[3] It operates the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions.

Was not deployed until the spring of 1945 to England, being assigned to the IX Troop Carrier Command.

Was not used in combat operations, however did transport supplies and equipment to the front-line ground forces primarily into Germany and evacuated casualties to rear areas.

It deployed aircraft and personnel to Saudi Arabia and European locations in support of the Gulf War and later contingency operations in Somalia and the Balkans.

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