141st Air Refueling Wing

141st Air Refueling Wing
141st Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker over Mount Rainier
Active1976–present
Country United States
Allegiance Washington
Branch  Air National Guard
TypeWing
RoleAir refueling
Part ofWashington Air National Guard
Garrison/HQFairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington.
Tail CodeFairchild
Websitehttp://www.141arw.ang.af.mil
Commanders
Wing CommanderColonel James McGovern
Command Chief Master SergeantChief Master Sgt. Ed Pohl
Insignia
141st Air Refueling Wing emblem
Tail stripe

The 141st Air Refueling Wing is a unit of the Washington Air National Guard, stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. If activated to federal service, the wing is gained by Air Mobility Command (AMC). As a result of Base Realignment and Closure action, the wing no longer has any unit assigned aircraft and is a associate squadron sharing KC-135R aircraft with AMC's 92d Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild. The wing was activated in 1976, when it absorbed the subordinate elements of the 141st Fighter-Interceptor Group, which moved to Fairchild from Geiger Field, where they had been supporting an air defense mission.

The 116th Air Refueling Squadron assigned to the wing's 141st Operations Group, was first organized during World War I as the 116th Aero Squadron, and is one of the 29 squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.