170th Air Refueling Squadron

New Jersey Air National Guard unit August 2024 September 2024 170th Air Refueling Squadron center|60px File:KC-46 Pegasus Thunder Over Louisville air show.jpg 300 KC-46A Pegasus of the 305th Air Mobility WingThe 170th is an associate of the 305th Air Mobility Wing and thus shares its aircraft. 2024–present New Jersey 25px  Air National Guard Squadron Air refueling New Jersey Air National Guard McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. Boeing KC-46A Pegasus Lt Col Matthew J. Secko 165px 170th Air Refueling Squadron emblem KC-46A Pegasus The 170th Air Refueling Squadron 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 squadron is equipped with the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus. The squadron, alongside the 141st Air Refueling Squadron, is an associate squadron of the active-duty 305th Air Mobility Wing. 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. 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.https://www.108thwing.ang.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3702172/170th-air-refueling-squadron-activated/ 170th Air Refueling Squadron activated 108th Wing 9 March 2024 30 August 2024 The squadron's numerical designation derives from the 170th Group, which was previously allotted to New Jersey between 1964 and 1993.https://usafunithistory.com/PDF/0100/150-174/170%20GROUP.pdf 170 GROUP Department of the Air Force Organizational Histories 12 March 2021 30 August 2024 It is equipped with the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus and operates alongside the 108th Wing's 141 ARS. Both the 170th and 141st 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.David Roza https://www.airandspaceforces.com/kc-46-pegasus-squadron-new-jersey/ New KC-46 Air National Guard Squadron Activates in New Jersey Air & Space Forces Magazine 1 April 2024 30 August 2024 Lineage Constituted as 170th Air Refueling Squadron on 7 March 2024September 2024 Activated on 8 March 2024 Assignments 108th Operations Group, 8 March 2024 – present Stations Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, 8 March 2024 – present Aircraft Boeing KC-46A Pegasus, 2024–present References Explanatory notes Citations 30em Category:Squadrons of the United States Air National Guard Category:Air refueling squadrons of the United States Air Force Category:Military units and formations in New Jersey Category:Military units and formations established in 2024