916th Air Refueling Wing

916th Air Refueling Wing
Active	28 December 1962 — present
Country	United States
Branch	Air Force
Type	Aerial Refueling
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ	Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Decorations	AFOUA RVGC w/ Palm
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Stephen Linsenmeyer

The 916th Air Refueling Wing (916 ARW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. It is an Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) unit operationally-gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC).

Mission

Fly the KC-135R Statotanker in air-to-air refueling and other air mobility missions.

History

As a reserve unit, the 916th conducted air and ground training activities, airlifting personnel and cargo in support of active duty forces worldwide. It has supported missions included military airlifts to South Vietnam beginning in 1965 and to U.S. forces in the Dominican Republic during a 1965 crisis. It also participated in numerous humanitarian airlift missions.

Since October 1986 it has flown air mobility operational and training missions within and beyond the United States. It refueled aircraft and airlifted passengers and cargo for various training exercises and contingency and humanitarian operations around the world.

Operations

• Vietnam War
• Operation Power Pack

Previous designations

• 916th Troop Carrier Group (1962–1965)
• 916th Air Transport Group (1965–1966)
• 916th Military Airlift Group (1966–1986)
• 916th Air Refueling Group (1986–1994)
• 916th Air Refueling Wing (1994 – Present)

Assignments

Major command

• Continental Air Command (1963)
• Air Force Reserve Command (1994 – Present)

Numbered Air Force

• Twenty-Second Air Force (1994–1997)
• Fourth Air Force (1997 – Present)

Wing

• 435th Troop Carrier Wing (1963)
• 442d Troop Carrier Wing (1963–1965)
• 512th Airlift Wing (1965–1971)
• 433d Tactical Airlift Wing (1971–1972)
• 452d Air Refueling Wing (1986–1987)
• 434th Air Refueling Wing (1987–1994)

Subordinate organizations

77th Air Refueling Squadron Patch

916th Operations Group (916 OG)

• 77th Air Refueling Squadron (77 ARS)
• 916th Operations Support Flight (916 OSF)

916th Maintenance Group (916 MXG)

• 916th Maintenance Squadron (916 MXS)
• 916th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (916 AMXS)
• 916th Maintenance Operations Flight (916 MOF)
• 911th Air Refueling Squadron (911 ARS) (Active Duty)

916th Mission Support Group (916 MSG)

• 916th Civil Engineer Flight (916 CEF)
• 916th Logistics Readiness Squadron (916 LRS)
• 916th Security Forces Squadron (916 SFS)
• 716th Communications Flight (716 CF)
• 916th Communications Flight (916 CF)
• 916th Mission Support Flight (916 MSF)
• 916th Services Flight (916 SVF)

916th Aerospace Medical Squadron (916 AMDS)

Bases stationed

• Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina (1963)
• Carswell Air Force Base, Texas (1963–1972)
• Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (1986 – Present)

Aircraft operated

• C-124 Globemaster II (1963–1972)
• KC-10 Extender (1986–1995)
• KC-135 Stratotanker (1995 – Present)

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External links

	United States Air Force portal
	Military of the United States portal

• 916 ARW Home Page

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