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90TH Air Refueling Squadron KC-135R Model, 1/90th Scale, Mahogany, Aerial Refueling

Original price was: $319.00.Current price is: $249.00.

Fly with the 90th Air Refueling Squadron in this hand crafted KC-135 model. Each piece is carefully carved from wood and hand painted to provide a model you’ll love.

  • Length – 18 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Veteran Owned Business
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

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90TH Air Refueling Squadron KC-135R

Fly with the 90th Air Refueling Squadron in this hand crafted KC-135 model. Each piece is carefully carved from wood and hand painted to provide a model you’ll love.

  • Length – 18 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Veteran Owned Business
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

World War II
Training and antisubmarine warfare in the United States
The squadron was first activated as the 390th Bombardment Squadron at Gowen Field, Idaho on 20 March 1942, but immediately moved to McChord Field, Washington, where it replaced the 77th Bombardment Squadron of the 42d Bombardment Group, which had deployed to Alaska following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and was attached to another group.[1][3][4] When it joined the 42d, the group was dispersed on several bases in the Pacific Northwest to provide greater coverage for antisubmarine patrols with detachments at smaller fields. The group primarily used Lockheed A-29 Hudsons for its antisubmarine work, but also flew several other types. Most of the initial personnel of the 390th were drawn from the group’s headquarters squadron at McChord.[5]

While antisubmarine patrols continued, the squadron trained North American B-25 Mitchell combat crews for the Alaskan Defense Command.[5] It also tested incendiary bombs and bombing techniques at the ranges of Las Vegas Army Air Field.[5] In February 1943 the squadron was alerted for overseas movement. Aircrews trained with B-25s at Hammer Field and McClellan Field in California before the air echelon departed for its new assignment on 6 March.[6] The ground echelon assembled at Camp Stoneman for overseas shipment aboard the SS Catalina and the USAT Maui, departing for Noumea on 27 and 28 March.

 

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Weight 4 lbs
Dimensions 20 × 20 × 7 in

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