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The United States Air Force's 508th Air Refueling Squadron was an air refueling unit that operated the Boeing KB-29 at Turner Air Force Base, Georgia. It was last active on 1 July 1957 The squadron was established in 1953 to provide strategic air refueling for the 508th Strategic Fighter Wing. In 1956 the 508th Wing was inactivated and the squadron transferred to SAC's other fighter wing at Turner, the 31st Strategic Fighter Wing. In April 1957, the 31st Wing transferred to Tactical Air Command, which moved the 431st Air Refueling Squadron to Turner. The 508th began transferring its planes to the 431st as it prepared for it inactivation in July. ==Lineage== 608th Bombardment Squadron * Constituted as the 608th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 15 February 1943 : Activated on 1 March 1943 * Disbanded on 10 April 1944〔Maurer, p. 683〕 * Reconstituted on 19 September 1985 and consolidated with the 508th Air Refueling Squadron as the 508th Air Refueling Squadron〔Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 662q, 19 Sep 85, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Tactical Squadrons〕 508th Air Refueling Squadron * Constituted as the 508th Air Refueling Squadron, Strategic Fighter ''ca'' 4 November 1953 : Activated on 25 November 1953 : Inactivated 1 July 1957 * Consolidated with the 608th Bombardment Squadron on 19 September 1985 as the 508th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy〔 (remained inactive) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「508th Air Refueling Squadron」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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