The 100 ARW is the only permanent U.S. air refueling wing in the European theater. The wing provides the critical air refueling "bridge" that allows the Expeditionary Air Force to deploy around the globe on a moment's notice.
During World War II, its predecessor unit, the 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was a Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress unit in England, stationed at RAF Thorpe Abbotts. Flying over 300 combat missions, the group earned two Distinguished Unit Citations (Regensburg, 17 August 1943; Berlin, 4/6/8 March 1944). The group suffered tremendous losses in combat, with 177 Aircraft MIA, flying its last mission on 20 April 1945.
The 100th Air Refueling Wing has been bestowed with the lineage, honors, and history of the 100th Bombardment Group. One of these honors is that it is the only modern USAF operational wing allowed to display on its assigned aircraft the tail code (Square-D) of its World War II predecessor.
Units
USAFE's only KC-135 air refueling wing composed of 15 permanently assigned aircraft, and is responsible for U.S. aerial refueling operations conducted throughout the European theater. The unit supports some 16,000 personnel, including Third Air Force, four geographically separated units, and 15 associated units.
100th Operations Group (100 OG)
* 351st Air Refueling Squadron (351 ARS)
* 100th Operations Support Squadron (100 OSS)
100th Maintenance Group (100 MXG)
* 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (100 AMXS)
* 100th Maintenance Squadron (100 MXS)
* 100th Maintenance Operations Squadron (100 MOS)
100th Mission Support Group (100 MSG)
* 100th Civil Engineer Squadron (100 CES)
* 100th Communications Squadron (100 CS)
* 100th Contracting Squadron (100 CONS)
* 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron (100 LRS)
* 100th Mission Support Squadron (100 MSS)
* 100th Security Forces Squadron (100 SFS)
* 100th Services Squadron (100 SVS)
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