100th Air Refueling Wing

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The 100th Air Refueling Wing is a United States Air Force unit based at RAF Mildenhall in the United Kingdom, providing aerial refueling and support operations primarily for U.S. and NATO forces in Europe.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
100th Air Refueling Wing canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Air Force wing ⓘ
air refueling wing ⓘ
aircraftRole tanker ⓘ
aircraftTypeOperated Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker ⓘ
alliedSupport North Atlantic Treaty Organization ⓘ
linked to: NATO
basedAtSince RAF Mildenhall, early 1990s ⓘ
coLocatedWith other U.S. Air Force units at RAF Mildenhall ⓘ
commandStructure Third Air Force ⓘ
component 100th Maintenance Group ⓘ
100th Medical Group ⓘ
100th Mission Support Group ⓘ
100th Operations Group ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
emblemFeature black square tail with white letter "D" ⓘ
heritage markings from World War II 100th Bomb Group ⓘ
garrison RAF Mildenhall ⓘ
garrisonCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
geographicAreaOfResponsibility Africa ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
hasCapability aerial refueling of airlift aircraft ⓘ
aerial refueling of bomber aircraft ⓘ
aerial refueling of fighter aircraft ⓘ
heritage 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) ⓘ
higherHeadquarters United States Air Forces in Europe ⓘ
United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa ⓘ
hostWingAt RAF Mildenhall ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
missionFocus support U.S. national security objectives in Europe and Africa ⓘ
nickname Bloody Hundredth ⓘ
notableFor only permanent U.S. Air Force air refueling wing in the European theater ⓘ
operationalStatus active ⓘ
partOf United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa ⓘ
primaryMission provide aerial refueling to U.S. and NATO forces in Europe ⓘ
providesCapability airborne refueling for NATO operations ⓘ
airborne refueling for U.S. European Command ⓘ
role aerial refueling ⓘ
air mobility support ⓘ
airlift support ⓘ
serviceComponent U.S. European Command ⓘ
stationedNear Mildenhall, Suffolk, England ⓘ
linked to: Mildenhall
supports NATO forces ⓘ
United States forces in Europe ⓘ
supportsOperationType air bridge operations ⓘ
contingency operations ⓘ
training missions ⓘ
theater European theater ⓘ
type active duty unit ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Air Forces in Europe → hasComponent → 100th Air Refueling Wing ⓘ
RAF Mildenhall → usedBy → 100th Air Refueling Wing ⓘ
RAF Mildenhall → garrison → 100th Air Refueling Wing ⓘ