101st Air Refueling Wing

Units

The 101st Air Refueling Wing consists of the following major units:

101st Operations Group

132d Air Refueling Squadron

101st Maintenance Group

101st Mission Support Group

101st Medial Group

Korean War federalization

The mission of the 101st FIW was the air defense of New England. Its assigned squadrons were dispersed and equipped as follows:

132d Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons, Dow AFB (F-80C)

133d Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons, Grenier AFB (F-47D)

134th Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons, Burlington Municipal Airport (F-51H)

Air refueling

1990/1991 Gulf crisis

Modern era

Lineage

Established as the 101st Fighter Wing in October 1950

Activated on 25 October 1950 Federalized and ordered to active service on 1 February 1951

Redesignated 101st Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 10 February 1951

Inactivated on 6 February 1952

Released from active duty and returned to Maine state control on 1 November 1952

Activated and received federal recognition on 1 November 1952

Redesignated 101st Air Defense Wing on 14 April 1956

Redesignated 101st Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 10 June 1972

Redesignated 101st Air Refueling Wing on 1 July 1976

Assignments

Maine Air National Guard, 25 October 1950

Eastern Air Defense Force, 10 February 1951

Western Air Defense Force 2 August 1951 – 6 February 1952

Maine Air National Guard, 1 November 1952 - present

Gaining commands

Air Defense Command (later Aerospace Defense Command), 1 November 1952 Strategic Air Command, 1 July 1976 Air Combat Command, 1 June 1992 Air Mobility Command, 1 June 1993 – present

Components

101st Fighter-Interceptor Group (later 101st Fighter Group), 10 February 1951 – 6 February 1952; 1 November 1952 – 30 April 1954, 1 June 1954 - 31 March 1956, 15 April 1956 - 1 September 1960

101st Fighter Group (later 101st Fighter-Interceptor Group, 101st Air Refueling Group, 101st Operations Group), 1 September 1960 – 31 March 1976, 16 March 1992 – present

158th Fighter Group (Air Defense), 15 April 1956 – 1 July 1960

132d Fighter Squadron (later 132d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 132d Air Refueling Squadron), 31 March 1976 - 16 March 1992

Stations

Dow Air Force Base, Maine, 25 October 1950

Grenier Air Force Base, New Hampshire, 23 April 1951

Larson Air Force Base, Washington, 2 August 1951 - 6 February 1952

Dow Air Force Base (later Bangor International Airport, Bangor Air National Guard Base), 1 November 1952 – present

Aircraft

F-80C Shooting Star, 1950–1952

F-86F Sabre 1952–1955

F-94A Starfire, 1955–1957

F-89D Scorpion, 1957–1959

F-89J Scorpion, 1959–1969

F-102A Delta Dagger 1959

F-101B Voodoo 1969–1976

KC-135A Stratotanker, 1976–1984

KC-135E Stratotanker, 1984–2007

KC-135R Stratotanker, 2007 – present