Air Force, 30 January–4 May 2008 313th Air Expeditionary Wing, c. March–c. April 2011 Operational Components 11th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 July 1993 – 1 October 1994 23d Expeditionary Bomb Squadron: c. 21 February 2003 – c. 24 April 2003 306th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 July 1993 – 1 October 1994 603d Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, 30 January 2008 – 4 May 2008 748th Bombardment Squadron: 4 July 1943 – 28 August 1945 749th Bombardment Squadron: 4 July 1943 – 28 August 1945 750th Bombardment Squadron: 4 July 1943 – 28 August 1945 751st Bombardment Squadron: 4 July 1943 – 28 August 1945 Stations Geiger Field, Washington, 4 July 1943 Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota, 9 July 1943 Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington, 28 October 1943 Wendover Field, Utah, 4 December 1943 – 1 January 1944 RAF Glatton (Station 130), England, 22 January 1944 – 1 June 1945 Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, 20 July–28 August 1945 Altus AFB, Oklahoma, 1 July 1993 – 1 October 1994 RAF Fairford, England, c. 1 February–c. 31 May 2003 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 30 January–4 May 2008 Naval Station Rota Spain, c. March–c. April 2011 Aircraft Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 1943–1945 Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker, 1993–1994, 2011 Boeing B-52H Stratofortress, 2003 Awards and campaigns See also List of United States Air Force Groups B-17 Flying Fortress units of the United States Army Air Forces References Notes Explanatory notes Citations Bibliography Further reading Angier, Major (Ret) J. Francis. Ready or Not – Into the Wild Blue: The Aviation Career of a B-17 Pilot, 457th BG, 8th AAF. South Burlington, Vermont: Success Networks International, 2003./Cowbit, Lincolnshire, UK: Old Forge Publishing, 2005. . Bass, James L. Fait Accompli: A Historical Account of the 457th Bomb Group. Carthage, TN: JLB Publications, 1995. . Bass, James L. Fait Accompli II: A Historical Account of the 457th Bomb Group. Carthage, TN: JLB Publications, 1998. . Bass, James L. Fait Accompli III: A Historical Account of the 457th Bomb Group. Carthage, TN: JLB Publications, 2000. . Byers, Roland O. Black Puff Polly. Moscow, Idaho: Pawpaw Press, 1991. Byers, Roland O. Flak Dodger. Moscow, Idaho: Pawpaw Press, 1985. . Digre, Clifford B. Into Life's School: My World War II Memories. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Digre, 2009 Freeman, Roger A. and Winston G. Ramsey. Airfields of the Eighth: Then and Now. London: After the Battle, 1978. Republished 1992. Freeman, Roger A.