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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).
In the late 2010s the wing consists of the following major units:
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 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) 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[1] Inactivated on 6 February 1952[1] 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 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 – present101st 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[2]
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 1960132d Fighter Squadron (later 132d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 132d Air Refueling Squadron), 31 March 1976 - (present?)
^ a b c d e f g 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.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946 - 1980 (PDF) . Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2012 .
McLaren, David (2004), Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star: A Photo Chronicle, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.; First Edition, ISBN 0887409075
Rogers, Brian. (2005). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978 . Hinkley, UK: Midland Publications. ISBN 1-85780-197-0 .
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