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In 2006, the KC-135E fleet was flying an annual average of 350 hours per aircraft and the KC-135R fleet was flying an annual average of 710 hours per aircraft. The KC-135 fleet is currently flying double its planned yearly flying hour program to meet airborne refueling requirements, and has resulted in higher than forecast usage and sustainment ...
As a result of Base Realignment and Closure action, the group no longer has aircraft assigned and is a associate squadron sharing KC-135R aircraft with AMC's 92d Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild. The group was first organized at Geiger Field, Washington in 1960 as the 141st Fighter Group.
This is a list of United States Air Force air refueling squadrons. Air refueling squadrons Squadron Shield Location Nickname Aircraft Status 2nd Air Refueling Squadron McGuire AFB "Second to None" KC-46 Pegasus Active 6th Air Refueling Squadron Travis AFB, Fairfield CA Strength Extended KC-10 Extender Active 7th Air Refueling Squadron Carswell AFB, Ft. Worth TX KC-135A Inactivated 1993 9th Air ...
The unit was reactivated at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, in the United Kingdom on 31 March 1992 as the 351st Air Refueling Squadron, operating the Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker. [1] The first KC-135R to arrive at Mildenhall for the 351st was 58-0100 on 19 May 1992 from Loring Air Force Base, Maine. [20] Nine KC-135Rs had arrived by September 1992. [21]
The 108th is equipped with the KC-135R Stratotanker. The squadron is a descendant organization of the World War I 108th Aero Squadron , established on 27 August 1917. It was reformed on 1 July 1927, as the 108th Observation Squadron , and is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard ...
It operates the Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker, a long-range tanker aircraft capable of refueling a variety of aircraft in mid-air, anywhere in the world and under any weather condition. The 91st's KC-135s have supported US military operations all over the world. [3]
It began as a small 4 aircraft squadron until 1995 when it was authorized to grow to 8 aircraft and increased personnel. From late February to April 1998, four KC-135R aircraft from the 203rd, and over 200 154th Wing maintenance and support guard members deployed to Istres Air Base, France, to participate in Operation Deliberate Forge. As real ...
A Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker of the 173d Air Refueling Squadron, landing at Lincoln ANGB. The 173d ARS is the oldest unit in the Nebraska Air National Guard, having over 60 years of service to the state and nation.