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The 100th Air Refueling Wing (100 ARW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Third Air Force, United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa. It is stationed at RAF Mildenhall, England. It is also the host wing at RAF Mildenhall. The 100 ARW is the only permanent U.S. air refueling wing in the European theater. During World War II, its predecessor unit, the 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy), was an 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. One of the wing's 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, it 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 Flight (100 MOF) 100th Mission Support Group (100 MSG) *100th Civil Engineer Squadron (100 CES) *100th Communications Squadron (100 CS) *100th Logistics Readiness Squadron (100 LRS) *100th Security Forces Squadron (100 SFS) *100th Force Support Squadron (100 FSS) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「100th Air Refueling Wing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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