Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

98th Air Refueling Squadron

Lincoln Air Force Base Nebraska

— 1954 - 1963 —

98th Air Refueling Squadron Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010

1. 98th Air Refueling Squadron Marker

Inscription.

Flying KC-97G aircraft, this unit lived up to its motto "We Change The Range." The 98th flew 10,000 refueling missions and delivered over 325 million pounds of jet fuel in-flight. The squadron never lost a man or an accident, never recorded an injury from an accident nor a disabling injury during maintenance work. Its safety record and accomplishments are a tribute to the professionalism of its maintenance personnel and flight crews.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Cold.

Location. 39° 46.763′ N, 84° 6.751′ W. Marker is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. Marker (Memorial Wall #1, 055) is in the Memorial Park of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, with museum access off Springfield Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1100 Spaatz Street, Dayton OH 45431, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. 47th Fighter Squadron (here, next to this marker); AC-130A Spectre Gunship II (here, next to this marker); SSgt Forrest Ray Cope (here, next to this marker); 504th Bomb Group (VH) (here, next to this marker); Frederick W. Kaufmann, Colonel, USAF (here,

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next to this marker); USAF Pilot Class 1954E (here, next to this marker); Michael Slepecky, Jr. (here, next to this marker); Army Air Corps Flying Cadet Class 41-B (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . .
1. 98th Air Refueling Squadron Vets Association. Association website homepage (Submitted on March 15, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

2. Lincoln Air Force Base Online Museum. Museum website homepage (Submitted on March 15, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

3. Boeing C-97 Stratotanker. Strategic Air Command website entry (Submitted on March 15, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

4. Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker Tour. YouTube video (7m 11s) (Submitted on March 15, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

Memorial Wall #1 image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr.

2. Memorial Wall #1

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr.

3. Memorial Wall #1

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for more information.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr.

4. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Memorial Park map and marker listing
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The last production KC-97, nicknamed 888 after the KC-97's production run, of 98th AREFS image. Click for full size.

via Lincoln AFB, Unknown

5. The last production KC-97, nicknamed 888 after the KC-97's production run, of 98th AREFS

Credits. This page was last revised on August 28, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 15, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 271 times since then and 2 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on March 15, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 2. submitted on March 8, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 3. submitted on July 2, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 4. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 5. submitted on August 28, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.