Country United States Garrison/HQ Travis Air Force Base | Type Aerial refueling | |
Active 16 July 1942 – 1 May 1944
1 August 1955 – 1 April 1993
1 September 1994 - Present Branch United States Air Force Part of Air Force Reserve Command
4th Air Force
349th Air Mobility Wing
349th Operations Group |
The 70th Air Refueling Squadron (70 ARS) is a United States Air Force Reserve squadron, assigned to the 349th Operations Group, stationed at Travis Air Force Base, California. It is a corollary unit of the active duty 6th Air Refueling Squadron, 60th Air Mobility Wing (60 AMW).
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The squadron trained B-25 Mitchell replacement aircrews from, September 1942-April 1944. It has conducted worldwide air refueling from, 1955–1993 and since 1994. The 70th supported the National Emergency Airborne Command Post from 1970 to 1993. It also deployed aircrews and aircraft to Europe and the Arabian peninsula during the Gulf War from, 1990-1991.
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