page_title: 106th Air Refueling Squadron
section_title: Lineage
hierarchical_section_title: 106th Air Refueling Squadron / History / Lineage
caption_attribution_description: English: Emblem of the 100th Bombardment Squadron (World War II)
context_page_description: The 106th Air Refueling Squadron is a unit of the Alabama Air National Guard 117th Air Refueling Wing. It is assigned to Birmingham Air National Guard Base, Alabama and is equipped with the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft.
  The squadron is a descendant organization of the World War I 106th Aero Squadron, established on 27 August 1917. It was reformed on 21 January 1922. After several designation changes, it was re-designated the 106th Observation Squadron on 16 January 1924 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 106th Aero Squadron** on 27 August 1917
  Re-designated 106th Aero Squadron (Repair) on 1 September 1917
  Re-designated 800th Aero Squadron (Repair) on 1 February 1918.
  Demobilized: A and B flights on 8 May 1919, C flight on 2 July 1919
  Constituted in the Alabama NG in 1921 as the 135th Squadron (Observation)
  Organized as the 135th Squadron (Observation) on 21 January 1922 with personnel from the "Birmingham Escadrille" (a civilian flying club organized in 1919 by World War I ace Maj. James A. Meissner)
  Extended federal recognition on 21 January 1922
  Re-designated as the 135th Observation Squadron on 25 January 1923
  Re-designated as the 114th Observation Squadron on 1 May 1923
  Re-designated as the 106th Observation Squadron on 16 January 1924
  Consolidated and reconstituted on 20 October 1936 with the World War I 106th Aero Squadron
  Ordered to active service on 25 November 1940
  Re-designated: 106th Observation Squadron (Medium) on 13 January 1942
  Re-designated: 106th Observation Squadron on 4 July 1942
  Re-designated: 106th Reconnaissance Squadron (Bombardment) on 2 April 1943
  Re-designated: 100th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 9 May 1944
  Inactivated on 11 December 1945
  Re-designated: 106th Bombardment Squadron (Light), and allotted to Alabama Air National Guard, on 24 May 1946.
  Extended federal recognition on 25 November 1946
  Re-designated: 106th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (Night Photo) on 1 February 1951
  Federalized and ordered to active service on: 1 April 1951
  Re-designated: 106th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 9 January 1952
  Relieved from active duty and returned to Alabama State Control: 15 November 1952
  Re-designated: 106th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 1 May 1957
  Federalized and ordered to active service on: 3 November 1961
  Relieved from active duty and returned to Alabama State Control: on 20 August 1962
  Federalized and ordered to active service on: 24 August 1990
  Elements operated as: 106th Tactical Fighter Squadron (Provisional), 24 August-18 December 1990
  Relieved from active duty and returned to Alabama State Control: on 18 December 1990
  Re-designated: 106th Reconnaissance Squadron on 15 March 1992
  Re-designated: 106th Air Refueling Squadron in Oct 1994
  Designated: 106th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron when unit assigned to Air and Space Expeditionary Forces.
  ** This unit is not related to another 106th Aero Squadron (Service) that was activated in March 1918 at Rich Field, Waco, Texas.
caption: Emblem of the World War II 106th Bombardment Squadron
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