The 920th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

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 unit. It was last assigned to the 379th Bombardment Wing, stationed at Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan

Michigan

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. It was inactivated on 15 June 1993

Established on 15 April 1960 by Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command

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 at Carswell AFB, Texas and assigned to the 43d Bombardment Wing. The squadron was never equipped or manned and inactivated on 15 Jul 1960.

Reactivated under the 379th Bombardment Wing at Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan on 9 January 1961. equipped with KC-135 Stratotanker

KC-135 Stratotanker

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s. Provided worldwide air refueling of SAC B-52 Stratofortress

B-52 Stratofortress

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 strategic bombers and other USAF aircraft as directed. Deployed to the Western Pacific, 1966-1972 to support SAC operations along with tactical aircraft flying combat missions over Indochina

Indochina

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 during the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

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Returned to normal peacetime operations after 1973; deployed personnel and aircraft to the Middle East

Middle East

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 in 1990 in support of Operation Desert Shield; 1991 in support of Operation Desert Storm. Returned to the United States in March 1993; inactivated on 15 June 1993 when parent 379th BMW inactivated along with Wirthsmith being closed.