133rd Air Refueling Squadron
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The 133d Air Refueling Squadron flies the KC-135R Stratotanker. It is a unit of the New Hampshire Air National Guard
New Hampshire Air National Guard
The New Hampshire Air National Guard is the air force militia of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It is, along with the New Hampshire Army National Guard, an element of the New Hampshire National Guard...

. Its parent unit is the 157th Air Refueling Wing
157th Air Refueling Wing
The United States Air Force's 157th Air Refueling Wing is an aerial refueling unit of the New Hampshire Air National Guard located at Pease ANGB, New Hampshire...

.

Mission

  • Federal Government: Staff, equip and train combat flying and combat support units to augment the Air Force.
  • State Government: Provide units trained and equipped to protect life and property and to preserve peace, order and public safety.
  • Community: To participate in local, state, and national programs that add value to the community.

Lineage

  • Constituted 383d Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 28 Jan 1942
Activated on 2 Mar 1942
Re-designated: 383d Bombardment Squadron (Dive) on 27 Jul 1942
Re-designated: 99th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 30 Sep 1943
Re-designated: 529th Fighter Squadron on 30 May 1944
Inactivated on 6 Jan 1946
  • Re-designated: 133d Fighter Squadron, and allotted to New Hampshire ANG, on 24 May 1946.
Received federal recognition and activated 14 April 1947
Federalized and placed on active duty, 10 February 1951
Re-designated: 133d Fighter Squadron (Single Engine), 1 March 1951
Released from active duty and returned to New Hampshire state control, 1 November 1952
Re-designated: 133d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1954
Re-designated: 133d Air Transport Squadron (Heavy), 1960
Re-designated: 133d Military Airlift Squadron, 1966
Re-designated: 133d Air Refueling Squadron, 1975

Assignments

  • 311th Bombardment (later Fighter-Bomber; Fighter) Group
    311th Fighter Group
    The 311th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Army Service Forces, being inactivated on 6 January 1946 at Fort Lawton, Washington....

    , 2 Mar 1942-6 Jan 1946.
  • New Hampshire Air National Guard
    New Hampshire Air National Guard
    The New Hampshire Air National Guard is the air force militia of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It is, along with the New Hampshire Army National Guard, an element of the New Hampshire National Guard...

First Air Force
First Air Force
The First Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida....

 (ADC), 14 April 1947
First Air Force
First Air Force
The First Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida....

 (ConAC), 1 December 1948
32d Air Division (ConAC), 1 February 1950
32d Air Division (ADC), 1 January 1951
Federalized and placed on active duty under Air Defense Command, 2 March 1951
101st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 2 March 1951
4707th Defense Wing, 6 February 1952
Released from active duty and returned to New Hampshire state control, 1 November 1952
32d Air Division (ADC), 1 November 1952
101st Fighter Interceptor Group (ADC), 16 April 1956
157th Air Transport Group (MATS), 1 September 1960
157th Military Airlift Group (MAC), 1 January 1966
157th Air Refueling Wing
157th Air Refueling Wing
The United States Air Force's 157th Air Refueling Wing is an aerial refueling unit of the New Hampshire Air National Guard located at Pease ANGB, New Hampshire...

 (SAC), 1975
157th Air Refueling Wing
157th Air Refueling Wing
The United States Air Force's 157th Air Refueling Wing is an aerial refueling unit of the New Hampshire Air National Guard located at Pease ANGB, New Hampshire...

 (AMC), 1 June 1992-Present

Stations

  • Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma
    Oklahoma
    Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

    , 2 March 1942
  • Hunter Field, Georgia
    Georgia (U.S. state)
    Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

    , 4 July 1942
  • Waycross Army Airfield, Georgia
    Georgia (U.S. state)
    Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

    , 22 October 1942 – 18 July 1943
  • Nawadih Airfield
    Nawadih Airfield
    Nawadih Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in India used during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. It is now abandoned.-History:...

    , India, 14 September 1943
  • Dinjan Airfield
    Dinjan Airfield
    Dinjan Airfield was a World War II airfield, located approximately seven miles northeast of Chabua, in the state of Assam, India.It was abandoned after the war and, though unused, is part of an Indian Air Force base.-History:...

    , India, 11 October 1943
  • Tingkawk Sakan Airfield
    Tingkawk Sakan Airfield
    Tingkawk Sakan Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in Burma used during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. It is now abandoned.-History:...

    , Burma, 6 July 1944
  • Pungchacheng, China, 23 Aug 1944
Detachment operated from Hsian, China, 18 Sep-30 Oct 1944, and 30 Mar-Aug 1945

  • Hsian, China, Aug 1945
  • Shanghai, China, 22 Oct-14 Dec 1945
  • Fort Lawton
    Fort Lawton
    Fort Lawton is a United States Army fort located in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The fort was included in the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure list.-History:...

    , Washington, 5–6 January 1946
  • Grenier AFB, New Hampshire, 1947-1966
  • Pease AFB, New Hampshire, 1966-1972
  • Manchester Regional Airport, New Hampshire, 1972-1973 (Runway reconstruction at Pease)
  • Pease AFB, New Hampshire, 1973-1981
  • Pease Air National Guard Base
    Pease Air National Guard Base
    Pease Air National Guard Base is a New Hampshire Air National Guard base located at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease. Formerly, the base was open as Pease Air Force Base until it was closed in 1991. Before it was closed, it was under the control of the United States Air Force's Strategic...

    , New Hampshire, 1991-Present


Aircraft

  • V-72 Vengeance 1942
  • A-36 Apache 1943-1944
  • P-51 Mustang
    P-51 Mustang
    The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II, the Korean War and in several other conflicts...

    , 1944-1945
  • F-47 Thunderbolt, 1947-1952
  • F-51H Mustang, 1952-1954
  • F-94 Starfire
    F-94 Starfire
    The Lockheed F-94 Starfire was the United States Air Force's first operational jet-powered all-weather interceptor aircraft. It was a development by Lockheed of the twin-seat T-33 Shooting Star trainer aircraft.-Design and development:...

    , 1954-1958

  • F-86 Sabre
    F-86 Sabre
    The North American F-86 Sabre was a transonic jet fighter aircraft. Produced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as America's first swept wing fighter which could counter the similarly-winged Soviet MiG-15 in high speed dogfights over the skies of the Korean War...

    , 1958-1960
  • C-97 Stratofreighter
    C-97 Stratofreighter
    The Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter was a long range heavy military cargo aircraft based on the B-29 bomber. Design work began in 1942, with the prototype's first flight being on 9 November 1944, and the first production aircraft entered service in 1947. Between 1947 and 1958, 888 C-97s in several...

    , 1960-1968
  • C-124 Globemaster, 1968-1971
  • C-130 Hercules
    C-130 Hercules
    The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed, now Lockheed Martin. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport...

    , 1971-1975
  • KC-135 Stratotanker
    KC-135 Stratotanker
    The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an aerial refueling military aircraft. It and the Boeing 707 airliner were developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype. The KC-135 was the US Air Force's first jet-powered refueling tanker and replaced the KC-97 Stratotanker...

    , 1975-Present


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