133d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
| 133d Air Refueling Squadron | |
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| Active | 2 March 1942-Present |
| Country |
 United States
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| Allegiance |
 New Hampshire
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| Branch |
 Air National Guard
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| Type | Squadron |
| Role | Air Refueling |
| Part of | New Hampshire Air National Guard |
| Garrison/HQ | Pease Air National Guard Base, Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
| Nickname(s) | Live Free Or Die |
| Tail Code | A blue tailband with white text "New Hampshire" included |
| Insignia | |
| 133d Air Refueling Squadron emblem |  |
The 133d Air Refueling Squadron (133 ARS) is a unit of the New Hampshire Air National Guard 157th Air Refueling Wing located at Pease Air National Guard Base, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The 133d is equipped with the KC-135R Stratotanker.
Trained with V-72 Vengeance aircraft. Moved to India, via Australia, July–September 1943. Assigned to Tenth Air Force. Operating from India and using A-36A Apaches. The 529th Fighter Squadron having its markings as black vertical bands painted on a yellow tail. The red nose was also a squadron marking. Many planes of the squadron had a girl's name on the nose but very few had any artwork.
The squadron supported Allied ground forces in northern Burma; covered bombers that attacked Rangoon, Insein, and other targets; bombed enemy airfields at Myitkyina and Bhamo; and conducted patrol and reconnaissance missions to help protect transport planes that flew The Hump route between India and China.
Converted to P-51C Mustangs in May 1944. Moved to Burma in July and continued to support ground forces, including Merrill's Marauders; also flew numerous sweeps over enemy airfields in central and southern Burma.
Moved to China in August 1944 and assigned to Fourteenth Air Force. Escorted bombers, flew interception missions, struck the enemy's communications, and supported ground operations, serving in combat until the end of the war. Ferried P-51's from India for Chinese Air Force in November 1945. Returned to the US in December 1945.
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