6th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker takes off from MacDill Air Force Base[note 1]
Active
1951–1992; 1994–present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Air refueling
Part of
Air Mobility Command
Garrison/HQ
MacDill AFB, Florida
Motto(s)
Parati Defendere Latin Ready to Defend[1]
Equipment
KC-135R Stratotanker
Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[1][note 2]
Commanders
Current commander
Colonel Adam D. Bingham
Vice Commander
Colonel Edward V. Szczepanik
Command Chief
Chief Master Sergeant Shae D. Gee
Insignia
6th Air Refueling Wing emblem (adopted 18 March 1955, reinstated 20 September 1988)[1][note 3]
Patch with 6th Strategic Wing emblem (approved 21 October 1980)[1]
Military unit
The United States Air Force's 6th Air Refueling Wing is the host wing for MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. It is part of Air Mobility Command's (AMC) Eighteenth Air Force. The wing's 6th Operations Group is a successor organization of the 3d Observation Group, one of the seven original combat air groups formed by the United States Army Air Service shortly after the end of World War I.[2]
The 6th Air Refueling Wing provides day-to-day mission support to more than 3,000 personnel along with more than 50 mission partners, including the United States Central Command and United States Special Operations Command. It is a force capable of rapidly projecting air refueling power anywhere in the world. The 6 ARW is organized into four unique groups and three operational flying squadrons to carry out its mission to be provide air refueling, airlift, and air base support.
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^ abcdRobertson, Patsy (19 June 2017). "Factsheet 6 Air Refueling Wing (AMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
^Maurer 1983, pp. 41–42.
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