507th Air Refueling Wing

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507th Air Refueling Wing
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A 465th ARS KC-135R refuels an F-22A near Guam, 2010
Active1944—1946; 1955–1961; 1961–1968; 1972–1973; 1975–present
CountryUnited States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
TypeWing
RoleAir Refueling
Size1100 Personnel
Part of Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma
Nickname(s)SH Okies
Motto(s)Defendimus Usque ad Astra Latin We Defend Even to the Stars
Engagements Pacific Theater of Operations
Decorations Distinguished Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Matthew Ghormley [1]
Insignia
507th Air Refueling Wing emblem (Version approved 15 February 2007) [2] 507 Air Refueling Wg.jpg
Identification
symbol
Blue tail stripe "Tinker" in yellow
Patch with 507th Fighter Group Emblem (Approved 17 August 1956) [3] 507th-fightergroup-ADC.png
Aircraft flown
Tanker KC-135 Stratotanker

The 507th Air Refueling Wing is a reserve component flying unit of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to Fourth Air Force of Air Force Reserve Command, stationed at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma with elements at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The 507th ARW executes air refueling, airlift, and training in support of Air Mobility Command and U.S. Strategic Command's national emergency war order requirements. The wing employs approximately 1,100 men and women made up of a mix of Traditional Reservists, full-time Air Reserve Technicians, AGRs and Air Force civilians. [4] The wing also provides mission support for all other reserve units stationed at Tinker AFB.

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The first predecessor of the wing was the 507th Fighter Group, which was activated in 1944 and trained as a long range fighter unit for the Pacific Theater. Although the group was in combat for only two months, it earned a Distinguished Unit Citation three days before the Japanese surrender for destroying a number of enemy interceptor aircraft over Korea. In 1984, this group was consolidated with the 507th Fighter Wing into a single unit.

The group was redesignated the 507th Fighter Group (Air Defense) and activated in August 1955 at Kinross Air Force Base, Michigan, flying Northrop F-89D Scorpions and acted as the host for all active duty Air Force organizations at Kinross. It assumed an air defense mission with the F-89 and later, the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, and finally the Convair F-106 Delta Dart. It was replaced by the 507th Fighter Wing in 1961 to provide support for the 4239th Strategic Wing (later replaced by the 449th Bombardment Wing) and the 37th Air Defense Missile Squadron. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the wing dispersed one third of its interceptors to Phelps Collins Field, Michigan and placed all group aircraft on fifteen-minute alert status. Attrition of interceptors (and the fact that production lines closed in 1961) caused a reduction in the number of interceptor units and in September 1968 the 507th Wing was inactivated.

In May 1972 the group was activated in the reserves as the 507th Tactical Fighter Group, flying Republic F-105 Thunderchiefs, and replacing the 937th Military Airlift Group at Tinker. It was the first reserve group to participate in a Red Flag exercise or to deploy to Turkey for its annual tour of active duty. Upgrading to McDonnell F-4 Phantom IIs in 1980 and to General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons in 1988, the group flew fighters until 1994. As the 507th Air Refueling Group, it began the worldwide air refueling mission with the Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker. From 1996 to 1997 it was assigned the 513th Air Control Group flying the Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft and from 2008 to 2015 the 137th Air Refueling Wing of the Oklahoma Air National Guard was an associate unit of the wing. The wing participated in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom and sent forces to assist with the recovery following Hurricane Katrina.

Overview

The 507th Air Refueling Wing supports Air Mobility Command airlift and air refueling requirements and United States Strategic Command's emergency war order requirements. It regularly supports overseas deployments. The 507th employs approximately 1100 men and women. Approximately 200 members of the 507th are either civilian employees or Air Reserve Technicians who serve as a full-time support cadre, while the remainder are traditional reservists. [5]

The wing also provides the full-time technicians and support personnel for the 513th Air Control Group and the 35th Combat Communications Squadron, reserve units stationed at Tinker, but assigned elsewhere. [5]

Units and Missions

The 507th Air Refueling Wing consists of the following units and their components:

The 465th Air Refueling Squadron operates eight Boeing KC-135R aircraft. Its reservists, both pilots and boom operators, maintain mission-ready status and regularly deploy in support of contingency operations. [5]
The 507th Operations Support Squadron provides intelligence, aircrew flight equipment, operations and war planning for the wing and maintains aircrew flight records. [5]
The 730th Air Mobility Training Squadron, located at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, trains reservists on the McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III and Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker in association with the regular 97th Air Mobility Wing of Air Education and Training Command. As the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus enters the inventory, the 730th will also train on that aircraft. [5]
The 1st Aviation Standards Flight operates the Bombardier Challenger 601 and 605 from Will Rogers World Airport and augments the Air Force Flight Standards Agency Detachment 1, the on-site active duty unit. It supports Federal Aviation Administration flight inspection requirements. It inspects and certifies military navigational aids, radar and instrument procedures at military and civilian installations in the United States and overseas and maintains a capability to perform flight inspections in combat theaters. [5]
The 507th Maintenance Squadron performs periodic inspections, fabricates repairs, and maintains engines, air refueling booms, aircraft fuel systems, and aerospace ground equipment. [5]
The 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron directs organizational level maintenance and the generation of aircraft. [5]
The 72nd Aerial Port Squadron loads, unloads, and processes air freight arriving from and departing to locations worldwide. [5]
The 507th Security Forces Squadron provides air base ground defense and protects weapon systems and support personnel. It trains wing personnel in the use of small arms. [5]
The 507th Civil Engineer Squadron trains and equips teams for worldwide combat support. The squadron's personnel train to perform rapid runway repair, structural bomb damage repair, fire fighting and crash rescue. [5]
The 507th Logistic Readiness Squadron carries out functions pertaining to transportation, supply, contracting, fuels and maintenance training. [5]
The 507th Force Support Squadron provides personnel management and services support including lodging, fitness, food, recreation and mortuary affairs. Additionally, it includes a communications element including telecommunications, radio systems, and small computer support. [5]

History

World War II

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Long range P-47N Thunderbolts

The wing was first activated as the 507th Fighter Group at Peterson Field, Colorado in October 1944 and was equipped with the long range version of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. Its original squadrons were the 463d, 464th and 465th Fighter Squadrons. [2] [6] [7] [8] One week later, it moved to Bruning Army Air Field, Nebraska without personnel or equipment to begin equipping and training. [2] [9]

In mid-December 1944, the 507th moved to Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas. There the group's personnel received training in preparation for assignment to the Pacific Theater of Operations. For four months they received combat training for long-range escort, strafing, and dive bombing. In late April the group departed Dalhart for shipment overseas, staging out of Fort Lawton, Washington. [3] [10]

The 507th arrived in the Pacific Theater in June 1945, and was stationed at Ie Shima in the Ryukyu Islands. The group was assigned to the 301st Fighter Wing. [2] [11] On 1 July 1945 it began flying airstrikes from Ie Shima, targeting enemy ships, railroad bridges, airfields, factories, and barracks in Japan, Korea, and China. The group encountered little enemy opposition on these strikes. On 8 August 1945 the group escorted Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers on a raid on Yawata, Japan, flying its sole mission escorting bombers. For the first time it faced stiff opposition and shot down several Japanese fighters. [3]

The group earned a Distinguished Unit Citation when it engaged and destroyed Japanese interceptor aircraft during a long-range fighter sweep to Korea on 13 August 1945. [3] After the Japanese surrender, the 507th moved to Yontan Airfield, Okinawa in January 1946, and was inactivated there on 27 May 1946. [2]

507th Ftr Gp

Aerial VictoriesCall SignFuselage CodeNumberNote
Group Hq.5 [12]
463d Fighter Squadron24 [13]
464th Fighter Squadron15 [13]
465th Fighter Squadron4.5 [13]
Group Total44

Air Defense

438th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-102A 438th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair F-102A-80-CO Delta Dagger 56-1499.jpg
438th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-102A
438th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-106 438th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron-F-106-59-0082.jpg
438th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-106

The group was redesignated the 507th Fighter Group (Air Defense) and activated in August 1955 at Kinross Air Force Base, Michigan where it replaced the 534th Air Defense Group and assumed the 534th's mission, personnel and equipment as part of Air Defense Command (ADC)'s Project Arrow. [2] [14] Project Arrow was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units which had compiled memorable records in the two world wars. [15] The 438th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, flying radar equipped Northrop F-89D Scorpions armed with Mighty Mouse rockets, was transferred from the 534th. [16] The 507th was assigned several support organizations to fulfill its additional role as the host for all active duty Air Force organizations at Kinross. [17] [18]

The 507th Group assumed the air defense mission, training with interceptor aircraft and participating in various exercises. [2] The group (and later the 507th Wing) would continue this mission until September 1968. In April 1957, the group upgraded to supersonic Convair F-102 Delta Daggers, which could carry the GAR-1 (later AIM-4 Falcon) and were equipped with data link for interception control through the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment system. [16]

In July 1959, Strategic Air Command (SAC) organized the 4239th Strategic Wing as the first major tenant organization at Kinross, although the wing remained a headquarters only with no tactical squadrons assigned until 1961. [19] In September 1959, Kinross was renamed Kincheloe Air Force Base in honor of Captain Iven Kincheloe. [20]

March 1960 saw another addition to Kincheloe's mission, when ADC activated the 37th Air Defense Missile Squadron, equipped with IM-99 Bomarc missiles. [21] In June, the group completed another upgrade, this time to the Convair F-106 Delta Dart, which it would fly until inactivating in 1968. [16]

In view of the expanded mission at Kincheloe and the pending growth of the SAC mission once Boeing B-52H Stratofortresses were available, it became apparent that a group was too small to operate the base while performing the air defense mission. In April 1961 the 507th Fighter Wing replaced the 507th Group and assumed its assets, while adding additional support units, which were assigned to the wing's 507th Air Base Group (later the 507th Combat Support Group). [2] [22] In February 1962, ADC increased the alert requirement for its units. In addition to the two aircraft the wing had been maintaining on five-minute alert, one third of the unit's aircraft were placed on fifteen-minute alert. [23]

On 22 October 1962, at the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis, when President Kennedy announced the presence of Soviet intermediate-range ballistic missiles in Cuba. Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) directed the dispersal of interceptors within the United States. The wing sent one third of its aircraft to Phelps Collins Field, Michigan. [note 3] All group aircraft, including those at home and those at Phelps Collins were armed and placed on fifteen-minute alert status. The increased alert posture was maintained through mid-November, when CONAD returned units to their normal alert status, except for those under the control of its 32d Region, which controlled air defense in the Southeastern United States. [24] [25]

The 4239th Strategic Wing was replaced in February 1963 by the 449th Bombardment Wing. [26] Attrition (and the fact that production lines closed in 1961) caused a gradual drop in the number of planes assigned to interceptor squadrons, from 24 to typically 18 by 1964. The force reduction continued, finally resulting in a reduction in the number of interceptor units. [27] In September 1968 the 507th Wing was inactivated along with the 438th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, while its 507th Combat Support Group was replaced by the 4609th Air Base Group. [2] [16] [22] [28]

Air Force Reserve

Tactical Fighter

F-105s of the 465th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-105s 465 TFS DF-ST-86-12883.JPEG
F-105s of the 465th Tactical Fighter Squadron

In 1972 the Air Force Reserve began to receive Republic F-105 Thunderchiefs, which were becoming surplus to Air Force needs in Southeast Asia. To operate these fighters, it formed three tactical fighter groups, the first of which was the 507th Tactical Fighter Group at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, which was activated in May. [2] [29] Tinker was selected because the 937th Military Airlift Group there was slated to lose its Douglas C-124 Globemaster IIs, which were being removed from the inventory. The transition to the Thunderchief was the most difficult the Reserve had faced. In addition to the huge change from four reciprocating engine transports to supersonic jet fighters, declassification of the conversion only occurred in March, providing less than two months for open actions to implement the transition. Although the first F-105 arrived at Tinker on 14 April, the reservists were not prepared to accept the aircraft, and a special team from Tactical Air Command arrived to inspect the aircraft and place them in temporary storage until aircrew and maintenance personnel could be trained on the fighter. [30]

The following spring the Reserve reassigned its tactical fighter squadrons directly to the 301st Tactical Fighter Wing. [31] [note 4] After two years the group was once again activated. It trained for tactical fighter missions, participating in numerous tactical, joint, and combined exercises until September 1994. [2]

In 1978, the 507th became the first Air Force Reserve group to participate in a Red Flag exercise], and two years later it was the first to deploy to Turkey for its annual tour of active duty. In 1980, the group traded in its Thunderchiefs for McDonnell F-4 Phantom IIs. The Phantoms were replaced in turn by General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons in 1988. [2] During Desert Storm the group deployed aircraft and personnel to the combat theater, but did not participate as a unit. [32]

Air Refueling

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Wing aircraft on the parking apron at Tinker AFB

It converted in 1994 from flying fighters to conducting worldwide air refueling operations with the KC-135R. Six months later, the 507th Group, which had been combined with 507th Wing as a single unit in 1984, became a wing again for the first time since 1968. The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, the Air Force's primary C-135 engine maintenance facility is also located at Tinker. As a result, the 507th routinely supports requests involving modification projects designed to produce upgrades to the Air Force's tanker fleet. [5]

Starting in 1995, the wing assisted with the organization of the 513th Air Control Group, the only Reserve organization flying the Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft, The 513th was activated in March 1996 as a reserve associate unit of the 552d Air Control Wing. In April 1997, the 513th was reassigned to Tenth Air Force. However, the 507th continues to provide support personnel for the 513th. [5] In March 1999, the 931st Air Refueling Group, an associate of the active duty 22d Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas was assigned to the wing as the group's administrative headquarters [33]

As a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations, the 137th Airlift Wing of the Oklahoma Air National Guard moved from Will Rogers Air National Guard Base to Tinker and became an associate unit of the 507th Air Refueling Wing, redesignating as the 137th Air Refueling Wing and operating the same aircraft. The number of aircraft operated by the 507th and 137th was simultaneously increased by the transfer of KC-135s from the 939th Air Refueling Wing. [34] The affiliation continued until July 2015, when the 137th began to convert to the Beechcraft MC-12W Liberty. In conjunction with this transition the 137th is returning to Will Rogers, where it will become the 137th Special Operations Wing and terminate its affiliation with the 507th. [5] [35]

The wing participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, the Global War on Terrorism, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2005, it sent forces to assist with the recovery following Hurricane Katrina. [2]

Lineage

507th Air Refueling Wing
Activated on 12 October 1944
Inactivated on 27 May 1946
Activated on 18 August 1955
Discontinued and inactivated on 1 February 1961
Activated in the Reserve on 20 May 1972
Inactivated on 25 March 1973
Redesignated 507th Fighter Group on 1 February 1992
Redesignated 507th Air Refueling Group on 1 April 1994
Redesignated 507th Air Refueling Wing on 1 October 1994
Redesignated 507th Wing on 15 March 1996
Redesignated 507th Air Refueling Wing on 1 August 1997 [36]
507th Fighter Wing
Organized on 1 February 1961
Inactivated on 30 September 1968

Assignments

Components

Groups
McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas [33]
Squadrons

Stations

Aircraft

  • Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (1944–1946)
  • Northrop F-89 Scorpion (1955–1957)
  • Convair F-102 Delta Dagger (1957–1960)
  • Convair F-106 Delta Dart (1960–1968)
  • Republic F-105 Thunderchief (1972–1973, 1975–1980)
  • McDonnell F-4 Phantom II (1980–1988)
  • General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon (1988–1994)
  • Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker (1994 – present)
  • Boeing E-3 Sentry (1996–1997) [36]
  • Bombardier Challenger 601 and 605 [5]

Awards and campaigns

Award streamerAwardDatesNotes
Streamer PUC Army.PNG Distinguished Unit Citation 13 August 1945 Korea507th Fighter Group [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 June 1966-1 June 1968507th Fighter Wing [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 January 1978-31 December 1978507th Tactical Fighter Group [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award11 July 1985-1 July 1986507th Tactical Fighter Group [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 July 1987-31 August 1989507th Tactical Fighter Group [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 January 1992-31 December 1993507th Tactical Fighter Group (later 507th Fighter Group) [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 January 1994-31 December 1995507th Fighter Group (later 507th Air Refueling Group, 507th Air Refueling Wing) [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 August 1996-31 July 1998507th Air Refueling Wing [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 January 2009-1 August 2010507th Air Refueling Wing [2]
Campaign StreamerCampaignDatesNotes
Streamer APC.PNG Air Offensive, Japan24 June 1945 – 2 September 1945507th Fighter Group [2]
Streamer APC.PNG Western Pacific24 June 1945 – 2 September 1945507th Fighter Group [2]
Streamer APC.PNG Ryukus24 June 1945 – 2 July 1945507th Fighter Group [2]
Streamer APC.PNG China Offensive24 June 1945 – 2 September 1945507th Fighter Group [2]

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References

Notes

  1. Aircraft is Convair F-102A-80-CO Delta Dagger serial 56-1499. Taken at Kincheloe AFB in July 1958
  2. Aircraft is Convair F-106A Delta Dart serial 59–82
  3. This was not the planned dispersal base for the 507th, Volk Field, Wisconsin was. ADC had not completed its dispersal plan and several units, including the 507th, dispersed to "interim" bases. McMullen, pp. 11–12.
  4. During the period the group was inactive, its place was taken by Detachment 507, 301st Fighter Wing. "Abstract, History 301st Tactical Fighter Wing Aug–Dec 1975". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 22 September 2015.

Citations

  1. "Tinker.af.mil".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Robertson, Patsy (19 March 2012). "Factsheet 507 Air Refueling Wing (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 370–371
  4. "507th Air Refueling Wing" . Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Fact Sheet 507th Air Refueling Wing". 507th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs. August 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  6. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 570
  7. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 571
  8. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 571–572
  9. "Abstract, History 507 Fighter Group Oct–Dec 1944". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 22 September 2015. Maurer, in Combat Squadrons and Robertson in the AFHRA Factsheet for the 507th both state the move occurred on 20 October. This source gives 13 October, the day after activation, as the move date.
  10. "Abstract, History 508 Fighter Group October 1944 – August 1945". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  11. Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 415–416
  12. Newton & Senning, pp. 555–556
  13. 1 2 3 Newton & Senning, p. 661
  14. Cornett & Johnson, p. 83
  15. Buss, et al., p. 6
  16. 1 2 3 4 Cornett & Johnson, p. 128
  17. Cornett & Johnson, p. 140 (507th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron)
  18. Cornett & Johnson, p. 147 (507th Materiel Squadron)
  19. "Abstract, History 4239 Strategic Wing June 1959 – January 1962". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  20. Royston, p. 84
  21. Cornett & Johnson, p. 150
  22. 1 2 3 Cornett & Johnson, p. 81
  23. Ray, p 50
  24. NORAD/CONAD Response to the Cuban Missile Crisis, pp. 16, 26
  25. McMullen, pp. 10–12
  26. Ravenstein, pp. 244–245
  27. McMullen, pp. 41, 43–45
  28. Cornett & Johnson, p. 86
  29. Cantwell, p. 313
  30. Cantwell, p. 314
  31. Kane, Robert B. (23 September 2010). "Factsheet 301 Fighter Wing (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  32. "Abstract, History 508 Tactical Fighter Group CY 1991". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  33. 1 2 Endicott, Judy G. (26 October 2007). "Factsheet 931 Air Refueling Group (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  34. Vol. 2, BRAC Report, pp. 121, 157
  35. Allen, Silas (11 August 2015). "Oklahoma Air National Guard unit begins training for a new mission". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  36. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lineage, including assignments, components, stations and aircraft in Robertson, Factsheet 507th Air Refueling Wing, except as noted.
  37. All components stationed with headquarters, except as noted

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