32nd Air Refueling Squadron

The 32nd Air Refueling Squadron 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.

32nd Air Refueling Squadron
KC-10A Extender from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst taxiing at Nashville International Airport
Active1917–1919; 1932–1945; 1946–1964; 1964–1979; 1981-present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleAir refueling
Part ofAir Mobility Command
Garrison/HQJoint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
Motto(s)Linking the Continents (1966-present)
Engagements

  • World War I

  • Occupation of the Rhineland

  • World War II - American Campaign (Antisubmarine)

  • World War II - EAME Theater

  • 1991 Gulf War (Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation of Kuwait)

  • Kosovo Campaign

  • Iraq Campaign
Decorations

  • Distinguished Unit Citation (2x)

  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (15x)
Insignia
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32nd Air Refueling Squadron emblem
32nd Air Refueling Squadron emblem
32nd Bombardment Squadron emblem
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