101st Air Refueling Wing

101st Air Refueling Wing
101st Air Refueling Wing
	132d Air Refueling Squadron – Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker refueling an F-22A Raptor
Active	2 March 1942 – present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Maine
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Wing
Role	Air Refueling
Part of	Maine Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Bangor Air National Guard Base, Bangor, Maine
Nickname(s)	"MAINEiacs"
Motto(s)	He Strikes As Lightning
Tail Code	A white tailband with black text 'Maine' included.
Engagements	Burma Campaign 1944–1945

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:

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:

Operation Enduring Freedom Deployment Patch, 2005

North East Tanker Task Force Patch, 1994

Activated on 25 October 1950

Federalized and ordered to active service on 1 February 1951

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

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

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^[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 1960

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

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

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