01112360
SECRET
2449170
07-01-1993
2449353
12-31-1993
WING/0043/AIR REFUELING
HISTORY
K-WG-REF-43-HI V.1
VOL I OF II
45239
1216
1347
43
2450317
08-21-1996
WING BECAME REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS FOR 917 AIR REFUELING SQUADRON (AREFS) AT DYESS AIR FORCE BASE (AFB) TX, 350 AREFS AT BEALE AFB CA, AND 905 AREFS AT GRAND FORKS AFB ND. BRIG GEN GARY A. VOELLGER REPLACED BRIG GEN RICHARD C. MARR AS WING COMMANDER. COL GEORGE C. MAZZEO CONTINUED AS VICE COMMANDER. COL KENNETH MILLS BECAME 43 OPERATIONS GROUP (OG) COMMANDER. COL RICHARD C. WIRTH REPLACED COL TERRY S. PEHAN AS COMMANDER, 43 SUPPORT GROUP (SPTG). WING SUPPORTED EUROPEAN TANKER TASK FORCE (ETTF), SOUTHWEST ASIA TTF, AND TANKER EXPRESS CHANNEL MISSIONS. MOBILITY EXERCISES INCLUDED CROWN VIGILANCE AND BIG SKY. 97 AREFS DEPLOYED TO SUPPORT OPERATION DENY FLIGHT, NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) AND UNITED NATIONS (UN) RELIEF AND PEACEKEEPING EFFORT IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA.
FOUO PRIVILEGED
BROWER, DELORES K.
CONTAINS PHOTOGRAPHS.