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This is a list of United States Air Force air refueling squadrons. Air refueling squadrons Squadron Shield Location Nickname Aircraft Status 2nd Air Refueling Squadron McGuire AFB "Second to None" KC-46 Pegasus Active 6th Air Refueling Squadron Travis AFB, Fairfield CA Strength Extended KC-10 Extender Active 7th Air Refueling Squadron Carswell AFB, Ft. Worth TX KC-135A Inactivated 1993 9th Air ...
A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon using a flying boom. Aerial refueling (), or aerial refuelling (), also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) while both aircraft are in flight.
It is the home of the 121st Air Refueling Wing (121 ARW), an Air National Guard (ANG) unit that serves as the host wing and operates in federal service under the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC). OH-121, a Civil Air Patrol squadron, also operates on the base.
Under the 121st ARW, the 166th and 145th Air Refueling Squadrons began flying from bases in southern France to support strike aircraft during Operation Deny Flight missions over the Balkans. The 121st was a fixture at Incirlik Air Base , Turkey, as well as Prince Sultan Air Base , Saudi Arabia, supporting Operations Northern Watch and Operation ...
A USAF KC-135 boom operator refuels a USAF F-16 during a mission over Iraq. A USAF KC-10 boom operator refuels a Dutch F-16 during a mission over Afghanistan.. In the U.S. Air Force (USAF), a boom operator is an aircrew member aboard tanker aircraft who is responsible for safely and effectively transferring aviation fuel from one military aircraft to another during flight (known as aerial ...
Sep. 8—The New Hampshire Air National Guard became the first to receive the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers in 2019, and now history is being made again with the first operational ...
155th Air Refueling Group: active: ANG: 157th Air Refueling Wing: c. 16 October 1995 – present: Pease ANGB: 157th Air Refueling Group: active: ANG: 161st Air Refueling Wing: c. 16 October 1995 – present: Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport: 161st Air Refueling Group: active: ANG: 163d Air Refueling Wing: c. 16 October 1995 – c. 20 November 2007 ...
The 121st Air Refueling Wing provides the core aerial refueling capability for the U.S. Air Force and the Air National Guard. It also provides aerial refueling support to Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and allied nation aircraft. [1] 178th Wing; Federally recognized 22 November 1947 (as: 162d Fighter Squadron); operates: MQ-1 Predator