Talk:917th Air Refueling Squadron

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I was in the 917th during 1971-73. I was a Navigator. The 917th was part of the 96th SAW at Dyess AFB. During this time, I sat alert several times at Dyess, Bergstrom, Amarillo, etc., flew Young Tiger missions, Combat Lighting Missions (as a member of a Combat Select Crew) and participated in the Linebacker Operations when Washington got serious about the war for a short time. Tanker crews were overseas 90 days and home 30 during most of the time I was at Dyess. The B-52 crews were doing 179 days over and 30 home. I was proud of the 917th and the 96th. We carried a huge load prior to other bases joining us during the Linebacker Operations. At the time, I did not know the 917th didn't officially exist, but the history I see now indicates that we were assigned to the Pacific Air Force or something like that. We considered ourselves to be the 917th/96th and the tankers in particular were proud to be the "Abilene Refueling Company". I loved the KC-135A (especially listening to the engines while lying in the boom pod during takeoff), had a couple of missiles fired at us over the Gulf of Tonkin during one of the Combat Lightning missions, earned the air medal with clusters, flew directly through a major typhoon, flew over 50,000 feet in a KC, etc. We were all terribly disappointed when we knew the politicians weren't serious about winning after all the sacrifices so many had made. They ultimately gave away the victories we had won by surrendering at the bargaining table. Due to never having been in SEA for 180 consecutive days, I was reassigned to C-130's in Taiwan after serving at Dyess. The C-130E is also a great plane, but the crews were not as professional as SAC crews. Nonetheless, they got the job done, primarily flying the Southeast Asia shuttle for a couple of weeks at a time on a regular basis - hauling whatever needed hauling. Fred20122012 (talk) 05:16, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

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The 617th Bombardment Squadron was consolidated with the 917th Air Refueling Squadron, making them a single unit. Per WP:MILMOS, "[a]n article about a unit . . . should be placed at "Name (optional disambiguator)". The name should generally be either the official name used by the armed forces to which the unit . . . belongs.  When a unit has had multiple names over the course of its existence, the title should generally be the last name used; however, exceptions can be made in cases where the subject is clearly more commonly known by one of the previous names." The 917th AREFS was in existence much longer than the 617th BS, so the squadron is not more commonly known by its previous name. --Lineagegeek (talk) 16:23, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
 * ** Support ** Bwmoll3 (talk) 13:53, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

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