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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 ...
Cargo door of a USAF KC-135 of the 452d AMW at March Air Reserve Base 64 ARS and 157 ARW personnel working on a KC-135R at Pease ANGB in September 2013 United States. United States Air Force operates 398 KC-135s (156 Active duty, 70 Air Force Reserve, and 172 Air National Guard) as of May 2017. [54] 57th Wing – Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
KC-135 [40] 97th Air Refueling Squadron: Air Mobility Command: Eighteenth Air Force: 92 ARW: 15 January 1941 Fairchild AFB, Washington: KC-135 [41] 99th Air Refueling Squadron: Black Knights: Air Mobility Command: Eighteenth Air Force: 6 ARW: 15 July 1942 Sumpter Smith ANGB, Alabama [42] KC-135 [43] 106th Air Refueling Squadron: Alabama Air ...
Wing Shield Location Gaining MAJCOM Aircraft 101st Air Refueling Wing: Bangor ANGB, Bangor, Maine: AMC: KC-135 Stratotanker: 102nd Intelligence Wing: Otis ANGB, Sandwich, Massachusetts
active: ANG: 121st Air Refueling Wing: c. 16 January 1993 – present: Rickenbacker ANGB: 121st Fighter Wing: active: ANG: 126th Air Refueling Wing: 1 July 1961 – present: O'Hare IAP Scott AFB: 126th Air Defense Wing: active: ANG: 128th Air Refueling Wing: c. 16 October 1995 – present: Billy Mitchell Field: 128th Air Refueling Group: active ...
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 ...
The wing's mission is to provide C-17 Globemaster III, KC-135 Stratotanker and KC-46 Pegasus formal initial and advanced specialty training programs for up to 3,000 flight crew and aircraft maintenance students annually. Altus AFB was established in 1943 as Altus Army Airfield (AAF).
The 912th Air Refueling Squadron is a United States Air Force squadron assigned to the 92d Operations Group and stationed at March Air Reserve Base, California.The squadron is an active duty associate unit of the reserve 336th Air Refueling Squadron of the 452d Operations Group.