922d Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron The 922d Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit , assigned to Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate as needed . It was last assigned to the 474th Air Expeditionary Group at San Isidro Air Base , Dominican Republic in 2010 . The squadron was first activated during World War II as the 22d Air Corps Ferrying Squadron at Morrison Field , Florida in 1942 . In October 1943 the squadron and its parent group were disbanded and replaced as the Air Transport Command unit at Morrison by Station 11 , Caribbean Wing , Air Transport Command . The squadron was reconstituted in 1954 as the 22d Air Transport Squadron , Medium . a Douglas C - 54 unit at Charleston AFB , South Carolina . The squadron was inactivated in 1958 . The 922d Air Refueling Squadron operated Boeing KC - 135 Stratotanker s at Wright - Patterson Air Force Base , Ohio from 1963 to 1975 , when its parent , the 17th Bombardment Wing moved to Beale Air Force Base , California . The squadron was reactivated three years later to control deployed Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) tanker and reconnaissance aircraft operating in the Mediterranean . While stationed in Greece , the 922d and 22d squadrons were consolidated into a single squadron . When SAC inactivated in 1992 , the squadron became a reconnaissance unit , operating RC - 135 s from RAF Mildenhall until 1954 . The 922d was converted to provisional status as the 922d Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron and assigned to Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate as needed . In 2010 it was activated as part Operation Unified Response . the military response to the earthquake in Haiti . History . The squadron was first activated during World War II as the 22d Air Corps Ferrying Squadron at Morrison Field , Florida in 1942 . In October 1943 the squadron and its parent group were disbanded and replaced as the Air Transport Command unit at Morrison by Station 11 , Caribbean Wing , Air Transport Command . The squadron was reactivated at Charleston AFB , South Carolina as the 22d Air Transport Squadron with the responsibility of transporting personnel , materiel , mail and other strategic cargo . Shortages of personnel and equipment delayed the group from reaching operational status upon activation . The squadron operated Douglas C - 54 Skymaster aircraft until inactivating in 1958 . The 922d Air Refueling Squadron was activated on 1 September 1959 by Strategic Air Command at Wright - Patterson AFB and assigned to the 4043d Strategic Wing as its refueling component . It operated KC - 135 Stratotanker s and provided air refueling support to the B - 52 Stratofortress strategic bombers of its parent wing and other USAF units as directed . The squadron maintained aircraft on alert to support the Emergency War Order . It transferred to 17th Bombardment Wing in 1963 when SAC replaced its Major Command controlled ( MAJCON ) wing wing with the 17th Bombardment Wing an Air Force controlled ( AFCON ) organization with a distinguished World War II history . The squadron deployed aircraft and aircrews to the Western Pacific support combat operations of deployed SAC units and tactical aircraft over Indochina during the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1975 . In June 1975 , its aircraft were taken off alert and the squadron phased down , with its aircraft transferred elsewhere by 7 July . The squadron inactivated in September as SAC shut down its operations at Wright - Patterson . Three years later the squadron was reactivated as the 922d Strategic Squadron . The squadron provided air refueling support for United States Air Forces Europe ( USAFE ) squadrons deploying for weapons training at Incirlik AB , Turkey . It supported USAFE and NATO exercises . After a period of heightened tensions and anti - American activity in Greece , the Greek government notified the United States that American bases in Greece would be closed by 1990 . With this closure , the squadron moved to RAF Mildenhall . When SAC inactivated in 1992 , the squadron became a reconnaissance unit , operating RC - 135 s from RAF Mildenhall until 1954 . The squadron was assigned to Air Combat Command as a provisional unit to activate or inactivate as needed . In 2010 , it was activated in the Dominican Republic for Operation Unified Response , responding to the earthquakes in Haiti on the western half of Hispaniola . Lineage . 22d Air Transport Squadron 922d Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron