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The 301st was reactivated in July 1972 as the 301st Tactical Fighter Wing at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas in the United States Air Force Reserve. Upon reactivation the wing was assigned the Republic F-105 Thunderchief , with the Carswell-based 457th Fighter Squadron using specially modified version of the F-105D called the "Thunderstick II".
The 301st Operations Group (301 OG) is a flying component of the 301st Fighter Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Reserve Tenth Air Force. The group is stationed at Carswell Field , Texas.
The 301st Air Refueling Wing is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force being last assigned to the Strategic Air Command at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, where it was inactivated on 1 June 1992.
The 301st replaced the Air Force Reserve's 916th Military Airlift Group (916 MAG), which was inactivated. [1] The 301st's 457th Tactical Fighter Squadron flew the F-105 Thunderchief from 1972 to 1982. It transitioned to the F-4 Phantom II in 1981, then to the F-16 Fighting Falcon in 1990. The wing has participated in exercises, both within the ...
The 457th Fighter Squadron is the only flying squadron attached to the 301st Fighter Wing. The unit is currently converting to the F-35A Lightning II, which will carry TX tail codes. The just retired Block 30 F-16Cs also carried the unit tail code TX on their F-16s. The earlier Block 25 F-16Cs flown by the unit during 1990-1996 carried TF tail ...
There are two 301st wings. The 301st Fighter Wing, which is one of three Second World War wings to be wings (others are 24th and 54th), was revived in 1972 as the overall headquarters for reserve F-105 units. The 301st Bombardment Wing was one of the first wings under the Hobson Plan, and served SAC, ultimately as an air refueling wing until 1992.
The 301st Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force (USAF) unit. It was last assigned to the 301st Air Refueling Wing at Rickenbacker Air Force Base, Ohio, where it was inactivated on 31 December 1975. In 1985 the 301st was consolidated with the World War II 301st Transport Squadron and 322d Transport Squadron.
301st Air Refueling Wing: 15 June 1964 – 30 September 1979 5 January 1988 – 1 June 1992: Rickenbacker AFB Malmstrom AFB: 301st Bombardment Wing [note 4] SAC [8] 305th Air Refueling Wing: 1 January 1970 – 1 October 1994: Grissom AFB: 305th Bombardment Wing: 305th Air Mobility Wing: SAC, AMC [9] 319th Air Refueling Wing: 1 October 1993 ...