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2d Aero Squadron: 1 December 1915 Formed as: 1st Company, 2d Aero Squadron Pre-WWI service in the Philippines [6] Instructional flying squadron Re-designated: Squadron A, Kelly Field, Texas, July 1918 Demobilized: 18 November 1918
SAC activated the 2d Air Refueling Squadron, (Medium) on 1 January 1949 as a new squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona and it was assigned to the like-designated 2d Bombardment Group. It was one of the first units to be equipped with the new KB-29M Superfortress tankers equipped with a British-developed hose refueling system.
Most squadrons have changed names and designations many times over the years, so they are listed by their current designation. Expeditionary and provisional units are not listed. To see all USAF squadrons, regardless of active or not, as well as non-flying squadrons, go to the List of United States Air Force squadrons .
The unit was formed from the World War I 2d, 3d and 28th Aero Squadrons in 1919 (its emblem represents the three squadrons with Maltese crosses).The 2d Aero Squadron, having served in the Philippines beginning in 1915, was transferred back from Rockwell Field, California in 1920 after training duties in the United States during the war.
A squadron may include two or three subordinate flights. In turn the squadron may be part of a group and then a wing. An Air Force squadron is the basic unit of the service and may carry the lineage and honors of units over a century ago.
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The 2d Reconnaissance Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Third Air Force , being stationed at Will Rogers Field , Oklahoma . It was inactivated on 1 May 1944.