32nd Air Refueling Squadron
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The 32nd Air Refueling Squadron[lower-alpha 5] is part of the 305th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. It operates the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aircraft conducting air refueling missions. The squadron is one of the oldest in the United States Air Force, its origins dating to 19 May 1917, being organized at Camp Kelly, Texas. The squadron deployed to England as part of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. During World War II, the squadron saw combat service as a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress unit, assigned to the Fifteenth Air Force in Italy. During the early years of the Cold War, it was a Boeing RB-47 Stratojet strategic reconnaissance squadron as part of Strategic Air Command.
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Active | 1917–1919; 1932–1945; 1946–1964; 1964–1979; 1981-present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | Air refueling |
Part of | Air Mobility Command |
Garrison/HQ | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst |
Motto(s) | Linking the Continents (1966-present)[1] |
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