420th Air Refueling Squadron
421st Air Refueling Squadron
427th Air Refueling Squadron
429th Air Refueling Squadron
431st Air Refueling Squadron
622nd Air Refueling Squadron
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421st Air Refueling Squadron

421st Air Refueling Squadron Patch. 421st morale patch.

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Older bumble bee version without top tab. 421st older bumble bee patch. Old 421st TANKERS KB-29M era patch.
Det 4, 98th Bomb Wing
KB-29M (tail drogue only) and one KB-29T (3 drogues)
Yokota AB, Japan
Korean War 1951-Sep 1953
NICKNAME: "Zippo Lighters"
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Old 421st TANKERS KB-29M era patch.
421st AREFS
KB-29M
Yokota AB, Japan (PACAF)
Sep 1953-01 Mar 1958

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Older humming bird era patch. Older used humming bird era patch. 421st rainbow era patch. 421st morale patch made in Yokota, Japan. 421st morale patch made in Yokota, Japan. 421st A-Flight patch made in Yokota, Japan. 421st B-Flight patch made in Yokota, Japan. 421st C-Flight patch made in Yokota, Japan.
KB-50D and KB-50J/K
Yokota AB, Japan (PACAF)
01 Mar 1958-1965

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421st ARS KB-50J 48-0119 coming in to land. 421st ARS KB-50J 49-0357 refueling a F-100. 421st hose reel operators from C-Flight while TDY to Vietnam. 421st crewmembers standing on the wing. 421st ARS Commander briefing the brass at Yokota, Japan. 421st crew lined up at Yokota, Japan.
421st crewmember. 421st ARS KB-50J 48-0119 coming in to land. 421st ARS gets its first KB-50J in March 1958. Printed in the Yokota newspaper. 421st ARS KB-50D refueling a B-66, F-100, and a F-101. 421st crewmembers showing off refueling equipment. 421st ARS Navigator major Myers. 421st ARS in the Yokota newspaper. 421st C-Flight crew getting briefed before takeoff.
421st ARS crew. 421st ARS KB-50J Old Yeller. James Thompson's crew. 421st ARS Sweat Bench. 421st ARS jacket made in Yokota, Japan. 421st ARS jacket made in Yokota, Japan. Mother Goose nose gear door art.
Yokota newspaper. Yokota newspaper. Yokota newspaper. Yokota newspaper. Yokota newspaper. Yokota newspaper. 421st ARS Hap Arnold's crew. 421st ARS The Butterfly nose gear door art. 421st ARS The Butterfly nose gear door art.
421st C-Flight pilot wearing patch. 421st hose reel operator in Siagon, Vietnam wearing 38 pistol. B-Flight crew member in background. 421st refueling over Wake Island on their way to Vietnam in 1963. 421st crew in Saigon in 1964. 1963. Nate Hill's crew.
Lovell, Blake, Thomas, and Foye. Bunch's crew. 421st. 421st. 421st. Arnold's crew.


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