page_title: 117th Air Refueling Wing
section_title: Aircraft
hierarchical_section_title: 117th Air Refueling Wing / Lineage / Aircraft
caption_attribution_description: English: Alabama ANG 117th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 illustration
context_page_description: The 117th Air Refueling Wing is a unit of the Alabama Air National Guard, stationed at Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base Birmingham, Alabama. If activated to federal service, it is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.
  The 106th Air Refueling Squadron, assigned to the Wings 117th Operations Group, is a descendant organization of the World War I 106th Aero Squadron, established on 27 August 1917. It was reactivated in 1922, and as the 106th Observation Squadron was one of 29 National Guard observation squadrons formed before World War II.
context_section_description: B-26C Invader, 1947-1951
  RB-26C Invader, 1951-1957
  RF-80C Shooting Star, 1951-1952
  RF-84F Thunderstreak, 1957-1971
  RF-4C Phantom II, 1971-1993
  KC-135R Stratotanker, 1994–Present
caption: 117th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker
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