328th Air Refueling Squadron


The 328th Air Refueling Squadron is an Air Force Reserve Command unit of the 914th Air Refueling Wing at Niagara Falls International Airport, New York. It operates KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft refueling United States Air Force aircraft worldwide.

History

World War II

Constituted as 3 Combat Cargo Squadron on 11 Apr 1944. Activated on 15 Apr 1944 at Bowman Field, KY with C-47 transports. The 328th transported personnel and supplies, primarily to forward areas, and evacuated casualties in the China-Burma-India Theater from 16 September 1944 to 11 November 1945. Redesignated as 328 Troop Carrier Squadron on 29 Sep 1945. Inactivated on 20 Dec 1945. Redesignated as 328 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 4 August 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 2 September 1949, with C-46 aircraft at Reading Municipal Airport, PA.
Ordered to Active Service on 15 March 1951, at New Castle County Airport, DE, 1 May 1950-1 Apr 1951. Inactivated on 1 April 1951. Activated in the Reserve on 14 June 1952, at New Castle County Aprt, DE. Move to Paine AFB on 16 Nov 1957, WA. Ordered to Active Service on 28 Oct 1962. Relieved from Active Duty on 28 Nov 1962. Redesignated as: 328 Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 July 1967; convert to C- 130 aircraft in 1971.
Redesignated 328 Airlift Squadron on 1 February 1992; 328 Air Refueling Squadron on 1 Jun 2017. [Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, NY, 25 Mar 1958-. Currently operating KC-135R tanker aircraft.

Operations