141st Fighter Squadron
| 141st Air Refueling Squadron | |
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141st Air Refueling Squadron Boeing KC-135R-BN Stratotanker 62-3514. Note 141st Orange tail flash with tiger artwork
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| Active | 1917-1919; 1942 – present |
| Country |
 United States
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| Allegiance |
 New Jersey
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| Branch |
 Air National Guard
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| Type | Squadron |
| Role | Air Refueling |
| Part of | New Jersey Air National Guard |
| Garrison/HQ | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Trenton, New Jersey. |
| Tail Code | "New Jersey" Orange tail stripe |
| Insignia | |
| 141st Air Refueling Squadron emblem |  |
| 141st Aero Squadron | |
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| Commanders | Capt. Hobard (Hobie) A. E. Baker |
| Operations |
4th Pursuit Group Western Front, France: 18 October-11 November 1918 |
| Victories | First combat on 28 October 1918, 2 Enemy Aircraft shot down. 1 by Capt. Baker on 28 October; 1 on 5 November, shared by Capt Baker and Lts. Shelby, Cady, Hamlin and Chappell. |
The 141st Air Refueling Squadron (141 ARS) is a unit of the New Jersey Air National Guard 108th Wing located at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. The 141st is equipped with the KC-135R Stratotanker.
The 141 ARS was first organized as the 141st Aero Squadron on 2 January 1918 at Rockwell Field, California. The squadron deployed to France and fought on the Western Front during World War I as a pursuit squadron as part of the American Expeditionary Forces. The unit was demobilized after the war in 1919.
The 141st Aero Squadron (Pursuit) was a United States Army Air Service pursuit squadron, and part of the American Expeditionary Force. It was assigned to the 4th Pursuit Group, Second United States Army, AEF near the end of World War I.
The squadron saw limited combat, and with Second Army's planned offensive drive on Metz cancelled due to the 1918 Armistice with Germany, the squadron was assigned to the United States Third Army as part of the Occupation of the Rhineland in Germany. It returned to the United States in July, 1919.
The squadron was organized at Rockwell Field, San Diego, California on 8 October 1917. It was organized as an un-designated provisional unit with men drawn from the 14th and 18th Training Squadrons already at the field. The squadron trained with Curtiss JN-4 Jennies at Rockwell Field. It was not until the latter part of December that the mechanics and support enlisted personnel were assigned to the squadron, and was given its formal designation as the 141st on 2 January 1918 when it was ordered to proceed to Garden City, New York for overseas deployment.
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