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The 150th Special Operations Squadron (150 SOS), equipped with the C-32B aircraft, is a unit of the 108th Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard. It provides global airlift to special response teams within the Department of Defense and other agencies.
The 150th Special Operations Squadron was later added to the group, flying Boeing C-32s. On 20 September 2023, the group flew its last mission with the KC-135R, as it transitioned to becoming an associate squadron of the 305th Air Mobility Wing , flying Boeing KC-46 Pegasus tankers.
Stationed at: McGuire Air Force Base side of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Hanover Township, New Jersey Gained by: Air Mobility Command, USSTRATCOM A composite unit made up of two squadrons, the 141st Air Refueling Squadron, operating the KC-46A tanker and the 150th Special Operations Squadron, operating a total of 2 C-32B aircraft.
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 ...
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma: AMC: KC-135R / Associate squadron to Air Force Reserve Command's 507th Air Refueling Wing. As of 2015, was slated to redesignate as a special operation squadron and return to Will Rogers Air National Guard Base flying the MC-12W aircraft under claimancy of AFSOC; transition in flux as of 2016. [85] [86]
The 2012 edition of the National Guard's Weapons System Modernization Priorities report states "the 150th Special Operations Squadron of the New Jersey Air National Guard operates the C-32B from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ and is the only U.S Air Force C-32B", while all prior and successive editions describe a need to support upgrades ...
2.6 150th to 199th Aero Squadrons. ... 32d Air Refueling Squadron, McGuire AFB, New Jersey [10] ... 73d Special Operations Squadron, Cannon AFB, New Mexico ...
See: McGuire Air Force Base for additional information and history. The base originated in 1941 as Fort Dix Army Air Force Base. Closed briefly after World War II, it reopened in 1948 as McGuire Air Force Base. The base was named after Major Thomas B. McGuire, Jr., Medal of Honor recipient, and the second leading ace in American history. [4]