A KC-135R Stratotanker of the 108th Air Refueling Squadron[a]
Active
1941–1945; 1959–present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Air Refueling
Part of
Air Mobility Command
Garrison/HQ
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
Motto(s)
Global Refueling
Engagements
Aleutian Islands Campaign Operation Carpetbagger
Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award French Croix de Guerre with Palm
Insignia
906th Air Refueling Squadron emblem[b][1]
406th Bombardment Squadron emblem[c][2]
Military unit
The 906th Air Refueling Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit. It is an active associate squadron and part of the 375th Air Mobility Wing at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
The squadron was first activated in United States military buildup just before World War II as the 16th Reconnaissance Squadron. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the squadron participated in the Antisubmarine Campaign of the American Theater of Operations. As the 406th Bombardment Squadron it also served in the Aleutian Islands Campaign of the Pacific Theater of Operations and several campaigns in the European Theater of Operations. The squadron was unusual in that it received campaign credit in three different theaters of operation.
The 906th Air Refueling Squadron was activated as part of Strategic Air Command's nuclear deterrent force. It maintained aircraft on alert throughout the Cold War. The squadron deployed aircrews and aircraft to support combat operations in Southeast Asia from the mid 1960s through the early 1970s. It also supported numerous contingency operations from its bases in the northern United States and forward operating locations until moving to Scott in 2009 and becoming an active associate unit of the Illinois Air National Guard.
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^Robertson, Patsy (6 April 2012). "Factsheet 906 Air Refueling Squadron (AMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 496–497
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