160th Air Refueling Group

160th Air Refueling Group

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 160th Air Refueling Group


caption= 160th Air Refueling Group emblem
dates= 19xx-1993
country= United States
allegiance=
branch= United States Air Force/Air National Guard
type= Group
role= Aerial Refueling
size=
command_structure= Air National Guard/Air Mobility Command
current_commander=
garrison= Rickenbacker ANGB, Ohio
ceremonial_chief=
colonel_of_the_regiment=
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The United States Air Force's 160th Air Refueling Group was an aerial refueling unit located at Rickenbacker ANGB, Ohio. It was inactivated in 1993, after the post-Cold War drawdown.

Mission

History

Assignments

Major Command/Gaining Command

*Air National Guard/Air Mobility Command (1992-1993)
*Air National Guard/Strategic Air Command (1962-1992)

Previous designationsRogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. ISBN 1-85780-197-0

*160th Air Refueling Group (1961-1993)
*160th Aero Medical Transport Group (1958-1961)
*160th Air Transport Group (1956-1958)

quadrons assigned

*145th Air Refueling Squadron (???-1993)

Bases stationed

*Lockbourne AFB/Rickenbacker ANGB (1971-1993)
*Clinton County AFB (1961-1971)
*Akron-Canton Municipal Airport (1956-1961)

Aircraft & Missiles Operated [World Airpower Journal. (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK. ISBN 1-880588-01-3]

*KC-135 Stratotanker (1975-1993)
*KC-97 Stratotanker (1961-1975)
*C-119J Flying Boxcar (1958-1961)
*C-46 Commando (1956-1958)

Decorations

* [http://wwa.afpc.randolph.af.mil/AwardsNet/SearchUnitAwards.aspx?Mode=Graphics Air Force Personnel Center Awards Search (Post-1991)]
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References


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