112th Air Refueling Group

112th Air Refueling Group
112th Air Refueling Group emblem
Active	1942–1993
Country	United States
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Group
Role	Aerial Refueling
Part of	Mississippi Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania

See 350th Fighter Group for World War II lineage and history

The 112th Air Refueling Group (112 ARG) is an inactive unit of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, stationed at Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania. It was inactivated on 1 October 1993.

History

Lineage

• Activated in England on 1 October 1942 by special authority granted to Eighth Air Force prior to constitution as 350th Fighter Group on 2 October 1942

Inactivated on 7 November 1945

• Re-designated: 350th Fighter Group, and allotted to Pennsylvania ANG on 24 May 1946

Extended federal recognition on 22 April 1949

Re-designated: 112th Fighter-Bomber Group, 1 November 1952

Re-designated: 112th Fighter-Interceptor Group, 1 July 1955

Re-designated: 112th Tactical Fighter Group, 1 July 1975

Re-designated: 112th Air Refueling Group, 16 October 1991

Inactivated: 1 October 1993

Assignments

• Eighth Air Force, 1 October 1942
• VIII Fighter Command, 2 October 1942 – 6 January 1943
• Twelfth Air Force, 6 January 1943 – 14 July 1945
• III Fighter Command, 25 August – 7 November 1945
• 53d Fighter Wing, 22 April 1949

Components

• 146th Fighter (later Fighter-Bomber, Fighter-Interceptor, Tactical Fighter, Air Refueling) Squadron, 22 April 1949-1 October 1993
• 147th Fighter (later Fighter-Bomber, Fighter-Interceptor) Squadron, 22 April 1949-1 February 1964
• 148th Fighter (later Fighter-Bomber, Fighter-Interceptor) Squadron, 22 April 1949-10 February 1951; 1 November 1952-30 June 1956 (GSU at Reading MAP)

Stations

• RAF Bushey Hall (AAF-341), England, 1 October 1942
• RAF Duxford (AAF-357), England, October 1942
• Oujda Airfield, French Morocco, 6 January 1943
• Oran Es Sénia Airport, Oran, Algeria, 14 February 1943
• Maison Blanche Airport, Algiers, Algeria, May 1943
• Rerhaia Airfield, Algeria, c. 17 July 1943

• Sardinia, 5 November 1943
• Corsica, 6 February 1944
• Tarquinia Airfield, Italy, 8 September 1944
• Pisa Airfield, Italy, 2 December 1944 – 14 July 1945
• Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina, 25 August – 7 November 1945

Aircraft

• P-39 Aircobra, 1942–1944
• P-400 Aircobra, 1942–1944
• P-38 Lightning, 1943
• P-47 Thunderbolt, 1944–1945

References

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