126th Air Refueling Wing

126th Air Refueling Wing
126th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 59–1500 taking off to a forward deployed location in support of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn, 24 March 2011
Active8 September 1942–Present
Country United States
Allegiance Illinois
Branch  Air National Guard
TypeWing
RoleAir Refueling
Part ofIllinois Air National Guard
Garrison/HQScott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois
Motto(s)Anytime, Anywhere
Tail CodeBlue tail stripe bordered in orange, with "Illinois" in white letters over an orange "I" to the left
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Nicolas Henschel
Insignia
126th Air Refueling Wing emblem
Aircraft flown
TankerKC-135R
A 126th ARW KC-135E taking off from Eielson AFB Alaska, in 2004.

The 126th Air Refueling Wing (126 ARW) is a unit of the Illinois Air National Guard, stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.

The 108th Air Refueling Squadron, assigned to the Wing's 126th Operations Group, 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 formed before World War II.