page_title: 116th Air Refueling Squadron
section_title: Lineage
hierarchical_section_title: 116th Air Refueling Squadron / History / Lineage
caption_attribution_description: English: Emblem of the USAF 116th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (ADC) WA Air National Guard
context_page_description: The 116th Air Refueling Squadron is a unit of the Washington Air National Guard 141st Air Refueling Wing located at Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. The 116th is equipped with the KC-135R Stratotanker and RC-26B Metroliner.
  The squadron is a descendant organization of the World War I 116th Aero Squadron, established on 28 August 1917. It was reformed on 6 August 1924, as the 116th 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 116th Aero Squadron** on 29 August 1917
  Re-designated 116th Aero Squadron (Service) on 1 September 1917
  Re-designated 637th Aero Squadron (Supply) on 1 February 1918
  Demobilized on 20 May 1919
  Reconstituted and consolidated (1936) with 116th Observation Squadron which, having been allotted to Washington NG, was activated on 6 August 1924
  Ordered to active service on 16 September 1940
  Re-designated: 116th Observation Squadron (Medium) on 13 January 1942
  Re-designated: 116th Observation Squadron on 4 July 1942
  Re-designated: 116th Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter) on 2 April 1943
  Re-designated: 116th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 August 1943
  Disbanded on 30 November 1943
  Reconstituted on 21 June 1945.
  Redesignated 116th Fighter Squadron, and allotted to Washington ANG, on 24 May 1946
  Extended federal recognition on 1 July 1946
  Federalized and placed on active duty, 10 February 1951
  Re-designated: 116th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 10 February 1951
  Released from active duty and returned to Washington state control, 1 November 1952
  Re-designated: 116th Fighter Squadron, 7 July 1960
  Re-designated: 116th Air Refueling Squadron, 1 July 1976
  ** This unit is not related to another 116th Aero Squadron (Service) that was activated in March 1918 at Kelly Field, Texas.
caption: Legacy 116th Squadron Emblem
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