page_title: 108th Air Refueling Squadron
section_title: Lineage
hierarchical_section_title: 108th Air Refueling Squadron / History / Lineage
caption_attribution_description: English: 108th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron - Operation Iraqi Freedom Deployment Emblem.
context_page_description: The 108th Air Refueling Squadron is a unit of the Illinois Air National Guard 126th Air Refueling Wing located at Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois. The 108th is equipped with the KC-135R Stratotanker.
  The squadron is a descendant organization of the World War I 108th Aero Squadron, established on 27 August 1917. It was reformed on 1 July 1927, as the 108th Observation Squadron, and is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.
context_section_description: Organized as 108th Aero Squadron** on 27 August 1917
  Re-designated 802d Aero Squadron on 1 February 1918
  Re-designated 802d Aero Squadron (Repair) on 21 February 1918
  Demobilized on 11 June 1919
  Reconstituted and consolidated (1936) with 108th Observation Squadron which, having been allotted to Illinois NG, was activated on 1 July 1927
  Ordered to active service on 3 February 1941
  Re-designated: 108th Observation Squadron (Medium) on 13 January 1942
  Re-designated: 108th Observation Squadron on 4 July 1942
  Re-designated: 108th Reconnaissance Squadron (Special) on 25 June 1943
  Inactivated on 1 November 1943
  Re-designated: 108th Bombardment Squadron (Light), and allotted to Illinois ANG, on 24 May 1946
  Extended federal recognition on 29 June 1947
  Federalized and ordered to active service on: 1 April 1951
  Relieved from active duty and returned to Illinois State Control: 1 January 1953
  Re-designated: 108th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 1 January 1953
  Re-designated: 108th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 July 1955
  Re-designated: 108th Air Refueling Squadron, 1 July 1961
  Federalized and ordered to active service on: 19 December 1990
  Deployed elements designated: 108th Air Refueling Squadron (Provisional), 29 December 1990
  Relieved from active duty and returned to Illinois State Control: 22 March 1991
  Components designated as: 108th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron when deployed as part of an Air and Space Expeditionary unit after June 1996.
  ** This unit is not related to another 108th Aero Squadron (Service) that was activated in March 1918 at Rich Field, Waco, Texas.
caption: Operation Iraqi Freedom patch
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