Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base - 121st Air Refueling Wing

121st Air Refueling Wing

The Rickenbacker-based 121st Air Refueling Wing (121 ARW) mission is to provide in-flight air refueling support to Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and allied aircraft, on a worldwide, daily basis.

The 121 ARW is one of three "super wings" in the Air National Guard, the others being the 131st Fighter Wing, Missouri ANG, and the 146th Airlift Wing, California ANG. If activated, the wing comes under the operational control of the Air Mobility Command.

The Wing operates two operational Air Refueling Squadrons, the 145th and 166th. Both squadrons fly the Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker (blue/red tail stripe "Ohio")

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