Claim: The 499th Air Refueling Wing had a second KC-97 squadron called the 26th Air Refueling Squadron which moved to Westover from Ohio and primarily supported B-47 Stratojets of the Strategic Air Command Eighth Air Force.
Evidence: Three weeks later the wing added a second KC-97 squadron, the 26th Air Refueling Squadron, which moved to Westover from Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio. The 26th Air Refueling Squadron (26 AREFS) was a squadron of the United States Air Force that flew the KC-97E/F/G Stratofreighter, An early Cold War air refueling squadron, it primarily supported B-47 Stratojets of the Strategic Air Command Eighth Air Force during the 1950s and early 1960s.