 Upon its arrival at the Port of Embarkation in the United States in December 1945, it was inactivated.The 9th Air Refueling Squadron was activated on 1 August 1951 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona and equipped with Boeing KB-29M Superfortress aircraft.It was assigned to the 9th Bombardment Group until June 1952, then to the 9th Bombardment Wing.