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The 141st Air Refueling Wing is a unit of the Washington Air National Guard, stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. If activated to federal service, the 141 ARW is gained by the United States Air Force and assigned to the Air Mobility Command (AMC). As a result of BRAC action, the 141 ARW no longer has any unit-assigned aircraft and shares KC-135R aircraft with AMC's 92d Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild AFB.
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Gerald V. Goodfellow is a retired United States Air Force brigadier general, and the current Chief Executive Officer of the Small Business Consulting Corporation. Goodfellow was commissioned in 1989 through the University of New Mexico Air Force ROTC program. Goodfellow has flown a wide variety of military aircraft, but primarily the B-1 Bomber. In 1995, Goodfellow flew a non-stop flight around the world that set two world records. For that flight Goodfellow won the Mackay Trophy for the U.S. Air Force's most meritorious flight of the year. Goodfellow has commanded at flight, squadron, group, and wing levels, and was the Commander and Commandant at the U.S. Air Force Squadron Officer College. In his last assignment he was director of Strategic Plans, Programs and Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. Prior to that, he was the Director of the Nuclear Enterprise Directorate at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
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- ↑ "Brigadier General William J. Boardley". Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
- ↑ "Brigadier General William J. Boardley". National Guard of the United States. Retrieved 2014-05-09.