306th Air Refueling Squadron

World War II The squadron's first predecessor was the 606th Bombardment Squadron, which was activated at Davis–Monthan Field, Arizona on 1 March 1943, but made two moves the following month, arriving at Wendover Field, Utah on 27 April. The squadron was one of the four original squadrons of the 399th Bombardment Group. At Wendover, it served as an Operational Training Unit (OTU) for Consolidated B-24 Liberator units until August. The OTU program involved the use of an oversized parent unit to provide cadres to "satellite groups" The squadron became a Replacement Training Unit (RTU). The 606th Squadron was disbanded, and along with operational and supporting units at March was used to form the 420th AAF Base Unit (Bombardment Replacement Training Unit-Heavy). Air refueling The squadron performed air refueling in support of USAF operations on a worldwide basis, flying the KC-97 and KC-135 Stratotanker. ==Lineage==

606th Bombardment Squadron • Constituted as the 606th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 15 February 1943 : Activated on 1 March 1943 • Disbanded on 31 March 1944 306th Air Refueling Squadron • Constituted as the 306th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium on 17 August 1950 : Activated on 1 September 1950 : Redesignated 306th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy on 1 July 1962 : Inactivated 30 September 1973 • Activated on 1 October 1984 • Consolidated with the 606th Bombardment Squadron on 19 September 1985 (attached to 306th Bombardment Wing after 10 February 1951) • 306th Bombardment Wing, 16 June 1952 • 340th Operations Group, 1 September 1991 • 457th Operations Group, 1 July 1993 – 1 October 1994 Stations • Davis–Monthan Field, Arizona, 1 March 1943 • Gowen Field, Idaho, 10 April 1943 • Wendover Field, Utah, 27 April 1943 • March Field, California, ca. 1 December 1943 – 31 March 1944 • McCoy Air Force Base, Florida, 1 July 1962 – 30 September 1973 • Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1 October 1984 – 1 October 1994 Aircraft • Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1944 • KC-97E Stratofreighter, Aug 1951 – 31 Jun 1962 (Also KC-97F/G) • KC-135A Stratotanker, 1 July 1962 – 30 September 1973; 1 Oct 1984 – unknown • KC-135Q Stratotanker, 1971 - 1973 • KC-135R Stratotanker, unknown – 1 October 1994 ==References==