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Maine Air National Guard 
Active 1946 - present Country United States Branch Air National Guard Role "To meet state and federal mission responsibilities." Garrison/HQ Bangor IAP Commanders Civilian leadership President Barack Obama
(Commander-in-Chief)
Michael B. Donley
(Secretary of the Air Force)
Governor Paul LePage
(Governor of the State of Maine)State military leadership Major General John W. Libby Insignia USAF Roundel 
The Maine Air National Guard is the air force militia of the U.S. state of Maine. It is, along with the Maine Army National Guard, an element of the Maine National Guard. It is considered a part of the United States Air Force, as well as its state mission.
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History
The first Air National Guard Unit to be organized in Maine was the Headquarters, 101st Fighter Group, which was a component of the 67th Fighter Wing with headquarters at Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts (USA). The 101st FG was federally recognized on 4 February 1947 with station at Camp Keyes, Augusta, Maine. Additional units of the 101FG were organized and federally recognized on 5 February 1947 and stationed at Dow Air Force Base, Bangor, Maine. These units were:
- 132nd Fighter Squadron
- 132nd Weather Station
- 201st Air Service Group
- 201st Air Service Group, Det. A
In December 1948 the command was transferred to the Continental Air Command. Two years later the 101st FG was reorganized into a Wing-Base in order to standardize the Guard units with their active duty counterparts. This provided for additional supporting medical, service, transportation and base operating elements.
The 101st FG was then called to active service in February 1950 for a period of 21 months to serve in the Korean War. In March 1952 the Maine ANG created its own headquarters to facilitate returning ANG units. The Maine State Headquarters, Camp Keyes, Augusta was organized and federally recognized on 19 March 1952.
On 15 April 1956 the 101st FG was put on duty in New Hampshire until December 1960, when it was reassigned and reactivated in the State of Maine. The first nurses were assigned to the Maine Air National Guard in June 1956. Four years later the responsibility for training and inspection of the ANG was transferred from the Continental Air Command to the Air Defense Command. When the USAF Air Defense Command reorganized its Continental Air Defense forces to a numbered Air Force/Air Division Organization in April 1966, the 101st Air Defense Wing was assigned to the 36th Air Division located at Topsham Air Force Station, Maine and to Headquarters, First Air Force located at Stewart Air Force Base, New York. In September 1967 the number of aircraft was reduced from 25 to 18.
In April 1976, the first KC-135A Stratotankers were assigned to the unit and the gaining command was changed from Air Defense Command to Strategic Air Command.
In August 1990 selected Maine ANG units were mobilized in support of the Operation Desert Storm. Two years later the gaining command changed from SAC to the Air Mobility Command. The 101st ARW was then intregrated into the Northeast Tanker Task Force (NTTF) in September 1994.[1]
Units
Today, the Maine Air National Guard consists of three units:
- 101st Air Refueling Wing, at Bangor IAP (the former Dow Air Force Base) which operates the KC-135R.
- 243rd Engineering and Installation Squadron and
- 265th Combat Communications Squadron, both based at South Portland, ME.
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