310th Air Refueling Squadron
(later 310th Expeditionary Air Refueling Flight)

A deployed KC-135A refueling fighters on a strike against North Vietnam

Active| 1943–1944; 1952–1994
Country|  United States
Branch|  United States Air Force
Part of| Air Mobility Command
Motto(s)| When – Where – How Much
Decorations| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
Patch with 310th Expeditionary Air Refueling Flight Emblem[a][1]|

Military unit

The 310th Expeditionary Air Refueling Flight is a provisional United States Air Force unit. The flight was last active as the 310th Air Refueling Squadron in October 1994, when it was assigned to the 380th Air Refueling Wing at Plattsburgh Air Force Base.

The first predecessor of the flight is the 610th Bombardment Squadron, which served from 1943 to 1944 as an Operational Training Unit, preparing other heavy bomber units for combat, then as a Replacement Training Unit, training aircrews for Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft.

The flight's second predecessor, the 310th Air Refueling Squadron was activated in the fall of 1952 and equipped with Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighters. The squadron's tankers frequently deployed to England and Newfoundland to support Strategic Air Command's Boeing B-47 Stratojet force. In 1964, the squadron converted to the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker and supported Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, then General Dynamics FB-111s. During the Vietnam War, the squadron deployed crews and aircraft to support combat operations. The two squadrons were consolidated in 1985. The unit continued to support USAF operations until it was inactivated in 1994. In 2004, it was converted to provisional status as the 310th Expeditionary Air Refueling Flight.

## History

[edit]

### World War II

[edit]

The first predecessor of the flight, the 610th Bombardment Squadron, was activated at Pyote Army Air Base, Texas on 1 March 1943 as one of the original four squadrons of the 400th Bombardment Group. The squadron's cadre was training at Orlando Army Air Base, Florida until about 2 May 1943 and few personnel were located with the squadron at Pyote or at Davis–Monthan Field, Arizona. Once its cadre had returned from Orlando, the squadron moved to Pueblo Army Air Base, Colorado and began training with Consolidated B-24 Liberators, moving to Smoky Hill Army Air Field, at the end of July to continue aircrew training.[1]

The squadron became an Operational Training Unit (OTU) and moved to Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico in September 1943. The OTU program involved the use of an oversized parent unit to provide cadres to "satellite groups." With most Army Air Forces (AAF) heavy bomber units activated, the squadron changed its mission and became a Replacement Training Unit (RTU) in December 1943 and moved to Charleston Army Air Field, South Carolina. Like OTUs, RTUs were oversized units, but their mission was to train individual pilots or aircrews.[1][2]

However, the AAF was finding that standard military units, based on relatively inflexible tables of organization were proving poorly adapted to the training mission. Accordingly, in the spring of 1944, it adopted a more functional system in which each base was organized into a separate numbered unit.[3] As a result of this reorganization, the 610th, along with the remaining elements of the 400th Group, was disbanded on 10 April 1944[1][4] and its mission, personnel and aircraft were transferred to the 113th AAF Base Unit (Bombardment, Heavy).[5]

### Air refueling operations

[edit]

#### Strategic Air Command KC-97 operations

[edit]

The second predecessor of the flight is the 310th Air Refueling Squadron, which was activated on 8 October 1952 at Smoky Hill Air Force Base, Kansas as part of the 310th Bombardment Wing. It was not until January 1953, however, that the squadron received its first Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighters. Although the squadron focused on refueling the Boeing B-29 Superfortresses, and after 1954, the Boeing B-47 Stratojets of its parent 310th Wing, it provided air refueling support with for Strategic Air Command (SAC) bombers through the 1950s and early 1960s.[1]

The squadron deployed with its parent 310th Wing to England as part of Operation Reflex on two occasions. The first was to RAF Upper Heyford from March to June 1955 and the second to RAF Greenham Common from October 1956 to January 1957.[1][6] During Operation Reflex deployments with the 310th Wing, the squadron's aircraft also served as transports, carrying extra air crew, support personnel, and spare parts.[7]

Later, the squadron made deployments with its KC-97s to forward locations, placing it ahead of the faster Stratojets it would refuel, and on their programmed route.[8] The squadron deployed to England on detached duty at RAF East Kirkby from November until December 1957. SAC also deployed the squadron to Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland from 1 to 28 March 1954 and 28 December 1955 to 28 February 1956 and to Goose Air Base, Newfoundland from 25 March to 8 July 1958 to provide air refueling support in the North Atlantic area. The squadron began to phase out its KC-97s in October 1961, losing its final airplane in November 1963, when it became non-operational.[1]

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, SAC assumed DEFCON 3 status on 23 October, The 310th Wing dispersed a portion of its aircraft to other bases to reduce their vulnerability. By November, SAC had returned to its normal readiness status.[9]

#### Conversion to KC-135s

[edit]

Unlike most refueling squadrons assigned to B-47 wings, the squadron began to convert to the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker while still assigned to the 310th Wing. It received its first KC-135 on 3 March 1964 and had a full complement of jet tankers and combat ready aircrews by June. In April 1965, as the 310th Wing was preparing for inactivation as the B-47 left the SAC inventory, the squadron moved to Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico, where it was attached to the 6th Strategic Aerospace Wing, which flew Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses. When the 310th Wing inactivated in June, the attachment to the 6th Wing became a reassignment. The squadron began to deploy crews and tankers to Southeast Asia to refuel combat aircraft and also regularly refueled tactical aircraft deploying to the Pacific and Southeast Asia.[1] At home station, it maintained half of its aircraft on ground alert status, fully fueled and ready to take off.[10] The squadron's stay at Walker was brief, however, as that base closed in 1967, after Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense directed a phaseout program that reduced SAC's bomber force, retiring older B-52 models.[11]

On 25 January 1967, the squadron moved to Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York, where it was assigned to the 380th Strategic Aerospace Wing, another B-52 unit. From Plattsburgh, the squadron supported tanker task forces in Europe and Alaska and made with temporary deployments of planes and crews to operational theaters. In October 1973, it deployed aircraft and crews to Lajes Field in the Azores, to refuel Lockheed C-141 Starlifters and Lockheed C-5 Galaxys transporting war materiel to Israel during Yom Kippur War. Missions supporting combat in Southeast Asia ended in 1976, but the squadron deployed crews and aircraft as part of tanker task forces in the Pacific area.[1]

The 380th Wing bomber force converted to the General Dynamics FB-111 in 1971.[12] The squadron supported the new bomber, and participated in SAC and USAF exercises worldwide. In 1985, the Air Force consolidated the 310th with the World War II 610th Bombardment Squadron. The consolidated squadron refueled aircraft of all major commands, the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, and other military services until it was inactivated on 1 October 1994.[1]

## Lineage

[edit]

610th Bombardment Squadron

* Constituted as the 610th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 15 February 1943

Activated on 1 March 1943

* Disbanded on 10 April 1944
* Reconstituted on 19 September 1985 and consolidated with the 310th Air Refueling Squadron as the 310th Air Refueling Squadron[1]

310th Expeditionary Air Refueling Flight

* Constituted as the 310th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium on 20 August 1952

Activated on 8 October 1952
Redesignated 310th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy on 1 November 1963

* Consolidated with the 610th Bombardment Squadron on 19 September 1985

Redesignated 310th Air Refueling Squadron on 1 September 1991
Inactivated on 1 October 1994

* Redesignated 310th Expeditionary Air Refueling Flight and converted to provisional status on 29 September 2004[1]

### Assignments

[edit]

* 400th Bombardment Group: 1 March 1943 – 10 April 1944
* 310th Bombardment Wing (later 310th Strategic Aerospace Wing): 8 October 1952 (attached to 802d Air Division, 1–28 March 1954, Eighth Air Force, 28 December 1955 – 5 February 1956, 25 November–10 December 1957, 25 March–8 July 1958, 6th Strategic Aerospace Wing after 15 April 1965)
* 6th Strategic Aerospace Wing: 25 June 1965
* 380th Strategic Aerospace Wing (later 380th Bombardment Wing, 380th Air Refueling Wing), 25 January 1967
* 380th Operations Group: 1 September 1991 – 1 October 1994[1]

### Stations

[edit]

* Pyote Army Air Base, Texas, 1 March 1943
* Davis–Monthan Field, Arizona, 11 April 1943
* Pueblo Army Air Base, Colorado, ca. 2 May 1943
* Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Kansas, 31 July 1943
* Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, 19 September 1943
* Charleston Army Air Base, South Carolina, 15 December 1943 – 10 April 1944
* Smoky Hill Air Force Base (later Schilling Air Force Base), Kansas, 8 October 1952 (deployed to Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland, 1–28 March 1954, 28 December 1955 – 28 February 1956; RAF Brize Norton, England, 10 March–8 June 1955; RAF Upper Heyford, Enblend, 3 October 1956 – 9 January 1957; RAF East Kirkby, England, 25 November–10 December 1957; Goose Air Base, Newfoundland, 25 March–8 July 1958)
* Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico, 25 June 1965 (deployed from 15 April 1965)
* Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York, 25 January 1967 – 1 October 1994[1]

### Aircraft

[edit]

* Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1944
* Boeing KC-97F Stratotanker, 1953–1962
* Boeing KC-97G Stratotanker, 1953–1963
* Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, 1963–1995[1]

### Awards and campaigns

[edit]

Award streamer | Award | Dates | Notes

|
|
|

| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 January 1956-1 January 1959 | 310th Air Refueling Squadron[1]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 January 1958-31 May 1959 | 310th Air Refueling Squadron[1]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 July 1974-30 June 1975 | 310th Air Refueling Squadron[1]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 July 1979-30 June 1980 | 310th Air Refueling Squadron[1]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 July 1980-30 June 1981 | 310th Air Refueling Squadron[1]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 July 1983-30 June 1985 | 310th Air Refueling Squadron[1]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 July 1986-30 June 1988 | 310th Air Refueling Squadron[1]
Campaign Streamer  | Campaign  | Dates  | Notes

|
|
|

| American Theater without inscription | 1 March 1943 – 10 April 1944 | 610th Bombardment Squadron[1]

## See also

[edit]

* List of United States Air Force air refueling squadrons
* B-24 Liberator units of the United States Army Air Forces

## References

[edit]

### Notes

[edit]

Explanatory notes

1. ^ Approved 8 August 1956.

Citations

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Kane, Robert B. (12 August 2009). "Factsheet 310 Expeditionary Air Refueling Flight (AMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
2. ^ Craven & Cate, p. xxxvi
3. ^ Goss, p. 75
4. ^ Maurer, Combat Units, p. 7
5. ^ Mueller, p. 89
6. ^ Ravenstein, p. 159
7. ^ Smith, p. 39
8. ^ See Smith, p. 39
9. ^ Kipp, et al., p. 53
10. ^ "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.
11. ^ Knaack, p. 248 n. 41
12. ^ Ravenstein, p. 206

### Bibliography

[edit]

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

* Goss, William A. (1955). "The Organization and its Responsibilities, Chapter 2 The AAF". In Craven, Wesley F.; Cate, James L. (eds.). The Army Air Forces in World War II (PDF). Vol. VI, Men & Planes. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. LCCN 48003657. OCLC 704158. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
* Kipp, Robert; Peake, Lynn; Wolk, Herman. "Strategic Air Command Operations in the Cuban Crisis of 1962, SAC Historical Study No. 90 (Top Secret NOFORN, FRD, redacted and declassified)". Strategic Air Command. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
* Knaack, Marcelle Size (1978). Encyclopedia of US Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems (PDF). Vol. 2, Post-World War II Bombers 1945–1973. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-59-5. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
* Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
* Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
* Mueller, Robert (1989). Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-53-6.
* Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
* Smith, Richard K. (1998). Seventy-Five Years of Inflight Refueling: Highlights, 1923-1998 (PDF). Air Force History and Museums Program. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

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* Lockheed U-2
* Martin RB-57D Canberra
* Boeing RB-17
* Boeing RB-29

Tankers|

* Boeing KB-29 Superfortress
* Boeing KB-50
* McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender
* Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter
* Lockheed HC-130
* Lockheed Martin KC-130
* Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

Transport|

* Beechcraft C-45
* Douglas C-47 Skytrain
* Douglas C-54 Skymaster
* Fairchild C-82 Packet
* Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter
* Douglas C-118
* Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
* Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
* Convair C-131 Samaritan
* Boeing C-135 Stratolifter

Commanders|

* George Kenney
* Curtis LeMay
* Power
* Ryan
* Joseph J. Nazzaro
* Bruce K. Holloway
* John C. Meyer
* Russell E. Dougherty
* Richard H. Ellis
* Bennie L. Davis
* Larry D. Welch
* John T. Chain, Jr,
* George Lee Butler

Emblems|

* Strategic Air Command Emblem Gallery

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Airfields|

* First Air Force Group Training Stations
* First Air Force Replacement Training Stations
* First Air Force Tactical Airfields
* Freeman Army Airfield
* Godman Army Airfield
* Selfridge Field

Units|

| Commands|

* I Bomber Command
* I Fighter Command
* I Ground Air Support Command

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Wings|

* 25th Antisubmarine
* 50th Troop Carrier
* 52d Troop Carrier
* 53d Troop Carrier
* 60th Troop Carrier
* 61st Troop Carrier
* Boston Fighter
* New York Fighter
* Norfolk Fighter
* Philadelphia Fighter

Groups|

| Bombardment|

* 2d Bombardment
* 13th Bombardment
* 22d Bombardment
* 34th Bombardment
* 43d Bombardment
* 45th Bombardment
* 301st Bombardment
* 302d Bombardment
* 400th Bombardment
* 402d Bombardment
* 455th Bombardment
* 459th Bombardment
* 460th Bombardment
* 471st Bombardment

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Combat Cargo|

* 1st Combat Cargo
* 2d Combat Cargo
* 4th Combat Cargo

Fighter|

* 8th Fighter
* 31st Fighter
* 33d Fighter
* 52d Fighter
* 56th Fighter
* 57th Fighter
* 58th Fighter
* 59th Fighter
* 79th Fighter
* 80th Fighter
* 83d Fighter
* 87th Fighter
* 324th Fighter
* 325th Fighter
* 326th Fighter
* 327th Fighter
* 332d Fighter
* 348th Fighter
* 352d Fighter
* 353d Fighter
* 355th Fighter
* 356th Fighter
* 358th Fighter
* 359th Fighter
* 361st Fighter
* 362d Fighter
* 365th Fighter
* 366th Fighter
* 368th Fighter
* 370th Fighter
* 371st Fighter
* 373d Fighter
* 402d Fighter
* 413th Fighter
* 476th Fighter

Reconnaissance|

* 26th Reconnaissance
* 73d Reconnaissance

Troop Carrier|

* 10th Troop Carrier
* 60th Troop Carrier
* 61st Troop Carrier
* 62d Troop Carrier
* 63d Troop Carrier
* 89th Troop Carrier
* 313th Troop Carrier
* 314th Troop Carrier
* 315th Troop Carrier
* 316th Troop Carrier
* 317th Troop Carrier
* 349th Troop Carrier
* 375th Troop Carrier
* 403d Troop Carrier
* 433d Troop Carrier
* 434th Troop Carrier
* 435th Troop Carrier
* 436th Troop Carrier
* 437th Troop Carrier
* 438th Troop Carrier
* 439th Troop Carrier
* 440th Troop Carrier
* 441st Troop Carrier
* 442d Troop Carrier

Other|

* 1st Search Attack
* 477th Composite

Incidents|

* Freeman Field Mutiny

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Airfields|

* Airfields

Units|

| Commands|

* II Air Support Command
* II Bomber Command
* II Fighter Command
* IV Air Support Command
* XX Bomber Command
* XXI Bomber Command
* XXII Bomber Command

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Wings|

* 5th Bombardment
* 15th Bombardment Training
* 16th Bombardment Operational Training
* 17th Bombardment Training
* 18th Replacement
* 21st Bombardment
* 46th Bombardment Operational Training
* 58th Bombardment
* 73rd Bombardment
* 315th Bombardment
* 316th Bombardment

Groups|

| Bombardment|

* 2nd Bombardment
* 6th Bombardment
* 7th Bombardment
* 9th Bombardment
* 12th Bombardment
* 16th Bombardment
* 17th Bombardment
* 19th Bombardment
* 25th Bombardment
* 29th Bombardment
* 34th Bombardment
* 39th Bombardment
* 40th Bombardment
* 42nd Bombardment
* 46th Bombardment
* 47th Bombardment
* 48th Bombardment
* 85th Bombardment
* 86th Bombardment
* 86th Bombardment
* 88th Bombardment
* 94th Bombardment
* 95th Bombardment
* 96th Bombardment
* 99th Bombardment
* 100th Bombardment
* 301st Bombardment
* 302nd Bombardment
* 303rd Bombardment
* 304th Bombardment
* 305th Bombardment
* 306th Bombardment
* 307th Bombardment
* 308th Bombardment
* 312th Bombardment
* 330th Bombardment
* 331st Bombardment
* 333rd Bombardment
* 346th Bombardment
* 351st Bombardment
* 376th Bombardment
* 379th Bombardment
* 381st Bombardment
* 382nd Bombardment
* 383rd Bombardment
* 384th Bombardment
* 385th Bombardment
* 388th Bombardment
* 390th Bombardment
* 393rd Bombardment
* 395th Bombardment
* 396th Bombardment
* 398th Bombardment
* 399th Bombardment
* 400th Bombardment
* 401st Bombardment
* 407th Bombardment
* 415th Bombardment
* 418th Bombardment
* 444th Bombardment
* 445th Bombardment
* 446th Bombardment
* 447th Bombardment
* 448th Bombardment
* 449th Bombardment
* 450th Bombardment
* 451st Bombardment
* 452nd Bombardment
* 453rd Bombardment
* 454th Bombardment
* 455th Bombardment
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* 457th Bombardment
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* 460th Bombardment
* 461st Bombardment
* 462nd Bombardment
* 464th Bombardment
* 467th Bombardment
* 468th Bombardment
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* 470th Bombardment
* 471st Bombardment
* 472nd Bombardment
* 484th Bombardment
* 485th Bombardment
* 486th Bombardment
* 487th Bombardment
* 488th Bombardment
* 489th Bombardment
* 490th Bombardment
* 491st Bombardment
* 493rd Bombardment
* 494th Bombardment
* 497th Bombardment
* 498th Bombardment
* 499th Bombardment
* 500th Bombardment
* 501st Bombardment
* 502nd Bombardment
* 504th Bombardment
* 505th Bombardment
* 509th Composite

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Fighter|

* 20th Fighter
* 54th Fighter
* 84th Fighter
* 85th Fighter
* 507th Fighter
* 508th Fighter

Reconnaissance|

* 2nd Reconnaissance
* 3rd Reconnaissance
* 4th Reconnaissance
* 5th Reconnaissance
* 6th Reconnaissance
* 7th Reconnaissance
* 8th Reconnaissance
* 71st Reconnaissance
* 77th Reconnaissance

Troop Carrier|

* 443nd Troop Carrier

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