Description
Computer made/mounted on velcro 4.0 inch-100mm
64th AIR REFUELING SQUADRON
Lineage. Constituted as 64 Troop Carrier Squadron on 7 Dec 1942. Activated on 12 Dec 1942. Inactivated on 15 May 1946. Activated in the Reserve on 5 Apr 1947. Redesignated as 64 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 27 Jun 1949. Ordered to active service on 1 Apr 1951. Inactivated on 1 Jan 1953. Activated in the Reserve on 1 Jan 1953. Ordered to active service on 28 Oct 1962. Relieved from active duty on 28 Nov 1962. Redesignated as: 64 Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 Jul 1967; 64 Airlift Squadron on 1 Feb 1992. Inactivated on 31 Mar 1997. Redesignated as 64 Air Refueling Squadron on 22 Nov 2002. Activated in the Reserve on 1 Apr 2003. Inactivated on 23 Jun 2007. Activated on 1 Oct 2009-.
Assignments. 403 Troop Carrier Group, 12 Dec 1942-15 May 1946. 419 Troop Carrier Group, 3 Aug 1947; 403 Troop Carrier Group, 27 Jun 1949-1 Jan 1953. 403 Troop Carrier Group, 1 Jan 1953; 403 Troop Carrier Wing, 14 Apr 1959; 928 Troop Carrier (later, 928 Tactical Airlift; 928 Airlift) Group, 11 Feb 1963; 928 Operations Group, 1 Aug 1992-31 Mar 1997. 939 Operations Group, 1 Apr 2003-23 Jun 2007. 22 Operations Group, 1 Oct 2009-.
Stations. Bowman Field, KY, 12 Dec 1942; Alliance, NE, 18 Dec 1942; Pope Field, NC, 3 May 1943; Baer Field, IN, 20 Jun-17 Jul 1943; Tontouta, New Caledonia, 1 Aug 1943; Espiritu Santo, 7 Aug 1943; Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 1 Nov 1943; Biak, 16 Sep 1944 (operated from Wakde, 2-21 Oct 1944, and Noemfoor, 29 Oct 1944-1 Jan 1945); Dulag, Leyte, 16 Jul 1945; Clark Field, Luzon, c. Jan-15 May 1946. Olmsted Field, PA, 5 Apr 1947; Portland Muni Aprt, OR, 27 Jun 1949-29 Mar 1952; Ashiya AB, Japan, 14 Apr 1952-1 Jan 1953. Portland IAP, OR, 1 Jan 1953; Niagara Falls Muni Aprt, NY, 16 Nov 1957; O’Hare (later, Chicago O’Hare) IAP (later, O’Hare Reserve Facility; O’Hare Air Reserve Forces Facility; O’Hare IAP Air Reserve Station), IL, 25 Mar 1958-31 Mar 1997. Portland IAP, OR, 1 Apr 2003-23 Jun 2007. Pease ANGB, NH, 1 Oct 2009-.
Aircraft. C-47, 1943-1945; C-46, 1945. Unkn, 1947-1950; C-46, 1951-1952; C-119, 1952. Unkn, 1953-1956; C-119, 1957-1970; C-130, 1970-1997. KC-135, 2003-2007.
Operations. Aerial transportation and evacuation in the South and Southwest Pacific, 7 Aug 1943-c. 14 Aug 1945 and between Japan and Korea, 19 May-31 Dec 1952. Trained and provided airlift services, Jan 1953-Mar 1997, including airlift to Vietnam during the late 1960s and to Southwest Asia in 1990-1991. Participated in various training exercises and airlift missions worldwide until inactivation on 31 Mar 1997. Trained for and provided aerial refueling, 2003-2007.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: New Guinea; Northern Solomons; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines. Korean War: Korea Summer-Fall, 1952; Third Korean Winter.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: Philippine Islands, 17 Apr-30 Jun 1945. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jan 1979-31 Dec 1980; 1 May 1986-30 Apr 1988; 1 Jun 2004-31 May 2006. Philippine Presidential Unit Citation (WWII). Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation: [19 May-31 Dec 1952]. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm: 1 Apr 1966-15 Mar 1968.
Emblem. Approved on 28 Jun 1994.