Squadron KC-10 Extender at Avalon Airport, Australia[note 1]
Active
1942–1944; 1955–1993; 1994-present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Air Refueling
Part of
Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ
Travis Air Force Base
Motto(s)
Extending Excellence
Engagements
Desert Storm[1]
Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[1]
Insignia
70th Air Refueling Squadron emblem (new)[citation needed]
70th Air Refueling Squadron emblem[note 2][1]
70th Air Refueling Squadron emblem[note 3][1]
470th Bombardment Squadron emblem[note 4][2]
Military unit
The 70th Air Refueling Squadron is an Air Force Reserve Command unit, assigned to the 349th Operations Group at Travis Air Force Base, California. It is an associate of the active duty 9th Air Refueling Squadron, United States Air Force, and operates the McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender aircraft conducting mobility, and air refueling missions. The squadron has served in this role since 1994.
The squadron was activated as a Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter unit in August 1955. It provided global air refueling for Strategic Air Command (SAC) with the KC-97, and later with the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. After 1970, it also provided airborne command and control support for SAC. It supported contingency operations and deployed aircraft and aircrews for Desert Storm. In 1985, the squadron was consolidated with the 470th Bombardment Squadron, a World War II medium bomber training unit. The squadron was inactivated in 1993, as Grissom Air Force Base, Indiana was transferred to Air Force Reserve Command
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^ abcdRobertson, Patsy (25 January 2011). "Factsheet 70 Air Refueling Squadron (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 575
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