126th Air Refueling Squadron

126th Air Refueling Squadron
126th Air Refueling Squadron – KC-135R 63-8029
Active1940–1942; 1943–1945; 1947–1952; 1952–present
Country United States
Allegiance Wisconsin
Branch  Air National Guard
TypeSquadron
RoleAir Refueling
Part ofWisconsin Air National Guard
Garrison/HQGeneral Mitchell Air National Guard Base, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
EngagementsAntisubmarine Campaign European Theater of Operations
Insignia
126th Air Refueling Squadron emblem (Approved 3 April 1954)[1]
34th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron emblem
Tail StripeRed with "Wisconsin" in white letters

The 126th Air Refueling Squadron is a unit of the 128th Air Refueling Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard stationed at General Mitchell Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin. The 126th is equipped with the KC-135R Stratotanker.

The squadron was first organized in the Wisconsin National Guard as the 126th Observation Squadron in 1940. It is one of 29 National Guard Observation Squadrons formed before World War II.

  1. ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 105–106