22d Air Refueling Wing Boeing KC-135R refueling Missouri ANG F-15Cs
Active
1942–1945; 1947–1949; 1956–1992; 1994–present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Air refueling
Part of
Air Mobility Command
Garrison/HQ
McConnell Air Force Base
Nickname(s)
Blue Knights (1957–1977)
Engagements
European Theater of Operations[1]
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device Air Force Outstanding Unit Award French Croix de Guerre with Palm[1]
Insignia
349th Air Refueling Squadron emblem[a][1][2]
Patch with 349th Bombardment Squadron emblem[b][3]
349th Bombardment Squadron emblem (World War II)[4]
World War II fuselage code[4]
XR
Military unit
The 349th Air Refueling Squadron is a unit of the US Air Force, part of the 22d Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. It operates the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions.
The squadron, was activated as the 349th Bombardment Squadron during World War II as a heavy bomber unit. It served in combat in the European Theater of Operations, where it earned a Distinguished Unit Citation and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm for its actions. After V-E Day the squadron returned to the United States and was inactivated at the port of embarkation.
The squadron was briefly active in the reserve from 1947 to 1949, but does not appear to have been fully equipped or manned. It served between 1956 and 1992 with Strategic Air Command as a bombardment, strategic reconnaissance and air refueling unit.
^ abcRobertson, Patsy (29 January 2008). "Factsheet 349 Air Refueling Squadron (AMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
^Endicott, p. 755
^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 433
^ abWatkins, p. 48
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