By Herb Harper
551st Strategic Missile Squadron Bombardment, Detachment IV 98th Veterans Association: 1949 - Present
344th AIR REFUELING SQUADRON
Re-designated 344th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy, on 7 May 1986. Activated on 1 October 1986. Re-designated 344th Air Refueling Squadron 1 July 1992.
For the entire lineage of the 344th, refer to the 98th Bomb Group, 98th Bomb Wing, and 98th Strategic Aerospace Wing history.
Emblem: Celeste, a raven in flight, grasping in both feet an air refueling boom.
MOTTO: ANYTIME - ANYWHERE. Approved on 17 October 1994.