133d Air Refueling Squadron

133d Air Refueling Squadron
133d Air Refueling Squadron Emblem
Active	1975–Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Squadron
Role	Air Refueling
Part of	Air National Guard/Air Mobility Command
Garrison/HQ	Pease Air National Guard Base
Motto	Live Free Or Die

The 133d Air Refueling Squadron flies the KC-135R Stratotanker. It is a unit of the New Hampshire Air National Guard. Its parent unit is the 157th Air Refueling Wing.

1 Mission
2 History
3 References
4 External links

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.

History

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, 2 Mar 1942-6 Jan 1946.
New Hampshire Air National Guard

First Air Force (ADC), 14 April 1947

First Air Force (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 (SAC), 1975

157th Air Refueling Wing (AMC), 1 June 1992-Present

Stations

Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, 2 March 1942
Hunter Field, Georgia, 4 July 1942
Waycross Army Airfield, Georgia, 22 October 1942 – 18 July 1943
Nawadih Airfield, India, 14 September 1943
Dinjan Airfield, India, 11 October 1943
Tingkawk Sakan Airfield, 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, 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, New Hampshire, 1991-Present

Aircraft

V-72 Vengeance 1942
A-36 Apache 1943-1944
P-51 Mustang, 1944-1945
F-47 Thunderbolt, 1947-1952
F-51H Mustang, 1952-1954
F-94 Starfire, 1954-1958

F-86 Sabre, 1958-1960
C-97 Stratofreighter, 1960-1968
C-124 Globemaster, 1968-1971
C-130 Hercules, 1971-1975
KC-135 Stratotanker, 1975-Present

References

	United States Air Force portal
	Military of the United States portal
	World War II portal

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
Maurer, Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force: World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1982.

External links

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State and
territorial
units

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Flying
groups
and
wings

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Air Refueling	101st • 108th • 112th • 117th • 121st • 126th • 128th • 134th • 137th • 141st • 151st • 155th • 157th • 160th • 161st • 168th • 171st • 185th • 186th • 190th

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Intelligence	102nd • 181st • 184th

Reconnaissance	147th • 163d • 214th

Specialized	106th Rescue • 116th Air Control • 129th Rescue • 131st Bomb • 193rd Special Operations • 194th Regional Support

Flying
squadrons

Air command and control	12th • 16th • 128th

Airlift	105th • 109th • 115th • 118th • 130th • 135th • 136th • 137th • 139th • 142d • 143rd • 144th • 155th • 156th • 158th • 164th • 165th • 167th • 169th • 172d • 178th • 180th • 181st • 183d • 187th • 189th • 192d • 198th • 200th • 201st • 204th • 249th

Air refueling	106th • 108th • 116th • 117th • 126th • 132d • 133d • 141st • 145th • 146th • 147th • 150th • 151st • 153d • 166th • 168th • 171st • 173d • 174th • 185th • 191st • 197th • 203d

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Reconnaissance	111th • 196th • 214th

Rescue	101st • 102d • 103d • 129th • 130th • 131st • 210th • 211th • 212th

Specialized	101st Intelligence • 110th Bomb • 113th Air Support Operations • 127th Command and Control • 154th Training • 161st Intelligence • 177th Information Warfare Aggressor • 193rd Special Operations

Non-flying
units

Groups

Air operations	102d • 152d • 157th

Combat communications	162d • 201st • 226th • 251st • 252d • 253d • 254th • 281st

Squadrons

Air Control	116th • 176th

Air Operations	112th

Air Traffic Control	270th • 245th

Combat Communications	114th • 143d • 147th • 148th • 149th • 206th • 221st • 222d • 223d • 225th • 228th • 231st • 232d • 234th • 236th • 239th • 240th • 242d • 244th • 256th • 261st • 262d • 263d • 264th • 265th • 267th • 269th • 271st • 272d • 280th • 282d • 283d • 285th • 291st • 292d • 293d

Command and control	119th • 153d • 222d

Engineering and installation	130th • 202d • 205th • 210th • 211th • 212th • 213th • 214th • 215th • 217th • 218th • 219th • 220th • 241st • 243d • 270th • 272d

Intelligence	117th • 123d • 152d • 194th

RED HORSE	202d • 203d

Space operations	111th • 148th

Space warning	137th • 213th

Special tactics	125th

United States Air Force

Leadership

Organization

Commands	Reserve Air National Guard Field Operating Agencies Installations

Direct Reporting Units	District of Washington Operational Test and Evaluation Center USAF Academy

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Numbered Air Forces	First Second Third Fourth Fifth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth Seventeenth Eighteenth Nineteenth Twentieth Twenty-Second Twenty-Third Twenty-Fourth

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Personnel and
training

Uniforms and
equipment

History and
traditions

Category
Portal

Aerospace Defense Command (ADC)

Bases

CONUS	Ethan Allen Amarillo Beale Bong (unbuilt) Charleston Davis-Monthan Dobbins Dover Dow Duluth Eglin Edwards Ellington Ellsworth England Ent Fairfax Fallon Fort Heath Fort Lee Geiger George Glasgow Grand Forks Grenier Griffiss Gunter Hamilton Hancock Homestead Hurlburt Hunter Jacksonville Key West Kincheloe Kingsley Kirtland Lackland Laredo Larson Luke MacDill March Malmstrom McCoy McChord McClellan McGhee Tyson McGuire Minneapolis-St. Paul Minot Mitchel New Castle Niagara Falls Norton O'Hare Otis Oxnard Paine Perrin Peterson Pittsburgh Portland Presque Isle Richards-Gebaur Robins K.I. Sawyer Selfridge Seymour Johnson Sioux City Stead Stewart Suffolk County Tinker Travis Truax Tyndall Vandenburg Vincent Walker Webb Westover Wright-Patterson Wurtsmith Youngstown

Overseas	Ernest Harmon Frobisher Bay Goose Bay Keflavik Pepperrell Pirinclik Thule

Stations

CONUS	Adair Aiken Almaden Alpena Antigo Arlington Heights Baker Bedford Bellefontaine Belleville Benton Blaine Brookfield Brunswicck Bucks Harbor Burns Calumet Cambria Cape Charles Cape Cod Carmi Caswell Chandler Charleston Cheyenne Mountain Claysburg Clear Colville Condon Continental Divide Cottonwood Cross City Crystal Springs Curlew Custer Cut Bank Dallas Center Dauphin Island Dickinson Duncanville Eldorado Empire Finland Finley Flintstone Fordland Fort Fisher Fortuna Gettysburg Grand Marais Grand Rapids Guthrie Hanna City Havre Highlands Houma Hutchinson Joelton Killeen Kingman Kirksville Klamath Lake Charles Lake City Las Cruces Las Vegas Lewistown Lockport Lufkin Lyndonville Madera Makah Mica Peak Miles City Mill Valley Minot Montauk Moriarty Mount Hebo Mount Laguna Mount Lemmon Naselle North Bend North Charleston North Truro Oklahoma City Olathe Omaha Opheim Osceola Othello Owingsville Ozona Palermo Point Arena Port Austin Port Isabel Pyote Red Bluff Rochester Rockport Rockville (Indiana) Roslyn Rye Saint Albans San Clemente Island Santa Rosa Island Saratoga Springs Sault Ste Marie Shemya Snelling Snow Mountain Sweetwater Texarkana Tierra Amarilla Thomasville Tonopah Two Creeks Wadena Walnut Ridge Watertown Waverly West Mesa Willow Run Winnemucca Winslow Winston-Salem Woomera Yaak Zapata

Overseas	Armstrong Baldy Hughes Beausejour Cartwright Frobisher Bay Hofn Kamloops Langanes Latrar Puntzi Mountain Ramore Rockville (Iceland) Saskatoon Mountain Saglek Sioux Lookout Topsham

Air
Defense
units

Forces	Central Air Defense Eastern Air Defense Iceland Western Air Defense First Fourth Tenth Fourteenth

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Sectors	Albuquerque Bangor Boston Chicago Detroit Duluth Goose Grand Forks Great Falls Kansas City Los Angeles Minot Montgomery New York Oklahoma City Phoenix Portland Reno Sault Sainte Marie San Francisco Seattle Sioux City Spokane Stewart Syracuse Washington

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Groups	Fighter 1st 4th 14th 15th 23rd 32nd 33rd 50th 52nd 53rd 54th 56th 57th 78th 79th 81st 82nd 84th 325th 326th 327th 328th 329th 337th 355th 408th 412th 414th 473rd 475th 476th 478th 507th Air Defense 10th 500th 501st 502nd 503rd 514th 515th 516th 517th 518th 519th 520th 521st 525th 527th 528th 529th 530th 533rd 534th 564th 566th 567th 568th 575th 637th 665th 678th 692nd 701st 751st 762nd 765th 778th 780th 827th 858th 4676th 4700th 4721st 4722nd 4727th 4728th 4729th 4730th 4731st 4732nd 4733rd 4734th 4735th 4756th

Squadrons	Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons

Major
weapon
systems

Electronic	EC-121

Fighters	Subsonic: P-61 P-80 F-82 F-84 F-86 F-89 F-94 supersonic: F-101 F-102 F-104 F-106

Missiles	AIM-4 AIM-26 AIR-2 CIM-10

Texas Towers	1 2 3 4 5

Ships	Guardian Interceptor Interdictor Interpreter Investigator Locator Lookout Outpost Pickett Protector Scanner Searcher Skywatcher Tracer Watchman Vigil

Miscellaneous

Air Defense Command Emblem Gallery (On Wikimedia Commons)
General Surveillance Radar Stations

United States Air Force Aerial Refueling Units

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Groups	19th 43d 98th 307th 931st

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133d Air Refueling Squadron

Contents

Mission

History

Lineage

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

References

External links