117th Air Refueling Wing
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The 117th Air Refueling Wing is a unit of the Alabama Air National Guard, stationed at Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base Birmingham, Alabama. If activated to federal service, it is gained by the U
106th ARS KC-135 with refueling boom extended
117th Tactical Reconnaissance Group Early Emblem
Lockheed RF-80C-11-LO Shooting Star Serial 45–8391 in the foreground, along with other RF-80s of the 160th Tactical Recon Squadron, 1952. (Photo taken at Neubiberg AB, West Germany)
Douglas A/RB-26C-40-DT Invader serial 44-35599 of the 117th TRW in a temporary wooden nose "hangar", January 1953. Notice the temporary Pierced Steel Planking used for the parking apron with the snow and ice. This aircraft was sold to France in September 1956. It was eventually withdrawn from use in May 1967 and scrapped.
99th Air Refueling Squadron
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The 99th Air Refueling Squadron is part of the 6th Air Mobility Wing at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, but is stationed at Birmingham Air National Guard Base, Alabama. It is an Active Associate Unit
117th Air Refueling Wing
…by the Governor of Alabama. Units The 117th Air Refueling Wing consists of the following units: 117th Operations Group 106th Air Refueling Squadron 99th Air Refueling Squadron 117th Maintenance Group 117th Mission Support Group 117th Medical Group History Background The 117th Fighter Group was extended federal recognition on…
117th Air Refueling Wing KC-135s on the Birmingham ANGB flightline
99th Air Refueling Squadron