The 90th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (90 EARS) is a provisional United States Air Force

United States Air Force

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 unit. It is assigned to the 385th Air Expeditionary Group and is currently stationed at Incirlik Air Base

Incirlik Air Base

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, Turkey

Turkey

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Actived during the Cold War

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, the 90th Air Refueling Squadron is currently an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 40th Bombardment Wing, stationed at Forbes AFB, Kansas

Kansas

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. It was inactivated on 15 November 1962.

The squadron flew KC-97G Stratotankers in support of USAF operations on a worldwide basis. It was assigned to the following Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command

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 wings during its existence:

• 93d Bombardment Wing (Medium), Castle AFB, California
  California
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  , 18 January 1954
• 90th Bombardment (later Strategic Reconnaissance) Wing (Medium), Forbes AFB, Kansas
  Kansas
  Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
  
  , 5 August 1955
• 40th Bombardment Wing (Medium), Forbes AFB, Kansas, 20 Jun 1960 – 15 November 1962

The squadron was inactivated with the phaseout of the KC-97 from SAC being replaced by the jet-powered KC-135 Stratotanker

KC-135 Stratotanker

The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an aerial refueling military aircraft. It and the Boeing 707 airliner were developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype. The KC-135 was the US Air Force's first jet-powered refueling tanker and replaced the KC-97 Stratotanker...

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Reactivated as a provisional KC-135 Stratotanker organization as part of the Global War On Terrorism

War on Terror

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approximately 2002.