55th Air Refueling Squadron, US Air Force
55TH AIR REFUELING SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted 755th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 May 1943. Activated on 1 Jul 1943. Redesignated: 755th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 20 Aug 1943; 755th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 5 Aug 1945. Inactivated on 17 Oct 1945. Consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 55th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium, which was constituted on 22 Nov 1950. Activated on 1 Nov 1950. Inactivated on 18 Feb 1954. Activated on 1 Oct 1955. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 15 Mar 1963. Redesignated: 55th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy, on 19 Sep 1985; 55th Air Refueling Squadron on 31 May 1994. Activated on 28 Oct 1994.
| English | Azure two swords saltirewise Argent gripped Gold Brown below in chief a mullet of four saltirewise White superimposed by a mullet Or voided at the shading of the field; all within a diminished bordure Yellow. MOTTO: MASTERS OF THE ART. |
Origin/meaning
The Emblem was approved on 13 April 1995; replaced emblem approved on 20 March 1945 (K 3216).
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