141st Air Refueling Wing | |
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Active | 1946–present |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Washington |
Branch | Air National Guard |
Type | Wing |
Role | Air Refueling |
Part of | Washington Air National Guard |
Garrison/HQ | Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. |
Tail Code | Fairchild |
Website | http://www.141arw.ang.af.mil |
Commanders | |
Wing Commander | Colonel James McGovern |
Command Chief Master Sergeant | Chief Master Sgt. Ed Pohl |
Insignia | |
141st Air Refueling Wing emblem |
The 141st Air Refueling Wing (141 ARW) is a unit of the Washington Air National Guard, stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. If activated to federal service, the 141 ARW is gained by the United States Air Force and assigned to the Air Mobility Command (AMC). As a result of BRAC action, the 141 ARW no longer has any unit-assigned aircraft and shares KC-135R aircraft with AMC's 92d Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild AFB.
The 116th Air Refueling Squadron assigned to the Wings 141st Operations Group, is a descendant organization of the World War I 116th Aero Squadron, established on 28 August 1917. It was reformed on 6 August 1924, as the 116th 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.