"483d Bombardment Squadron" redirects here. For the 483rd Bombardment Squadron (Dive), see 137th Airlift Squadron.
303rd Air Refueling Squadron
Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter as flown by the squadron
Active
1943; 1943-1946; 1951-1952; 1953-1963
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Air Refueling
Part of
Strategic Air Command
Motto(s)
Every Man a Tiger
Engagements
China Burma India Theater Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation
Insignia
Patch with early 303rd Air Refueling Squadron emblem
Patch with later 303rd Air Refueling Squadron emblem
Military unit
The 303rd Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 499th Air Refueling Wing at Kindley AFB, Bermuda, where it was inactivated on 15 June 1963.
The squadron was first active as the 303rd Transport Squadron, an airlift element of the India-China Wing, Air Transport Command. The 303rd flew missions over the Hump before being disbanded when Air Transport Command abandoned the traditional squadron and group organization for its operations in the China Burma India Theater.
The second predecessor of the squadron was the 483rd Bombardment Squadron, a very heavy Boeing B-29 Superfortress squadron that flew missions from Tinian against Japan before moving to the Philippines, where it was inactivated in 1946.
The unit was activated a third time as the 303rd Air Refueling Squadron, and served during the Cold War to support Strategic Air Command bombers. For most of its active life, the squadron operated from a forward base in the middle Atlantic to support reflex deployments and maintained readiness to support Emergency War Order missions.
In 1985, the United States Air Force consolidated three squadrons, but they have not been active since the consolidation.
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