170th Air Refueling Squadron

170th Air Refueling Squadron
KC-46A Pegasus of the 305th Air Mobility Wing[a]
Active	8 March 2024–present
Country	United States
Allegiance	New Jersey
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Squadron
Role	Air refueling
Part of	108th Operations Group
Garrison/HQ	Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Equipment	Boeing KC-46A Pegasus
Commanders
Current commander	Lt Col Matthew J. Secko[1]

The 170th Air Refueling Squadron (170 ARS) is a unit of the New Jersey Air National Guard's 108th Wing located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The 170 ARS is equipped with the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus. The 170 ARS, alongside the 141st Air Refueling Squadron, are associate squadrons of the active-duty 305th Air Mobility Wing.

History

United States Congress, using the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, directed the United States Air Force to divest the 108th Wing's Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker fleet and to replace the Air Force Reserve Command 76th and 78th Air Refueling Squadrons with the Air National Guard 141st and 170th Air Refueling Squadrons.^[2]

On 8 March 2024, the 170th Air Refueling Squadron was activated at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, becoming the Air National Guard's newest unit.^[1] The squadron's numerical designation derives from the 170th Group,^[1] which was previously allotted to New Jersey between 1964 and 1993.^[3] It is equipped with the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus and operates alongside the 108th Wing's 141 ARS.^[1]

Both the 170 ARS and 141 ARS are "embedded classic associates" of the active-duty 2nd and 32nd Air Refueling Squadrons, meaning they share the 305th Air Mobility Wing's 24 KC-46As.^[2]

Lineage

• Constituted as 170th Air Refueling Squadron on 7 March 2024^{[citation needed]}

Activated on 8 March 2024^[1]

Assignments

• 108th Operations Group, 8 March 2024 – present^[1]

Stations

• Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, 8 March 2024 – present^[1]

Aircraft

• Boeing KC-46A Pegasus, 2024–present^[1]

References

Explanatory notes

1. The 170th is an associate of the 305th Air Mobility Wing and thus shares its aircraft.

Citations

1. "170th Air Refueling Squadron activated". 108th Wing. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
2. Roza, David (1 April 2024). "New KC-46 Air National Guard Squadron Activates in New Jersey". Air & Space Forces Magazine. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
3. "170 GROUP" (PDF). Department of the Air Force Organizational Histories. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2024.