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===Components===
===Components===
* 186th Operations Group, 1 Jun 1992-Present
* 153d Tactical Reconnaissance (later: Air Refueling) Squadron, 15 Oct 1962-30 May 1992


===Stations===
===Stations===
* Key Field Air National Guard Base, Mississippi, 15 October 1962-Present


===Aircraft===
===Aircraft===
* RF-84F Thunderflash: 1962-1970
* RF-101C Voodoo: 1970-1979
* RF-4C Phantom II: 1978-1991
* KC-135R Stratotanker: 1992–Present
* C-26 Metroliner: 2007–Present
* MC-12 Liberty: 2009-Present


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:48, 6 September 2012

186th Air Refueling Wing
186th Air Refueling Wingemblem
Active1962-Present
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force/Air National Guard
TypeWing
RoleAerial Refueling
Part ofAir National Guard/Air Mobility Command
Garrison/HQKey Field, Mississippi (USA)
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Franklin Chalk

The 186th Air Refueling Wing (168 ARW) is a unit of the Mississippi Air National Guard located at Key Field Air National Guard Base, Mississippi.

Overview

The 186th traces its origins to the 153rd Observation Squadron which was orgainized in September 1939 and served on active duty in Europe During World War II. As the 153rd Liaison Squadron, the unit distinguished itself during the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944. As the 153rd Fighter Squadron, it flew P-47Ns until reorganized as the 153 TRS, and converted to RF-51Ds in December 1952. The squadron was then successively equipped wth RF-80As (from June 1955), RF-84Fs (from October 1956, including eleven months on active duty at home during the Berlin Crisis call-up in 1961-1962). In November 1970 the 153rd received RF-101Cs and operated them until replaced with RF-4Cs in September 1978. After receiving its first two KC-135Rs, the 186th Tactical Reconnaissance Group was redesignated as the 186th Air Refueling Group on April 1, 1992. It will become an airlift wing in 2011.

It was assigned briefly to Strategic Air Command on 1 April 1992, but reassigned to Air Mobility Command, Fifteenth Air Force on 31 May 1992.

The 286th Air Operations Group activated on 8 April 2011 to support the missions of the Continental US NORAD Region and 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) at Tyndall AFB, Fla. The new group belongs to Key Field's 186th Air Refueling Wing, which is losing its KC-135 tankers under BRAC 2005.[1]

History

Lineage

  • Established as 186th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, and activated, 15 Oct 1962
Re-designated: 186th Air Refueling Group, 1 Apr 1992
Status changed from Group to Wing, 1 Jun 1992
Re-designated: 186th Air Refueling Wing, 1 Jun 1992

Assignments

  • Mississippi Air National Guard, 15 Oct 1962-Present
Gained by: Tactical Air Command, 15 Oct 1962
Gained by: Air Combat Command, 30 June 1992
Gained by: Air Mobility Command, 1 Oct 1993-Present

Components

  • 186th Operations Group, 1 Jun 1992-Present
  • 153d Tactical Reconnaissance (later: Air Refueling) Squadron, 15 Oct 1962-30 May 1992

Stations

  • Key Field Air National Guard Base, Mississippi, 15 October 1962-Present

Aircraft

  • RF-84F Thunderflash: 1962-1970
  • RF-101C Voodoo: 1970-1979
  • RF-4C Phantom II: 1978-1991
  • KC-135R Stratotanker: 1992–Present
  • C-26 Metroliner: 2007–Present
  • MC-12 Liberty: 2009-Present

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. ^ Lt. Col. Susan A. Romano, Mississippi Airmen join CONR-1st AF team, AFNORTH Public Affairs


External links

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