101st Air Refueling Wing

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 ==History==

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==

• 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==