 Twelve years later, in January 1982, the squadron was again inactivated.Its planes and personnel were used to form the 350th Air Refueling Squadron, which was activated at Beale the next day.The squadron began its current, and longest, active period a few months later, in August, at March Air Force Base, California, where it equipped with the McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender as part of the 22d Bombardment Wing.