air Refueling Squadron
384th Air Refueling Squadron Patch
Active	5 March 1943 – 31 March 1946 1 April 1955 – 25 June 1966 30 September 1973 - Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Aerial refueling
Part of	Air Mobility Command 18th Air Force 22d Air Refueling Wing 22d Operations Group
Garrison/HQ	McConnell Air Force Base
Nickname(s)	"The Squarepatchers"
Colors	Maroon/Silver
Decorations	DCU AFOUA w/ V Device FCdG w/ Palm

Loading bombs on Martin B-26G-1-MA Marauder Serial 43-34194 of the 584th Bomb Squadron.

Emblem of the World War II 584th Bombardment Squadron

Emblem of the 384th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron

The 384th Air Refueling Squadron (384 ARS) is part of the 22d Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. It operates the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions.

History

The squadron flew combat missions in the European Theater of Operations from, 23 March 1944 – 20 April 1945. It conducted aerial refueling for Strategic Air Command bombers in North Atlantic area from, 1955–1965 and has flown worldwide aerial refueling sorties since 1973 including support to operations in Panama from, 18–20 December 1989 and Southwest Asia from, August 1990–March 1991.^[1]

Operations^[1]

• World War II
• Operation Just Cause
• Operation Desert Storm
• Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Operation Enduring Freedom
• Operation New Dawn
• Operation Odyssey Dawn
• Operation Unified Protector

Lineage^[1]

• Constituted 584th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 15 Feb 1943.
• Activated on 5 Mar 1943.
• Redesignated: 584th Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 9 Oct 1944
• Redesignated: 584th Bombardment Squadron, Light, on 3 Dec 1945
• Inactivated on 31 Mar 1946
• Consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with 384th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium, which was
• Constituted on 3 Mar 1955
• Activated on 1 Apr 1955.
• Discontinued, and inactivated, on 25 Jun 1966.
• (Reconstituted and) Redesignated 384th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy, on 19 Jun 1973.
• Activated on 30 Sep 1973
• Redesignated 384th Air Refueling Squadron on 1 Sep 1991

Assignments^[1]

• 394th Bombardment Group (1943–1946)
• 4050th Air Refueling Wing (1955–1963)
  • Attached: 8th Air Force (27 April - 27 June 1956, 21 May - 25 June 1957)
• 499th Air Refueling Wing (1963–1966)
• 384th Bombardment Wing (1973–1992)
• 19th Air Refueling Wing (1992–1994)
• 22d Air Refueling Wing (1994 – present)

Bases stationed^[1]

• MacDill Field, Florida (1943)
• Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma (1943)
• Atterbury Army Airfield, Indiana (1943)
• Kellogg Field, Michigan (1943–1944)
• RAF Boreham, England (1944)
• RAF Holmsley South, England (1944)
• Tour-en-Bassin, France (1944)
• Bricy, France (1944)
• Cambrai-Niergnies, France (1944–1945)
• Venlo, Netherlands (1945)
• Kitzingen, Germany (1945–1946)
• Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. (1946)
• Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts (1955–1966)
  • Deployed: Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland (27 April - 27 June 1956)
  • Deployed: Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland (21 May - 25 June 1957)
  • Deployed: Lajes Air Base, Azores (28 September - c. 28 December 1963)
• McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas (1973 – present)

Aircraft Operated^[1]

• B-26 Marauder (1943–1945)
• A-26 Invader (1945–1946)
• KC-97F/G Stratotanker (1955–1965)
• KC-135A/R Stratotanker (1973–1977)
• KC-135R/T Stratotanker (1978 – present)

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 384th Air Refueling Squadron History

1. AFHRA 384 ARS Page

See also