The 101st Air Refueling Wing (101 ARW) is a unit of the

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, stationed at

Bangor Air National Guard Base Bangor Air National Guard Base is a United States Air National Guard base. Created in 1927 as the commercial Godfrey Field, the airfield was taken over by the U.S. Army just before World War II and renamed Godfrey Army Airfield and later Dow Arm ...

, Bangor, Maine. If activated to federal service with the

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, the 101 ARW is operationally-gained by the

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(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 Air Refueling Squadron - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 57-1491

132d Air Refueling Squadron - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 57-1491

History

133d Fighter Squadron - Republic F-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt 44-89766

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

101st Air Refueling Wing Operation Enduring Freedom patch

101st Air Refueling Wing North East Tanker Task Force patch

* 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 1951Cornett & Johnson, p. 63 : 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

, 25 October 1950 *

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, 10 February 1951 *

Western Air Defense Force The Western Air Defense Force (WADF) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command being stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on July 1, 1960. History WADF ...

2 August 1951 – 6 February 1952 * Maine Air National Guard, 1 November 1952 – present ; Gaining commands :

Air Defense Command Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Force, responsible for continental air defense. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air Defense Command, was established in 1946, briefly inac ...

(later Aerospace Defense Command), 1 November 1952 :

Strategic Air Command Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile ...

, 1 July 1976 :

Air Combat Command Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of nine Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon. It is the primary provider of air combat forces for the Air Force, and i ...

, 1 June 1992 :

, 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 1960The 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

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mission, it was redesignated

157th Air Transport Group The 157th Air Refueling Wing (157 ARW) is a unit of the New Hampshire Air National Guard, stationed at Pease Air National Guard Base, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United S ...

and a new 101st Fighter Group was activated in the Maine Air National Guard. * 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 The 158th Fighter Wing (158 FW) is a unit of the Vermont Air National Guard, stationed at Burlington Air National Guard Base, Burlington, Vermont. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Co ...

(Air Defense), 15 April 1956 – 1 July 1960 :

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

Stations

Dow Air Force Base Bangor Air National Guard Base is a United States Air National Guard base. Created in 1927 as the commercial Godfrey Field, the airfield was taken over by the U.S. Army just before World War II and renamed Godfrey Army Airfield and later Dow Ar ...

, Maine, 25 October 1950 *

Grenier Air Force Base Grenier is a surname. It is a French word for ''attic, loft,'' or ''granary''. Notable people with the surname include: * Adrian Grenier * Angèle Grenier, Canadian maple syrup producer * Auguste Jean François Grenier (1814–1890), French docto ...

, New Hampshire, 23 April 1951 *

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, 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 The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and delivered just 143 days from the start of design, prod ...

, 1950–1952 *

F-86F Sabre The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft. Produced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept-wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing So ...

1952–1955 *

F-94A Starfire The Lockheed F-94 Starfire was a first-generation jet powered all-weather, day/night interceptor of the United States Air Force. A twin-seat craft, it was developed from the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star trainer in the late 1940s. It reached op ...

, 1955–1957 *

F-89D Scorpion The Northrop F-89 Scorpion was an American all-weather, twin-engined interceptor aircraft built during the 1950s, the first jet-powered aircraft designed for that role from the outset to enter service. Though its straight wings limited its per ...

, 1957–1959 * F-89J Scorpion, 1959–1969 *

F-102A Delta Dagger The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was an American interceptor aircraft designed and manufactured by Convair. Built as part of the backbone of the United States Air Force's air defenses in the late 1950s, it entered service in 1956. Its main purpo ...

1959 *

F-101B Voodoo The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo is a supersonic jet fighter which served the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Initially designed by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation as a long-range bomber escort (known as a ''p ...

1969–1976 *

KC-135A Stratotanker The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside the Boeing 707 airliner. It is the predominant variant of the C-135 Stratolifter family of transport ...

, 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, *

External links

134th Fighter Squadron lineage and history

Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., ''A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 – 1980'', Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).

101st Air Refueling Wing website
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