132d Air Refueling Squadron

132d Air Refueling Squadron
132d Air Refueling Squadron Emblem
Active	19??-Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Squadron
Role	Air Refueling
Part of	Air National Guard/Air Mobility Command
Garrison/HQ	Portland International Airport
Nickname	Maineiacs

132d ARS KC-135Es at Pisa, Italy, in 1996.

The 132d Air Refueling Squadron flies the KC-135R Stratotanker. It is a unit of the Maine Air National Guard. Its parent unit is the 101st Air Refueling Wing.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 382d Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 28 Jan 1942.

Activated on 2 Mar 1942

Re-designated: 382d Bombardment Squadron (Dive) on 27 Ju1 1942

Re-designated: 528th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 30 Sep 1943

Re-designated: 528th Fighter Squadron on 30 May 1944

Inactivated on 6 Jan 1946

• Re-designated: 132d Fighter Squadron, and allotted to Maine ANG, on 24 May 1946.

Received federal recognition and activated, 4 February 1947

Re-designated: 132d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1950

Federalized and placed on active duty, 10 February 1951

Re-designated: 132d Fighter Squadron (Jet), 10 February 1951

Released from active duty and returned to Maine state control, 1 November 1952

Re-designated: 132d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 December 1952

Re-designated: 132d Air Refueling Squadron, 1976-Present

Assignments

• 311th Bombardment (later Fighter-Bomber; Fighter) Group, 2 Mar 1942-6 Jan 1946
• Maine Air National Guard, 24 May 1946

101st Fighter Group (ADC), 4 February 1947

101st Fighter Group (ConAC), 1 December 1948

101st Fighter Group (ADC), 1 January 1951

Federalized and placed on active duty under Air Defense Command, 10 February 1951

101st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 10 February 1951

4711th Defense Wing, 7 February 1952

Released from active duty and returned to Maine state control, 1 November 1952

101st Fighter Group (ADC), 1 November 1952

101st Air Defense Wing (ADC), 1966

101st Air Refueling Wing (SAC), 1976

101st 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
• Shwangliu, China, 24 Aug 1944

Detachments operated from Hanchung, China, and Liangshan, China, Sep iw4-Jan 1945

Detachments operated from Hsian, China, beginning 15 Feb 1945

• Hsian, China, Aug 1945
• Shanghai, China, 22 Oct-14 Dec 1945
• Fort Lawton, Washington, 5–6 January 1946
• Dow Army Airfield (later: Air Force Base), Maine, 1946
• Bangor International Airport, Maine, 1968-Present

Aircraft

• V-72 Vengeance 1942
• A-36 Apache 1943-1944
• P-51 Mustang, 1944-1945
• P-47D Thunderbolt, 1947-1948
• P-51D Mustang, 1949
• P-80C Shooting Star, 1949-1952
• F-86F Sabre 1952-1955
• F-94A Starfire, 1955-1957

• F-89D Scorpion, 1957-1959
• F-89J Scorpion, 1959-1969
• F-102A Delta Dagger 1959
• F-101B Voodoo 1969-1976
• KC-135A Stratotanker, 1976-1984
• KC-135E Stratotanker, 1984-2007
• KC-135R Stratotanker, 2007-Present

References

 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

• 132d Air Refueling Squadron at globalsecurity.org