907th Air Refueling Squadron

907th Air Refueling Squadron
907th Air Refueling Squadron
	China Burma India Theater
Insignia
Patch with 907th Air Refueling Squadron emblem
27th Troop Carrier Squadron emblem

The 907th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive

wing

.

The first predecessor of the squadron was the 27th Troop Carrier Squadron, a

443d Troop Carrier Group at Liangshan

, China, where it was inactivated on 27 December 1945.

The two squadrons were consolidated into a single unit in 1985, but the consolidated unit has not been active since.

History

World War II

Training unit in the United States

The 27th Transport Squadron was activated at

62d Troop Carrier Group. It retained its C-53s, but its mission changed as it became a Replacement Training Unit.^[1] Replacement Training Units were oversized units that trained individual pilots or aircrews^[3]

In July 1942 the squadron and its parent

China Burma India Theater.^[1]

Combat in India and China

The air echelon of the squadron gathered at

Baer Field, Indiana, where it received new aircraft. It ferried the airplanes to India via the South Atlantic ferry route, leaving Morrison Field, Florida in December and arriving in India in January. The ground echelon did not arrive in theater until late March^[4]

The squadron flew

1st Air Commando Group. After moving to China, the squadron supported Office of Strategic Services missions in China and Southeast Asia.^[4] The squadron remained in China after the termination of hostilities in August 1945 and was inactivated there in December.^[1]

Cold War

The 907th Air Refueling Squadron was organized in July 1963 by

91st Bombardment Wing and other USAF units as directed, including supporting Operation Chrome Dome airborne alert sorties.^[7] The squadron kept half its aircraft on fifteen-minute alert, fully fueled and ready for combat to reduce vulnerability to a Soviet missile strike^[8] until it became nonoperational in 1968, except for periods when it deployed its aircraft and aircrews

to support operations in the Pacific.

The 907th deployed to the Western Pacific region to support

Pueblo Crisis.^[9] It also deployed to Southeast Asia to support Operation Young Tiger, refueling tactical aircraft on strike missions.^[10]

The squadron became non-operational in May 1968 [9] and was inactivated in June when Glasgow closed.

The 27th Troop Carrier Squadron and the 907th Air Refueling Squadron were consolidated in 1985,^[11] but the consolidated unit has not been active.

Lineage

27th Troop Carrier Squadron

Constituted as the 27th Transport Squadron on 19 January 1942

Activated on 1 February 1942

Redesignated 27th Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 July 1942

Inactivated on 27 December 1945^[12]

Consolidated on 19 September 1985 with the 907th Air Refueling Squadron as the 907th Air Refueling Squadron^[11]

907th Air Refueling Squadron

Constituted as the 907th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy on 20 March 1963 and activated (not organized)

Organized on 1 July 1963

Discontinued and inactivated on 25 June 1968

Consolidated on 19 September 1985 with the 27th Troop Carrier Squadron^[11] (remained inactive)

Assignments

89th Transport Group, 1 February 1942
10th Transport Group (later 10th Troop Carrier Group), 15 June 1942 (attached to 62d Transport Group (later 62d Troop Carrier Group), 21 June 1942 – 5 August 1942)
Tenth Air Force, 12 January 1944 (attached to Troop Carrier Command, Eastern Air Command)
69th Composite Wing, 21 May 1944 – c. July 1945)^[12]

91st Bombardment Wing, 1 July 1963 – 25 June 1968 (detached c. 11 September 1966 – c. 31 March 1967 and c. 5 February 1968 – c. 16 March 1968, not operational after c. 1 May 1968)[9]

Stations

Daniel Field, Georgia, 1 February 1942
Harding Field, Louisiana, 10 March 1942
Kellogg Field, Michigan, 21 June 1942
Bowman Field, Kentucky, 5 August 1942
Pope Field, North Carolina, 4 October 1942
Lawson Field
, Georgia, 2 December 1942

Dunnellon Army Air Field
, Florida, 14 February 1943 – 13 December 1943
Sylhet, India, 12 January 1944
Yunnani, China, 21 May 1944 (detachments operated from Zhanyi, Chengdu, and Kunming at various times)
Chenggong, China, 15 February 1945
Liangshan, China, 13 August 1945 – 27 December 1945^[12]
Glasgow Air Force Base, Montana, 1 July 1963 – 25 June 1968

Aircraft

Douglas C-47 Skytrain, 1942–1945
Douglas C-48, 1942
Douglas C-49, 1942

Douglas C-53 Skytrooper, 1942–1943
Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker, 1963–1968

Campaigns

Campaign	Dates	Notes
American Theater	1 February 1942 – 13 December 1943	27th Transport Squadron (later Troop Carrier Squadron)^[1]
India-Burma	12 January 1944 – 28 January 1945	27th Troop Carrier Squadron^[1]
China Defensive	12 January 1944 – 4 May 1945	27th Troop Carrier Squadron^[1]
China Offensive	5 May 1945 – 2 September 1945	27th Troop Carrier Squadron^[1]

References

Notes

Explanatory notes

^ Approved 25 February 1943. Description: Over and through a light blue disc, border red, piped white, a black and white checkered taxicab, winged gold, resting on a white cloud formation in base.

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 140–141
^ Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 154–155
^ Craven & Cate,introduction, p. xxxvi
^ ^a ^b 14 USAAF 27 Troop Carrier Squadron website (retrieved 14 October 2013)
^ Abstract, History 91 Bombardment Wing Sep 1963 (retrieved 14 October 2013)
^ Abstract, History 91 Bombardment Wing Dec 1963 (retrieved 14 October 2013)
^ Abstract, History 91 Bombardment Wing Oct–Dec 1965 (retrieved 14 October 2013)
^ "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index. 1 April 1975. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ravenstein, pp. 125–127
^ Abstract, 91 Bombardment Wing Fact and Figures Booklet, Jan and Feb 1966 (retrieved 14 October 2013)
^ ^a ^b ^c Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 662q, 19 September 85, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Tactical Squadrons
^ ^a ^b ^c Lineage, including assignments and stations through 1945 in Maurer, Combat Sqyuadrons, pp. 140–141

Bibliography

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Craven, Wesley F; Cate, James L, eds. (1955). "Introduction". The Army Air Forces in World War II. Vol. VI, Men & Planes. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. p. xxxvi.
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Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
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Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
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Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
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