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{{Infobox Military Unit
{{Infobox Military Unit
|unit_name= 22d Bombardment Squadron
|unit_name= 22d Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron
|image= [[File:22d Bombardment Squadron - Emblem.png|250px]]
|image= [[File:22d Air Refueling Squadron.PNG|200px]]
|caption= Emblem of the 22d Bombardment Squadron
|caption= 22d Air Refueling Squadron emblem
|dates= [[1939]]-[[1945]]; [[1950]]-[[1962]]; [[1963]]-[[1989]]; [[1992]]-[[2002]]; [[2003]]-Present
|dates= 1939–1946
|country= [[United States]]
|country= [[United States]]
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|branch= [[United States Army Air Forces]]
|branch= [[United States Air Force]]
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|type= Air Refueling
|role= Bombardment
|role= [[Aerial Refueling]]
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|command_structure=[[Far East Air Force (United States)|Far East Air Force]]
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|current_commander=
|garrison=
|garrison= [[Mountain Home AFB]], [[Idaho]]
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|nickname="Red Raiders"
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[[File:22d Bombardment Squadron - Emblem.png|thumb|200px|Emblem of the World War II 22d Bombardment Squadron]]
The '''22d Bombardment Squadron''' is an inactive [[United States Air Force]] unit. It was last assigned to the 341st Bombardment Group, based at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. It was inactivated on November 2, 1945.
The '''22d Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron''' is a provisional [[United States Air Force]] unit, assigned to [[Air Mobility Command]]. It is engaged in combat operations as part of the [[Global War on Terrorism]]. Its current status and location are undetermined.

The squadron was previously designated as the '''22d Air Refueling Squadron''', and was an Air Mobility Command and [[Strategic Air Command]] air refueling squadron, established in 1950.

During World War II, the '''22d Bombardment Group''' was a [[B-25 Mitchell]] medium bomb squadron which fought in the China-Burma-India theater as part of [[Tenth Air Force]].


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 16:17, 13 May 2010

22d Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron
22d Air Refueling Squadron emblem
Active1939-1945; 1950-1962; 1963-1989; 1992-2002; 2003-Present
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeAir Refueling
RoleAerial Refueling
Garrison/HQMountain Home AFB, Idaho
Decorations AFOUA
Emblem of the World War II 22d Bombardment Squadron

The 22d Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit, assigned to Air Mobility Command. It is engaged in combat operations as part of the Global War on Terrorism. Its current status and location are undetermined.

The squadron was previously designated as the 22d Air Refueling Squadron, and was an Air Mobility Command and Strategic Air Command air refueling squadron, established in 1950.

During World War II, the 22d Bombardment Group was a B-25 Mitchell medium bomb squadron which fought in the China-Burma-India theater as part of Tenth Air Force.

History

Antisubmarine patrols off California coast, December 8 – c. December 10, 1941. Deployed to Southwest Pacific and engaged in combat, c. January 13 – c. March 1, 1942; detachment under control of United States Navy in combat from the Fiji Islands and Australia, February 14 – c. March 14, 1942. Surviving B-17 aircraft and personnel reassigned to other units in Australia, March 1942 and unit reassigned without personnel or equipment to the United States for re-equipping and remanning as medium bomber squadron. Deployed to Tenth Air Force for combat in the China-Burma-India theater, December 14, 1942 – July 25, 1945.

Lineage

  • Constituted as 22d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), and activated, on October 20, 1939
Redesignated 22d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) c. September 15, 1942
Inactivated on November 2, 1945.
  • Consolidated 19 Sep 1985 with the 22nd Air Refueling Squadron, established on 15 Jun 1950
Activated on 15 Jun 1950
Inactivated on 15 Jun 1960
  • Redesignated 22d Air Refueling Squadron (Heavy) and activated on 1 Jul 1963
Inctivated on 1 Dec 1989
  • Redesignated 22d Air Refueling Squadron on 29 Sep 1992
Activated on 1 Oct 1992
Inactivated on 30 Aug 2002
  • Redesignated 22d Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron and converted to provisional status, 22 Jan 2003

Assignments

Attached to 17th Bombardment Group for training, April 26 – May 28, 1942
Attached to 22d Bombardment Wing, 10 Feb 1951-15 Jun 1952

Stations

Aircraft

See also

References

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

  • Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0892010975

External links

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