1966 161st Aero Medical Airlift Group, 16 August 1968 161st Military Airlift Group, 1 December 1969 161st Air Refueling Group, 1 August 1972 161st Operations Group, 1 October 1995 Stations Westover Field, Massachusetts, 15 August 1943 Norfolk Airport, Virginia, 23 October 1943 Richmond Army Air Base, Virginia, 15 February – 15 March 1944 RAF Woodchurch (AAF-419), England, 4 April – 4 July 1944 Tour-en-Bessin Airfield (A-13), France, 19 July 1944 Saint James Airfield (A-29), France, 19 August 1944 Reims/Champagne Airfield (A-62), France, 19 September 1944 Le Culot Airfield (A-89), Belgium, 22 October 1944 Venlo Airfield (Y-55), Netherlands, 11 March 1945 Lippstadt Airfield (Y-98), Germany, 20 April 1945 AAF Station Illesheim, Germany, 20 May–July 1945 Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, 4 August 1945 Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina, 20 August 1945 Mitchel Field, New York, 28 September – 7 November 1945 Luke Army Airfield (later AFB), Arizona, 12 December 1946 Sky Harbor Airport, Arizona, 1 November 1952 Designated: Goldwater Air National Guard Base, 1991–Present Operated from: Ramstein AB, West Germany, Nov 1961-15 Aug 1962 Aircraft P-47 Thunderbolt, 1943–1945 F-51D Mustang, 1947–1950, 1952–1954 F-84B Thunderjet, 1950–1951 F-84E/G Thunderjet, 1951–1952 F-86A Sabre, 1954–1958 F-86L Sabre Interceptor, 1958–1960 F-104A Starfighter, 1960–1962 C-97G Stratofreighter, 1962–1972 KC-97L Stratotanker, 1972–1977 KC-135A Stratotanker, 1977–1982 KC-135E Stratotanker, 1982–2007 KC-135R Stratotanker, 2007–Present Aircraft flying in this unit KC-135 55-3143(E) (Dec'93); 57-1452(E) (Dec'93); 57-1475(E) (Dec'93); 57-1496(E) (Dec'93) References 197th Air Refueling Squadron lineage and history Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980. Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Rogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. External links Squadrons of the United States Air National Guard Air refueling squadrons of the United States Air Force Military units and formations in Arizona