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Fairchild AFB KC-135R 116th ARS

Fairchild AFB KC-135R 116th ARS heritage poster art.

The 116th Air Refueling Squadron (116 ARS) is a unit of the Washington Air National Guard 141st Air Refueling Wing located at Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. The lineage of the 141st Air Refueling Wing, began with federal recognition on August 6, 1924, as the 116th Observation Squadron, 41st Division Air Services at Felts Field in the Spokane Valley. The 116th is one of the oldest National Guard flying units in the United States. Today, the 116th Air Refueling Squadron employs the KC-135R “Stratotanker” out of Fairchild AFB, and is the only flying Air Guard unit in Washington State. The 116th, known as the “Ace of Spades”, has flown 40 aircraft in its 93 years of service! The squadron insignia, the ace of spades with a dagger driven through the center of the card scripted “Caveat hostis”, Latin for “Let the enemy beware”, was approved on 18 July 1931 by the War Department and is still in use today.

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Design by Samantha Beaty

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