153d Air Refueling Squadron

153d Air Refueling Squadron
153d Air Refueling Squadron Emblem
Active	1939-Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Squadron
Role	Air Refueling
Part of	Air National Guard/Air Mobility Command
Garrison/HQ	Key Field

The 153d Air Refueling Squadron flies the KC-135 Stratotanker. It is a unit of the Mississippi Air National Guard. Its parent unit is the 186th Air Refueling Wing.

History

Lineage

• Designated 153d Observation Squadron, and allotted to Mississippi NG, on 18 Aug 1939

Activated on 27 Sep 1939

Ordered to active service on 15 Oct 1940

Re-designated: 153d Observation Squadron (Light) on 13 Jan 1942

Re-designated: 153d Observation Squadron on 4 Jul 1942

Re-designated: 153d Liaison Squadron on 31 May 1943.

Inactivated on 15 Dec 1945

• Re-designated 153d Fighter Squadron, and allotted to Mississippi ANG, on 24 May 1946.

Extended federal recognition on 12 Sep 1946

Re-designated: 153d Fighter-Escort Squadron in Mar 1951

Re-designated: 153d Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 11 Dec 1951

Re-designated: 153d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 1 Dec 1952

Re-designated: 153d Air Refueling Squadron on 1 Apr 1992

Assignments

• Mississippi National Guard, 27 Sep 1939
• Forth Corps Area, 15 Oct 1940
• V Army Corps, c. Dec 1940
• 67th Observation (later Reconnaissance; Tactical Reconnaissance) Group, 1 Sep 1941
• IX Fighter Command, 12 Dec 1943

Attached to First Army, 4 Feb-15 Nov 1944

• Ninth Air Force, 14 Mar 1944
• IX Tactical Air Command, 25 Apr 1944

Attached to Twelfth Army Group, 15 Nov 1944-26 Jul 1945

• XII Tactical Air Command, 15 Jul-15 Dec 1945

Attached to Seventh Army after 26 Jul 1945

• Mississippi Air National Guard, 12 Sep 1946
• 186th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 15 Oct 1962
• 186th Air Refueling Group, 1 Apr 1992
• 186th Operations Group, 1 Jun 1992-Present

Stations

• Meridian, MS, 27 Sep 1939
• Bluethenthal Field, NC, 16 Dec 1941
• Key Field, MS, 28 Jan 1942
• Esler Field, LA, 17 Feb-12 Aug 1942
• RAF Membury, England, 7 Sep 1942
• RAF Keevil, England, 28 Nov 1942
• RAF Membury, England, 3 Oct 1943
• RAF Keevil, England, 28 Nov 1943
• RAF Erlestokes, England, 13 Mar 1944
• Vouilly, France, 18 Jun 1944
• Canisy, France, 6 Aug 1944
• St Pois, France, 11 Aug 1944
• Couteme, France, 23 Aug 1944
• Maillebois, France, 25 Aug 1944
• St Cyr, France, 2 Sep 1944
• Vuel, Belgium, 10 Sep 1944
• Ham, Belgium, 12 Sep 1944
• Stree (near Huy), Belgium, 16 Sep 1944
• Verviers, Belgium, 20 Sep 1944

• Spa, Belgium, 24 Oct 1944
• Olne, Belgium, c. 19 Dec 1944

Operated from Liege, Belgium, 18-23 Dec 1944

• Tongres, Belgium, 22 Dec 1944
• Rutten (Russon), Belgium, 8 Jan 1945

Operated from Tongres, Belgium, 18 Jan 1945

• Duren, Germany, 9 Man 1945
• Euskirchen, Germany, 16 Mar 1945
• Bad Godesberg, Germany, 30 Mar 1945
• Marburg, Germany, 5 Apr 1945
• Bad Wildungen, Germany, 15 Apr 1945
• Weimar, Germany, 24 Apr 1945
• Brunswick, Germany, 20 May 1945
• Augsburg, Germany, 4 Jun 1945
• Heidelberg,, Germany, 25 Jul-15 Dec 1945
• Key Field (later ANGB), MS, 12 Sep 1946-Present

Operated from: Turner AFB, GA, Mar 1951

Operated from: Godman AFB, KY, 11 Dec 1951

Aircraft

• O-38, 1939-1941
• In addition to O-47, 1940-1942, and O-49 and O-52, 1941-1942
• Included A-20 and P-51 in 1942; in addition to L-4, 1942-1944, and A-20, 1943-1944
• Included Spitfire, 1942-1943, and DB-7, 1943
• L-5, 1944-1945
• P-47, 1946-1952
• RF-51, 1952-1955

• RF-80, 1955-1956
• RF-84, 1956-1970
• RF-101, 1970-1979
• RF-4, 1978-1991
• KC-135, 1992-Present
• C-26, 2007-Present

References

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