101st Air Refueling Wing
132d Air Refueling Squadron – Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker refueling an F-22A Raptor
Active	2 March 1942 – present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Maine
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Wing
Role	Aerial refueling
Part of	Maine Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Bangor Air National Guard Base, Bangor, Maine
Nickname	"MAINEiacs"
Motto	He Strikes As Lightning
Tail Code	A white tailband with black text 'Maine' included.
Engagements	Burma Campaign 1944–1945

The101st Air Refueling Wing (101 ARW) is a unit of theMaine Air National Guard, stationed atBangor Air National Guard Base, Bangor, Maine. If activated to federal service with theUnited States Air Force, the 101 ARW is operationally-gained by theAir Mobility Command (AMC).

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

• 101st Operations Group

132d Air Refueling Squadron (KC-135R)

• 101st Maintenance Group
• 101st Mission Support Group
• 101st Medical Group

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)

• Established as the101st Fighter Wing in October 1950

Activated on 25 October 1950

Federalized and ordered to active service on 1 February 1951

• Redesignated101st Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 10 February 1951^[1]

Inactivated on 6 February 1952^[1]

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

Activated and received federal recognition on 1 November 1952

• Redesignated101st Air Defense Wing on 14 April 1956
• Redesignated101st Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 10 June 1972
• Redesignated101st Air Refueling Wing on 1 July 1976

• Maine Air National Guard, 25 October 1950
• Eastern Air Defense Force, 10 February 1951^[1]
• Western Air Defense Force 2 August 1951 – 6 February 1952^[1]
• 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

• 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^[2]
• 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 - (present?)

• Dow Air Force Base, Maine, 25 October 1950^[1]
• Grenier Air Force Base, New Hampshire, 23 April 1951^[1]
• Larson Air Force Base, Washington, 2 August 1951 – 6 February 1952^[1]
• Dow Air Force Base (later Bangor International Airport, Bangor Air National Guard Base), 1 November 1952 – present

• 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

 This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980).A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946 - 1980(PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved23 March 2012.
• McLaren, David (2004), Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star: A Photo Chronicle, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.; First Edition,ISBN 0887409075
• Rogers, Brian. (2005).United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. Hinkley, UK: Midland Publications.ISBN 1-85780-197-0.

• 134th Fighter Squadron lineage and history
• 158th Fighter Wing History
• Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W.,A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 – 1980, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).Archived 13 February 2016 at theWayback Machine
• 101st Air Refueling Wing website

• Wings of the United States Air National Guard
• History of Bangor, Maine
• Air refueling wings of the United States Air Force
• Military units and formations in Maine
• Military units and formations established in 1976
• 1976 establishments in the United States

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