101st Air Refueling Wing

101st Air Refueling Wing
132d Air Refueling Squadron – Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker refueling an F-22A Raptor
Active	March 2, 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
Commanders
Notable commanders	Gabriel P. Disosway
Insignia
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, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.

Units

The 101st Air Refueling Wing consists of the following major units:

101st Operations Group

132d Air Refueling Squadron

101st Maintenance Group
101st Mission Support Group
101st Medial Group

History

Maine Air National Guard

132d Fighter Squadron – Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star 48–891, 1950

133d Fighter Squadron – Republic F-47D Thunderbolt 44-89766, the first aircraft assigned to the New Hampshire Air National Guard

Korean War federalization

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)

Air defense mission

133d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-51 Mustang 44-64356, Ethan Allen AFB, NH, 1953

101st Fighter Group (Air Defense) North American F-86L, 53-0925, Ethan Allen AFB, 1959

101st Air Defense Wing McDonnell F-101B Voodoo 57–415 in the winter of 1974 at Bangor AGB.

Air refueling

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

1990/1991 Gulf crisis

132d ARS KC-135 refueling an A-10 from the 358th Fighter Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona

Modern era

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

Lineage

Operation Enduring Freedom Deployment Patch, 2005

Operation Northern Watch Deployment Patch, 2000

1997 101st Air Refueling Wing 50th Anniversary Patch

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

Assignments

Maine Air National Guard, 25 October 1950
Eastern Air Defense Force, 10 February 1951^[1]
Western Air Defense Force 2 August 1951 – 6 February 1952^[1]
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^[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 - 16 March 1992

Stations

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

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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.

Bibliography

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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. Retrieved March 23, 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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