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Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base is an Ohio Air National Guard installation at Rickenbacker International Airport near Lockbourne in southern Franklin County. The base was named for the famous early aviator and Columbus native Eddie Rickenbacker. It is the home of the 121st Air Refueling Wing (121 ARW), an Air National Guard (ANG) unit that ...
Rickenbacker International is also home of the Ohio Army National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility No. 2 and the headquarters for the Ohio Military Reserve, one of the state defense forces of Ohio. In 1999 and 2007, the airport held Gatherings of Mustangs and Legends. Dozens of Mustang airplanes attended each time. [3]
It was constituted 1 October 1987 in the Ohio National Guard as the 137th Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System. On that date it was organized from existing units (mainly from the 1416th Transportion Company later redesignated as Company D (-) (Columbus, OH) and Det 1, Co D 137th Aviation (Greensburg, OH ...
It is now Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, home to an Ohio Air National Guard wing at Rickenbacker International Airport. Eddie Rickenbacker (center) receives a painting from Columbus Mayor ...
Block "Ohio" Red Tail Stripe. Insignia. 121st Air Refueling Wing emblem. The 121st Air Refueling Wing (121 ARW) is a unit of the Ohio Air National Guard, stationed at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.
Three units of the Ohio Air National Guard, including the 178th Wing (formerly 178th Fighter Wing), are based at the co-located Springfield Air National Guard Base. [3] The airport hosts events such as fly-ins and airshows with vintage airplanes. [4] [5] The airport has hosted the Commemorative Air Force. [6] The airport is home to flight schools.
The United States Air Force named a street in honor of Mock at Rickenbacker AFB (presently Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base and Rickenbacker International Airport) in Lockbourne, Ohio (near Columbus). A plaque bearing Mock's accomplishments can be found in the Tallahassee International Airport's Aviation Wall of Fame in Tallahassee, Florida.
The Ohio Army National Guard consists of a variety of combat, combat support, and combat service support units. As of September 2010, its end strength exceeded 11,400 soldiers. Its headquarters is the Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio. Many units conduct Annual Training at Camp Grayling, Michigan.