The 170th Air Refueling Squadron (170 ARS) is a unit of the New Jersey Air National Guard's 108th Wing located on the McGuire AFB entity of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The 170 ARS is equipped with the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus. The 170 ARS, alongside the

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, are associate squadrons of the active-duty

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History

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, using the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, directed the

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to divest the 108th Wing's Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker fleet and to replace the

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76th and 78th Air Refueling Squadrons with the

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141st and 170th Air Refueling Squadrons. On 8 March 2024, the 170th Air Refueling Squadron was activated at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, becoming the Air National Guard's newest unit. The squadron's numerical designation derives from the 170th Group, which was previously allotted to New Jersey between 1964 and 1993. It is equipped with the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus and operates alongside the 108th Wing's 141 ARS. Both the 170 ARS and 141 ARS are "embedded classic associates" of the active-duty

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and 32nd Air Refueling Squadrons, meaning they share the

's 24 KC-46As.

Lineage

* Constituted as 170th Air Refueling Squadron on 7 March 2024 : Activated on 8 March 2024

Assignments

* 108th Operations Group, 8 March 2024 – present

Stations

* McGuire AFB (Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst), New Jersey, 8 March 2024 – present

Aircraft

*Boeing KC-46A Pegasus, 2024–present

References

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