126th Air Refueling Wing

126th Air Refueling Wing
126th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 59–1500 taking off to a forward deployed location in support of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn, 24 March 2011
Active	8 September 1942–Present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Illinois
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Wing
Role	Air Refueling
Part of	Illinois Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois
Motto(s)	Anytime, Anywhere
Tail Code	Blue tail stripe bordered in orange, with "Illinois" in white letters over an orange "I" to the left
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Nicolas Henschel
Insignia
126th Air Refueling Wing emblem
Aircraft flown
Tanker	KC-135R

The 126th Air Refueling Wing (126 ARW) is a unit of the Illinois Air National Guard, stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.

The 108th Air Refueling Squadron, assigned to the Wing's 126th Operations Group, is a descendant organization of the World War I 108th Aero Squadron, established on 27 August 1917. It was reformed on 1 July 1927, as the 108th Observation Squadron, and is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.