page_title: 64th Air Refueling Squadron
section_title: Associate status
hierarchical_section_title: 64th Air Refueling Squadron / History / Associate status
caption_attribution_description: English: Working together on a sixty-hour safety inspection of a KC-135R engine, crew chief Staff Sgt. David Fell (left) secures a fuel filter bolt according to a technical order manual as chief Tech. Sgt. John Seguin observes, September 3, 2013, Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H. Seguin is assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing and Fell is assigned to the 64th Air Refueling Squadron.
context_page_description: The 64th Air Refueling Squadron is a United States Air Force air-refueling squadron assigned to the 22d Operations Group at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. As part of the Air Force's Total Force Initiative, the 64th is stationed at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire, where it is operationally controlled by the 157th Air Refueling Wing of the New Hampshire Air National Guard. The 64th is equipped with the KC-46 Pegasus.
  The 64th was first constituted during World War II, providing transportation and evacuation in the Pacific Theater. From 1953 through 1997, the 64th provided airlift services, including during the Vietnam War. Repurposed as a refueling squadron in 2002, the 64th was active in the Air Force Reserve from 2003 until 2007, and then reactivated in October 2009.
context_section_description: The 64th Air Refueling Squadron was activated at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire, on 2 October 2009 as part of the 22d Air Refueling Wing. It is part of the Total Force Initiative and works with the 157th Air Refueling Wing, New Hampshire Air National Guard. This was the first time that an active duty Air Force unit returned to Pease since the base was closed in 1991. On 9 January 2013, the Air Force announced that Pease would be in the running to host the first Boeing KC-46 Pegasus tankers as they entered service. In August 2014, Air Force leaders announced that the 157th would become the first Air National Guard unit to equip with the KC-46A. The Pegasus was scheduled to enter the Air Force inventory during fiscal year 2019; the first KC-46A arrived at Pease on 8 August 2019.
caption: 64 ARS and 157 ARW personnel working at Pease Air National Guard Base in September 2013
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