92nd Air Refueling Wing

92d Air Refueling Wing
Wing KC-135 Stratotanker after a snowfall at Fairchild AFB
Active1947–1948; 1948–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleAir Refueling
Part ofAir Mobility Command
Garrison/HQFairchild Air Force Base
Motto(s)Duplum Incolumitatis Latin Twofold Security[1]
DecorationsAir Force Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[2]
Commanders
Notable
commanders
General Arthur Lichte
General David Wade
Insignia
92d Air Refueling Wing emblem (approved 7 July 1994)[2]
92d Bombardment Wing emblem (approved 21 November 1957)[3]
92d Bombardment Wing emblem (approved 9 June 1952)[1][note 1]
Aircraft flown
TankerBoeing KC-135 Stratotanker

The 92d Air Refueling Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Mobility Command Eighteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. The wing is also the host unit at Fairchild. The wing carries out air refueling, passenger and cargo airlift, and aero-medical evacuation missions.

Its 92d Operations Group is a successor organization to the World War II 92d Bombardment Group. It was the first VIII Bomber Command Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombardment group to bomb strategic targets in Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany from RAF Bovingdon, England in September 1942. From 1948 to 1992, the 92d Bombardment Wing was a part of Strategic Air Command's nuclear deterrent force during the Cold War.

The 92d Air Refueling Wing is commanded by Colonel Chesley L. Dycus, its Vice Commander is Colonel Garret J. Bilbo and Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant William J. Arcuri.[4]

  1. ^ a b Endicott, p. 213
  2. ^ a b Kane, Robert B. (12 July 2010). "Factsheet 92 Air Refueling Wing (AMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. ^ Ravenstein, pp. 128-130
  4. ^ "Biographies". www.Fairchild.af.mil. 92nd Air Refueling Wing. Retrieved 7 June 2022.


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