939th Air Refueling Wing

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unit_name=939th Air Refueling Wing


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dates= 15 January 1963 — present
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current_commander=Colonel [http://www.939arw.afrc.af.mil/library/biographies/bio.asp?id=8192 William Flanigan]
garrison=Portland Air National Guard Base
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The 939th Air Refueling Wing (939 ARW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon.

Mission

The last mission for the 939th Air Refueling Wing was to fly the KC-135R Statotanker providing air-to-air refueling.

History

The 939th transported personnel and equipment in support of Air Force operations, including missions to Vietnam and numerous humanitarian missions primarily in the western United States from 1963-1973.

From 1985, the 939th controlled rescue squadrons at widely separated locations: the collocated 304th Rescue Squadron; the 301st in Florida; and the 305th in Michigan until 1 September 1992 and in Arizona from 1 October 1993. It provided considerable assistance to Florida and the 301st Rescue Squadron following the devastation of Hurricane Andrew in August 1992. It also deployed aircrews from each of the squadrons to provide search and rescue (SAR) coverage worldwide, including to Keflavik, Iceland, during and after the Southwest Asia War and to provide combat SAR coverage in the Persian Gulf area, 1993-2003.

Since 2003 it has served as an aerial refueling wing.

Operations

*Vietnam War
*Operation Desert Shield
*Operation Desert Storm

Previous designations

*939th Troop Carrier Group (1963 – 1967)
*939th Tactical Airlift Group (1967 – 1968)
*939th Military Airlift Group (1968 – 1985)
*939th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group (1985 – 1990)
*939th Air Rescue Wing (1990 – 1992)
*939th Rescue Wing (1992 – 2003)
*939th Air Refueling Wing (2003 – 2008)
*939th Air Refueling Wing (Present - The wing was shut down indefinitely on June 28, 2008 due to the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission)

Assignments

Major command

*Air Force Reserve Command (1990 – Present)

Numbered Air Force

*4th Air Force (1987 – 1993)
*10th Air Force (1993 – Present)

Wing

*349th Military Airlift Wing (1963 – 1968)
*452d Military Airlift Wing (1968 – 1969)
*349th Military Airlift Wing (1969 – 1973)
*403d Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing (1985 – 1990)

ubordinate organizations

939th Operations Group (939 OG)
*64th Air Refueling Squadron (64 ARS)
*939th Operations Support Flight (939 OSF)

939th Maintenance Group (939 MXG)
*939th Maintenance Squadron (939 MXS)
*939th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (939 AMXS)
*939th Maintenance Operations Flight (939 MOF)

939th Mission Support Group (939 MSG)
*83d Aerial Port Squadron (83 APS)
*939th Civil Engineering Squadron (939 CES)
*939th Logistics Readiness Squadron (939 LRS)
*939th Security Forces Squadron (939 SFS)
*939th Communications Flight (939 CF)
*939th Mission Support Squadron (939 MSS)
*939th Services Flight (939 SVF)

939th Medical Squadron (939 MDS)

Bases stationed

*Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon (1963 – 1968)
*McChord Air Force Base, Washington (1968 – 1973)
*Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon (1985 – 2008)
*Thoughts and memories of all those who served with the unit (Present)

Aircraft operated

*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1963 – 1968)
*C-141 Starlifter (1968 – 1973)
*HH-1 (1985 – 1991)
*UH-1 Iroquois (1985 – 1987)
*HC-130 (1985 – 2003)
*HH-3 (1986 – 1992)
*CH-3 (1987 – 1992)
*MH-60 (1991 – 1992)
*UH-60 Black Hawk (1991 – 1993)
*HH-60L (1992 – 2003)
*KC-135 Stratotanker (2003 – 2008)

Unit shields

External links

* [http://www.939arw.afrc.af.mil/ 939 ARW Home Page]