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93rd ARS

A KC-135 Stratotanker, tail number 55-3127, is pictured in flight June 28, 1957, to Castle Air Force Base, Calif. This was the first KC-135 delivered to the Strategic Air Command and assigned to the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron in 1957. (Courtesy photo/Boeing)
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93rd ARS patches

The four patches used by the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron are painted on the back wall of their conference room. The first patch is from the 493rd Bombardment Squadron and represents the time before the unit became an aerial refueling squadron. The second patch is the original patch for the 93rd ARS which symbolically represented the mission of the squadron. The third patch, although never officially approved, was the main squadron patch worn when the unit was the formal schoolhouse while its members also maintained world-wide qualifications. The final patch is the current squadron patch worn by all members; the Pegasus symbolizes swiftness and agility, and represents the squadron’s ability to carry-out a variety of tasks within Air Mobility Command’s mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Bourgeous)
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Operation Cannonball: The rest of the story

The B-52 simulator, also known as “Alpine Clover,” was one of the sites to see when the museum was open at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Operation Cannonball: The rest of the story

The Strategic Air Command B-52 Stratofortress and KC-135 Stratotanker simulator train and cars can be seen when driving on Bong Street at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, in 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Operation Cannonball: The rest of the story

Operation Cannonball- Construction workers lay tracks just west of the steam plant in 1990, now the location of the parking lot across from the 92nd Comptroller Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Operation Cannonball: The rest of the story

Operation Cannonball- Construction workers lay tracks southeast of building 2245 in 1990, the current home of the 92nd Comptroller Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Operation Cannonball: The rest of the story

Operation Cannonball- Nearing position located next to the museum in 1990 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Today, the museum buildings are gone. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Operation Cannonball: The rest of the story

Operation Cannonball – Crossing Bong St., south of building 2245 and the current home of the 92d Comptroller Squadron, the Strategic Air Command B-52 Stratofortress and KC-135 Stratotanker simulator train and cars rest for a moment at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, in 1968. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Operation Cannonball: The rest of the story

The Heritage Museum and Strategic Air Command B-52 Stratofortress and KC-135 Stratotanker simulator cars are seen while looking southeast at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, in 2002. Today, the museum buildings are gone. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Operation Cannonball: The rest of the story

The Strategic Air Command B-52 Stratofortress and KC-135 Stratotanker simulator train and cars rest for a moment at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, in 1968. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Wings of Hope

An airman checks the safety belts of his passengers prior to take-off. These passengers are French citizens who were exiled during the war and are finally able to return home. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Wings of Hope

The 92nd Bombardment Group’s B-17 Flying Fortresses were retrofitted as passenger aircraft capable of carrying 30 passengers. They were stripped of all armament and turrets and had benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Wings of Hope

An operations building at Istres, France, home of the 92nd Bombardment Group from June 1945 to February 1946. Note the powdery dirt in the foreground. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Wings of Hope

Capt. C.E. Bierman of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, checks off names of men as they enter the plane. Pvt. Charley V. Stilner of Huntington, West Virginia, was the first man aboard. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Wings of Hope

After each flight, the B-17 Flying Fortress crews issued the 92nd Bombardment Group's version of the “Short Snorter” to each of the servicemen they transported to Africa. A short Snorter has been described as “a piece of paper money circulated during war and in a combat zone and signed by friends and comrades. The writing commemorated events, dates, exploits, assignments, locations, people and related information.” During World War II, Short Snorters were signed by flight crews and conveyed good luck to soldiers crossing the Atlantic Ocean. On the 92nd BG's version, the group paid its respects to the passengers and reminded them that it was the “oldest bomber group in the ETO” that was helping them home. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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