November 1946 43rd Bombardment Wing, 17 November 1947 – 16 June 1952 Attached to 3rd Air Division, 16 August – 16 November 1949 43rd Air Refueling Wing, 1 June 1992 – 1 July 1994 43rd Airlift Wing, 1 April 1997 USAF Expeditionary Center, 1 March 2011 – present Components 2nd Airlift Squadron: 1 April 1997 – 14 June 2016 2nd Air Refueling Squadron: attached 1 July 1949 – 16 September 1950 3rd Aerial Port Squadron: 1 April 1997 – 30 June 2015 13th Reconnaissance Squadron: 15 January 1941 – 29 April 1946 (became 403 BS on 22 April 1942) 28th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 June 1992 – 15 May 1994 41st Airlift Squadron: 1 April 1997 – 9 April 2007 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron: 1 April 1997 – present 43rd Air Base Squadron: 1 July 2015 – present 43rd Air Mobility Squadron: 1 July 2015 – present 43rd Air Refueling Squadron: 19 July 1948 – 16 June 1952 (detached after 10 February 1951) 43rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 1 April 1997 – 30 June 2015 63rd Bombardment Squadron: 15 January 1941 – 29 April 1946; 1 October 1946 – 16 June 1952 (detached after 10 February 1951) 64th Bombardment Squadron: 15 January 1941 – 29 April 1946; 1 October 1946 – 16 June 1952 (detached after 10 February 1951) 65th Bombardment Squadron: 15 January 1941 – 29 April 1946; 1 October 1946 – 16 June 1952 (detached after 10 February 1951) 91st Air Refueling Squadron: 1 June 1992 – 1 July 1994 97th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 October 1992 – 1 April 1994 307th Air Refueling Squadron: attached 16 September 1950 – 9 February 1951 350th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 October 1993 – 1 July 1994 403rd Bombardment Squadron: 15 January 1941 – 29 April 1946 905th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 July – 1 October 1993 906th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 June 1992 – 30 January 1994 917th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 October 1993 – 1 July 1994 Stations Langley Field, Virginia, 15 January 1941 Dow Field, Maine, 28 August 1941 – 17 February 1942 Sydney Airport, Australia, 28 March 1942 Longreach Airport, Australia, c. 1 August 1942 Port Moresby Airfield Complex, New Guinea 14 September 1942 Dobodura Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 10 December 1943 Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 4 March 1944 Owi Airfield, Schouten Islands, 2 July 1944 Tacloban Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, c. 15 November 1944 Clark Field, Luzon,