Lineage. Constituted as 28 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 5 Feb 1943. Redesignated as 28 Photographic Squadron (Light) on 6 Feb 1943. Activated on 1 May 1943. Redesignated as 28 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 29 May 1946. Consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 928 Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy which was constituted on 5 Jan 1959. Activated on 1 Feb 1959. Discontinued on 1 Oct 1960. Redesignated as 928 Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, and converted to provisional status, on 20 Mar 2003.
Assignments. 7 Photographic (later, Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping) Group, 1 May 1943; Third Air Force Photographic Unit Training Center (attached to 2 Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group), 21 Jun 1943; III Reconnaissance Command, 15 Aug 1943; 89 Reconnaissance Training Wing, 27 Sep 1943 (attached to 9 Photographic Reconnaissance Group, 16 Nov 1943); Seventh Air Force, c. 16 Jan 1944 (attached to VII Fighter Command, 24 Jan 1944); VI Air Service Area Command (attached to VII Fighter Command), 12 Dec 1944; Seventh Air Force, 23 Apr 1945; Eighth Air Force, 31 Aug 1945; 316 Bombardment Wing, 15-29 May 1946. 28 Bombardment Wing, 1 Feb 1959-1 Oct 1960. Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate at any time on or after 20 Mar 2003.
Stations. Peterson Field, CO, 1 May 1943; Will Rogers Field, OK, 13 Oct 1943-1 Jan 1944; Kipapa Airfield, TH, 16 Jan 1944 (detachments operated from Kwajalein, 30 Jun-24 Sep 1944; Saipan, 11 Jul 1944-May 1945; Peleliu, 5 Oct 1944-Apr 1945; Kualoa Airfield, TH, 9 Oct 1944 (detachment operated from Okinawa, 23 Apr-8 May 1945); Okinawa, 8 May 1945-29 May 1946 (detachment operated from from Ie Shima, 14 May-21 Jun 1945). Ellsworth AFB, SD, 1 Feb 1959-1 Oct 1960.
Commanders. 1 Lt Pat L. Owen, 1 May 1943; Maj Robert E. Kaempfer, 3 Aug 1943; Capt Edward H. Taylor, Jan 1945; Capt Robert F. Torpey, 18 Oct 1945-unkn. Unkn, 1 Feb 1959; Lt Col Albert M. Elton, c. Mar 1959; Maj Carlton E. Justis, by Jan 1960; Lt Col John R. Hinton Jr., by Apr-1 Oct 1960.
Aircraft. In addition to F-5, 1943-1946, included P-38 and F-4 in 1943 and A-24 in 1944. KC-135, 1959-1960.
Operations. Combat in Central and Western Pacific, 4 Jul 1944-Aug 1945. Conducted air refueling operations, 1959-1960.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: Eastern Mandates; Western Pacific; Ryukyus; Air Offensive, Japan; China Offensive.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. None.
Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through Aug 2011.
Commanders, Aircraft, and Operations through 1 Oct 1960.
Supersedes published information contained in: Maurer Maurer (ed.), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (Washington: USGPO, 1969).
Emblem. Approved on 31 Jul 1959.
Prepared by Patsy Robertson.
Reviewed by Daniel Haulman.