170th Air Refueling Squadron

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170th Air Refueling Squadron
New Jersey Air National Guard emblem.png
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KC-46A Pegasus of the 305th Air Mobility Wing [a]
Active8 March 2024–present
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
AllegianceFlag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey
Branch US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg   Air National Guard
TypeSquadron
Role Aerial refueling
Part of 108th Operations Group
Garrison/HQ McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey.
Equipment Boeing KC-46A Pegasus
Commanders
Current
commander		Lt Col Matthew J. Secko [1]

The 170th Air Refueling Squadron (170 ARS) is a unit of the New Jersey Air National Guard's 108th Wing located on the McGuire AFB entity of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The 170 ARS is equipped with the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus. The 170 ARS, alongside the 141st Air Refueling Squadron, are associate squadrons of the active-duty 305th Air Mobility Wing.

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History

United States Congress, using the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, directed the United States Air Force to divest the 108th Wing's Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker fleet and to replace the Air Force Reserve Command 76th and 78th Air Refueling Squadrons with the Air National Guard 141st and 170th Air Refueling Squadrons. [2]

On 8 March 2024, the 170th Air Refueling Squadron was activated at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, becoming the Air National Guard's newest unit. [1] The squadron's numerical designation derives from the 170th Group, [1] which was previously allotted to New Jersey between 1964 and 1993. [3] It is equipped with the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus and operates alongside the 108th Wing's 141 ARS. [1]

Both the 170 ARS and 141 ARS are "embedded classic associates" of the active-duty 2nd and 32nd Air Refueling Squadrons, meaning they share the 305th Air Mobility Wing's 24 KC-46As. [2]

Lineage

Activated on 8 March 2024 [1]

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

References

Explanatory notes
  1. ↑ The 170th is an associate of the 305th Air Mobility Wing and thus shares its aircraft.
Citations
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "170th Air Refueling Squadron activated". 108th Wing. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 Roza, David (1 April 2024). "New KC-46 Air National Guard Squadron Activates in New Jersey". Air & Space Forces Magazine. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "170 GROUP" (PDF). Department of the Air Force Organizational Histories. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
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