The 22d Air Refueling Wing is a

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unit assigned to the

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's Eighteenth Air Force. It is stationed at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas and also functions as the host wing for McConnell. Its primary mission is to provide global reach by conducting air refueling and airlift where and when needed. It is one of only three "supertanker" wings in the Air Force, with four Regular Air Force air refueling squadrons, and 47 Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker and Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aircraft. Its origins date to 1940 as the 22d Bombardment Group. The group was one of the first

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units to be deployed into the Pacific Theater after the

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with the Martin

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medium bomber. The 22d Operations Group carries the lineage and history of its highly decorated World War II predecessor unit. Active for over 60 years, the 22 Air Refueling Wing and its earlier designation as the 22d Bombardment Wing, was a component wing of

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's deterrent force during the

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. The 22d Air Refueling Wing is commanded by Colonel Richard Tanner. Its Vice Commander is Colonel Mark Baran. The Wing's Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Melissa Royster.

History

: ''For additional history and lineage, see 22d Operations Group'' Established as 22d Bombardment Wing, Medium, on 28 July 1948. Activated on 1 August 1948. The new wing was assigned to March Air Force Base, California on 10 May 1949. It was not operational, so it shared a commander with the 1st Fighter Wing. The 22d Bomb became operational on 1 July 1949. The 1st Fighter Wing was attached to it and both wings shared the same commanding officer.

Korean War

Detached from the wing, the 22d Bombardment Group deployed its B-29s in early July 1950 to Kadena Air Base,

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, where it came under control of Far Ease Air Forces Bomber Command (Provisional). On 13 July, the group flew its first mission, against the marshaling yards and oil refinery at

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. By 21 October, it had amassed fifty-seven missions against the enemy, attacking bridges, factories, industrial targets, troop concentrations, airfields, marshalling yards, communications centers, and port facilities. During four months of combat, the group flew 335

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s with only fourteen aborts and dropped over 6,500 tons of bombs. It redeployed to the United States in late October and November 1950.

Cold War

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Following the return of the Bombardment Group the wing re-equipped the propeller-driven B-29s with new B-47E Stratojet swept-wing bomber medium bombers in 1953, capable of flying at high subsonic speeds and primarily designed for penetrating the airspace of the Soviet Union. It trained for proficiency in global strategic bombardment, adding air refueling to its mission in 1952. The wing deployed at

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, England, September–December 1951, and at RAF Upper Heyford, England, December 1953 – March 1954. From April to July 1957, it deployed to Andersen Air Force Base,

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. SAC began phasing the B-47 out of the inventory beginning in 1962, sending the last of the wing's aircraft to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona in 1963. The wing was not tactically operational 11 March 1963 – 15 September 1963, while converting to B-52D bombers and KC-135A tankers. The wing supported Fifteenth Air Force's post-attack command and control system with EC-135s from, September 1964 – March 1970. The 22d was a "super" wing from 1966–1971, with two bombardment and two tanker squadrons. From 10 March to c. 1 October 1967 the wing was reduced to a small "rear-echelon" non-tactical organization with all tactical resources and most support resources loaned to SAC organizations involved in combat operations in

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. In 1971 the Air Force retired all of its B-52C aircraft. The last airplane of this series was flown from March to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona for storage on 29 September 1971. The wing continued to support SAC operations in the

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and Southeast Asia through 1975, and from 10 April 1972 to 29 October 1973 again the wing had all its bomber resources loaned to other organizations for combat and contingency operations. The wing's KC-135 resources were also on loan from 10 April to September 1972; afterwards, a few tankers returned to wing control. The wing maintained a strategic bombardment alert posture from, 1973–1982, but in 1978 it added

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missions, including mine-laying and sea reconnaissance/surveillance. For many years, the wing provided the operations staff and support of the Tanker Task Force (TTF) operations supporting Red Flag exercise flight operations on the Nellis Ranges, north of Las Vegas, NV, using

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personnel and equipment assets deploying from other bases for the duration of a Red Flag Exercise. The tanker task force staff TTF at March also supported overseas deployments of U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and

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fighter aircraft going to the Pacific Region using both

and KC-10 tankers. In 1982, the wing retired its B-52D aircraft and converted from a bombardment wing (BMW) to an air refueling wing (ARW). It was the first USAF unit to operate the new KC-10A along with KC-135A and KC-135E aircraft. From 1982, the wing provided strategic air refueling and

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in support of worldwide U.S. Air Force and other

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operations and training exercises. In 1983, the wing moved personnel and cargo in support of

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ian resistance to

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n incursions and conducted airlift and refueling missions during rescue of U.S. nationals in

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. The wing also provided specialized refueling support to

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aircraft reconnaissance operations using Boeing KC-135Q and (after the CFM-56 conversion) KC-135T aircraft with specialized fuel systems designed to handle the

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fuel, worldwide from 1985 to 1990. In 1989, the 22 ARW transferred its KC-135E and KC-135Q aircraft and became solely a KC-10 unit.

After the Cold War

The 22 ARW supported

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deployments to

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and contributed aircraft and personnel to logistics efforts in support of the liberation of

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from, 1990–1991. On 1 June 1992, Strategic Air Command was inactivated and the 22d ARW was assigned to the newly established

(AMC). From the end of 1992 to 1994, the wing flew

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airlift missions to

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and it also provided air refueling in support of deployments to

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in 1994. On 1 January 1994, the wing was reassigned without personnel or equipment from March upon the transfer of March to the

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) to McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, replacing the inactivating 384th Bomb Wing and assuming control of the 384th's KC-135R aircraft. The 22 ARW's former KC-10A aircraft assets were subsequently transferred to the 60th Airlift Wing at

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, California, that unit being redesignated as the 60th Air Mobility Wing (60 AMW). Various air refueling squadrons were reassigned to the reconstituted 22 ARW from other units as follows: * 344 ARS from 68 ARW, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina * 349 & 350 ARS from 100 ARW,

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, California * 384 ARS from inactivated 384 BW, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas First delivered KC-46 lands at McConnell AFB 20190125

After the realignment, the 22 ARW deployed crews and aircraft to support no-fly missions over northern and southern

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and over

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. In 1999, wing aircraft and crews deployed to the

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to refuel

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aircraft over

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. After the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, wing-supplied tanker crews and aircraft air-refueled combat aircraft on missions to the

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area. The wing provided deployed KC-135R support during

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and continues to provide aerial refueling and air mobility support under

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in the United States,

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and Operation New Dawn overseas, and other AMC, USTRANSCOM, other combatant command, and associated national taskings as required. On 25 January 2019, the Wing received the first two (''15-46009'' and ''17-46031'') of a planned 36 KC-46 Pegasus aircraft that will eventually replace the KC-135 as the primary Air Force tanker aircraft. A further two (''17-46030'' and ''16-46022'') were delivered to McConnell on 31 January.

Subordinate organizations

22d Operations Group (22 OG) * 344th Air Refueling Squadron (344 ARS) (Black tail stripe, now white) * 349th Air Refueling Squadron (349 ARS) (Blue tail stripe, now white) * 350th Air Refueling Squadron (350 ARS) (Yellow tail stripe, now white) *22d Operations Support Squadron (22 OSS) 22d Maintenance Group (22 MXG) *22d Maintenance Squadron (22 MXS) *22d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (22 AMXS) *22d Maintenance Operations Squadron (22 MOS) 22d Mission Support Group (22 MSG) *22d Security Forces Squadron (22 SFS) * 22d Contracting Squadron (22 CONS) *22d Force Support Squadron (22 FSS) *22d Logistics Readiness Squadron (22 LRS) *22d Communications Squadron (22 CS) *22d Civil Engineering Squadron (22 CES) 22d Medical Group (22 MDG) *22d Medical Operations Squadron (22 MDOS) *22d Aeromedical Dental Squadron (22 AMDS) *22d Medical Support Squadron (22 MDSS) Additionally, the 22d Comptroller Squadron (22 CPTS) reports directly to the wing staff.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 22d Bombardment Wing, Medium on 28 July 1948 : Activated on 1 August 1948 : Redesignated: 22d Bombardment Wing, Heavy on 15 March 1963 : Redesignated: 22d Air Refueling Wing, Heavy on 1 October 1982 : Redesignated: 22d Air Refueling Wing on 1 September 1991

Assignments

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, 1 August 1948 : Attached to: 301st Bombardment Wing, 1 August 1948 – 9 May 1949 : Attached to: 1st Fighter Wing, 10 May – 30 June 1949 * 12th Air Division, 10 February 1951 : Attached to:

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, 5 September – 4 December 1951; 7 December 1953 – 5 March 1954 : Attached to: 3d Air Division, 1 April – 5 July 1957 * 47th Air (later, 47th Strategic Aerospace; 47th Air) Division, 1 January 1962 * 14th Strategic Aerospace Division, 31 March 1970 * 47th Air Division, 30 June 1971 * 12th Strategic Missile (later, 12th Air) Division, 1 August 1972 * 47th Air Division, 1 October 1985 * 14th Air Division, 23 January 1987 * Fifteenth Air Force, 1 July 1988 * Eighteenth Air Force, since 1 October 2003

Components

Wings * 1st Fighter Wing: attached 1 July 1949 – 1 April 1950 * 330th Bombardment Wing: attached 27 June 1949 – 30 April 1951 Groups * 22d Bombardment (later, 22d Operations) Group: 1 August 1948 – 16 June 1952 (detached 1 August 1948 – 30 June 1949; 14 November 1949 – 20 February 1950; 4 July – c. 31 October 1950); 1 September 1991 – . * 458th Operations Group: 1 June 1992 – 1 July 1995 Squadrons * 2d Bombardment Squadron: attached 10 February 1951 – 15 June 1952, assigned 16 June 1952 – 15 March 1963; 15 September 1963 – 1 October 1982 * 6th Air Refueling Squadron: 3 January 1989 – 1 September 1991 * 9th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 August 1982 – 1 September 1991 * 408th Bombardment Squadron: 1 January 1959 – 1 January 1962 * 19th Bombardment Squadron: attached 10 February 1951 – 15 June 1952, assigned 16 June 1952 – 15 March 1963 * 22d Air Refueling Squadron: attached 10 February 1951 – 15 June 1952, assigned 16 June 1952 – 15 June 1960; 1 July 1963 – 1 December 1989 * 33d Bombardment Squadron: attached 10 February 1951 – 15 June 1952, assigned 16 June 1952 – 15 March 1963 * 320th Air Refueling Squadron: 16 June 1960 – 15 September 1962 * 352d Bombardment Squadron: attached 20 September – c. November 1951 * 486th Bombardment Squadron: 2 October 1966 – 1 July 1971 * 909th Air Refueling Squadron: 25 June 1966 – 1 July 1971

Stations

* Smoky Hill Air Force Base, Kansas, 1 August 1948 * March Air Force Base, California, 1 May 1949 – 31 December 1993 * McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, 1 January 1994 – present

Aircraft operated

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(1949–1950) *

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(1952–1962) *

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(1953–1963) *

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(1963–1982) * EC-135 Bird of Prey (1963–1970) *

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(1963–1989; 1994–present) *

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(1982–1994) * C-21 (1992–1993) * C-12 Huron (1993–1995) * KC-46 Pegasus (2019–present) References for commands and major units assigned, components and stations:Rogers, Brian (2005). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. Hinkley, England: Midland Publications. .

Operations

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* Operation Northern Watch * Operation Southern Watch *

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References

Notes

Bibliography

* This article contains information from th
22d Air Refueling Wing history factsheet
which is an official document of the United States Government and is presumed to be in the public domain. * * * *

External links

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