916 Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (ACC) Lineage. Constituted as 16 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 28 Mar 1944. Activated on 1 Apr 1944. Inactivated on 15 Apr 1946. Consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with 916 Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy, which was constituted on 9 Mar 1959. Activated on 1 Sep 1959. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1983. Redesignated as 916 Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, and converted to provisional status, on 23 Jan 2003, and assigned to Air Mobility Command to activate or inactivate at any time on or after that date. Reassigned to Air Combat Command on 19 Mar 2003 to activate or inactivate at any time on or after that date. Activated on 20 Mar 2003. Inactivated on 9 May 2003. Assignments. 16 Bombardment Group, 1 Apr 1944-15 Apr 1946. 5 Bombardment Wing, Heavy, 1 Sep 1959; 14 Strategic Aerospace Division, 25 Jul 1968; 47 Air Division, 31 Mar 1970; 14 Air Division, 1 Apr 1972; 307 Air Refueling Group, 1 Jul 1977-1 Oct 1983. 384 Expeditionary Operations Group, 20 Mar-9 May 2003. Stations. Dalhart AAFld, TX, 1 Apr 1944; Fairmont AAFld, NE, 15 Aug 1944-7 Mar 1945; Northwest Field, Guam, 14 Apr 1945-15 Apr 1946. Travis AFB, CA, 1 Sep 1959-1 oct 1983. Shaikh Isa, Bahrain, 20 Mar-9 May 2003. Service Streamers. World War II American Theater. Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Japan; Eastern Mandates; Western Pacific. Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None. Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: Japan, 29 Jul-6 Aug 1945. Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through 14 Jul 2015. Supersedes published statement in Maurer Maurer's Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (Washington, DC: USGPO, 1969), p. 88. Emblem. Approved on 9 Jan 1962. Prepared by Daniel L. Haulman