101st Air Refueling Wing

The 101st Air Refueling Wing is a unit of the Maine Air National Guard, stationed at Bangor Air National Guard Base, Bangor, Maine. If activated to federal service with the United States Air Force, the 101 ARW is operationally-gained by the Air Mobility Command.

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Units

In the late 2010s the wing consists of the following major units:

101st Operations Group
101st Maintenance Group
101st Mission Support Group
101st Medical Group

History

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
133d Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons, Grenier AFB
134th Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons, Burlington Municipal Airport

Lineage

Established as the 101st Fighter Wing in October 1950
Redesignated 101st Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 10 February 1951
Released from active duty and returned to Maine state control 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

Components

101st Fighter-Interceptor 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, 1 September 1960 – 31 March 1976, 16 March 1992 – present
158th Fighter Group, 15 April 1956 – 1 July 1960

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, 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