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101st Air Refueling Wing

Field	Value
unit_name	101st Air Refueling Wing
image	132d Air Refueling Squadron Refueling an F-22.jpg
image_size	300px
caption	132d Air Refueling Squadron – Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker refueling an F-22A Raptor
dates	2 March 1942 – present
country	United States
allegiance	Maine
branch	[[File:US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg	25px]] Air National Guard
type	Wing
role	Aerial refueling
command_structure	Maine Air National Guard
garrison	Bangor Air National Guard Base, Bangor, Maine
nickname	"MAINEiacs"
motto	He Strikes As Lightning
equipment	A white tailband with black text 'Maine' included.
equipment_label	Tail Code
battles	Burma Campaign 1944–1945
website
identification_symbol_label	101st Air Refueling Wing emblem

The 101st Air Refueling Wing (101 ARW) is a unit of the Maine Air National Guard, stationed at Bangor Air National Guard Base, Bangor, Maine. If activated to federal service with the United States Air Force, the 101 ARW is operationally-gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC).

Units

In the late 2010s the wing consists of the following major units:

101st Operations Group : 132d Air Refueling Squadron (KC-135R)
101st Maintenance Group
101st Mission Support Group
101st Medical Group

132d AREFS KC-135A 57-1491 about 1980 in SAC markings

101st ARW KC-135Es at Pisa Airport, Italy, 1996

History

133d Fighter Squadron – Republic F-47D Thunderbolt, AF Ser. No. 44-89766, the first aircraft assigned to the New Hampshire Air National Guard

The mission of the 101st FIW was the air defense of New England. Its assigned squadrons were dispersed and equipped as follows:

132d Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons, Dow AFB (F-80C)
133d Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons, Grenier AFB (F-47D)
134th Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons, Burlington Municipal Airport (F-51H)

Lineage

Operation Enduring Freedom Deployment Patch, 2005

North East Tanker Task Force Patch, 1994

Established as the 101st Fighter Wing in October 1950 : Activated on 25 October 1950 : Federalized and ordered to active service on 1 February 1951
Redesignated 101st Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 10 February 1951 : Inactivated on 6 February 1952
Released from active duty and returned to Maine state control on 1 November 1952 : Activated and received federal recognition on 1 November 1952
Redesignated 101st Air Defense Wing on 14 April 1956
Redesignated 101st Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 10 June 1972
Redesignated 101st Air Refueling Wing on 1 July 1976

Assignments

Maine Air National Guard, 25 October 1950
Eastern Air Defense Force, 10 February 1951
Western Air Defense Force 2 August 1951 – 6 February 1952
Maine Air National Guard, 1 November 1952 – present

; Gaining commands : Air Defense Command (later Aerospace Defense Command), 1 November 1952 : Strategic Air Command, 1 July 1976 : Air Combat Command, 1 June 1992 : Air Mobility Command, 1 June 1993 – present

Components

101st Fighter-Interceptor Group (later 101st Fighter Group), 10 February 1951 – 6 February 1952; 1 November 1952 – 30 April 1954, 1 June 1954 – 31 March 1956, 15 April 1956 – 1 September 1960
101st Fighter Group (later 101st Fighter-Interceptor Group, 101st Air Refueling Group, 101st Operations Group), 1 September 1960 – 31 March 1976, 16 March 1992 – present
158th Fighter Group (Air Defense), 15 April 1956 – 1 July 1960

: 132d Fighter Squadron (later 132d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 132d Air Refueling Squadron), 31 March 1976 - (present?)

Stations

Dow Air Force Base, Maine, 25 October 1950
Grenier Air Force Base, New Hampshire, 23 April 1951
Larson Air Force Base, Washington, 2 August 1951 – 6 February 1952
Dow Air Force Base (later Bangor International Airport, Bangor Air National Guard Base), 1 November 1952 – present

Aircraft

F-80C Shooting Star, 1950–1952
F-86F Sabre 1952–1955
F-94A Starfire, 1955–1957
F-89D Scorpion, 1957–1959
F-89J Scorpion, 1959–1969
F-102A Delta Dagger 1959
F-101B Voodoo 1969–1976
KC-135A Stratotanker, 1976–1984
KC-135E Stratotanker, 1984–2007
KC-135R Stratotanker, 2007 – present

References

Notes

Bibliography

McLaren, David (2004), Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star: A Photo Chronicle, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.; First Edition,

References

Cornett & Johnson, p. 63
The 101st Fighter Group (Air Defense) was withdrawn from the Maine Air National Guard in 1954. In 1960, it was a unit of the New Hampshire Air National Guard. When it converted to the [[airlift]] mission, it was redesignated [[157th Air Transport Group]] and a new 101st Fighter Group was activated in the Maine Air National Guard.

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