Components Operational Groups 380th Operations Group: 1 September 1991 – 1 October 1994 458th Operations Group: 1 July 1993 – 1 April 1994 Operational Squadrons No. 24 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force: attached May–December 1944 26th Air Refueling Squadron: attached 7 August 1957 – 31 July 1959, assigned 1 August 1959 – 1 April 1961 310th Air Refueling Squadron: 25 January 1967 – 1 September 1991 380th Air Refueling Squadron: 16 August 1956 – 1 April 1961; 15 September 1964 – 1 September 1991 528th Bombardment Squadron: 3 November 1942 – 20 February 1946; 16 June 1947 – 16 May 1951; 11 July 1955 – 1 July 1991 529th Bombardment Squadron: 3 November 1942 – 20 February 1946; 17 July 1947 – 27 June 1949; 11 July 1955 – 25 June 1966 and 6 January 1971 – 1 September 1991 530th Bombardment Squadron (later 530th Strategic Bombardment Training Squadron, 530th Combat Crew Training Squadron): 3 November 1942 – 20 February 1946; 17 July 1947 – 27 June 1949; 11 July 1955 – 25 June 1966, 1 July 1986 – 1 July 1991 531st Bombardment Squadron: 3 November 1942 – 20 February 1946; 16 June 1947 – 27 June 1949; 1 May 1959 – 1 January 1962 556th Strategic Missile Squadron: 15 September 1964 – 25 June 1965 Stations Davis–Monthan Field, Arizona, 3 November 1942 Biggs Field, Texas, 2 December 1942 Lowry Field, Colorado, 4 March – 17 April 1943 Fenton Airfield, Australia, May 1943 RAAF Base Darwin, Australia, 9 August 1944 McGuire Field, Mindoro, Philippines, 20 February 1945 Motobu Airfield, Okinawa, 9 August 1945 Fort William McKinley, Luzon, Philippines, 28 November 1945 – 20 February 1946 MacDill Field (later MacDill Air Force Base), Florida, 16 June 1947 – 16 May 1951 Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York, 11 July 1955 – 30 September 1995 Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Early since 2002 Aircraft and missiles Consolidated B-24 Liberator (1942-1945) Boeing B-29 Superfortress 1949-1951) Boeing B-47 Stratojet (1955–1965) Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter (1956–1961) Boeing EB-47E Stratojet (1963–1964) SM-65 Atlas (1964-1965) Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker (1964-1994; Since January 2002) Boeing B-52G Stratofortress (1966–1971) General Dynamics FB-111A Aardvark (1971–1991) McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender (1993-1994) Boeing E-3B/C Sentry (Since January 2002) Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk (Since January 2002) Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (Present) See also List of B-47 units of the United States Air Force List of B-52 Units of the United States