Maine Air National Guard

Maine Air National Guard
132d Air Refueling Squadron - Boeing KC-135R 3547 at Pease AGB. The 132d is the oldest unit in the Maine Air National Guard, having over 70 years of service to the state and nation
Active	February 4, 1947 – present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Maine
Branch	Air National Guard
Role	"To meet state and federal mission responsibilities."
Part of	Maine Department of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management United States National Guard Bureau
Garrison/HQ	Maine Air National Guard, Bangor Air National Guard Base, 103 Maineiac Avenue #505, Bangor, Maine, 04401
Commanders
Civilian leadership	President Donald Trump (Commander-in-Chief) Michael B. Donley (Secretary of the Air Force) Governor Paul LePage (Governor of the State of Maine)
State military leadership	Brigadier General Douglas A. Farnham
Insignia
Logo of the Maine Air National Guard
Aircraft flown
Tanker	KC-135R Stratotanker

The Maine Air National Guard (ME ANG) is the air force militia of the State of Maine, United States of America. It is, along with the Maine Army National Guard, an element of the Maine National Guard.

As state militia units, the units in the Maine Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Maine through the office of the Maine Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Maine Air National Guard is headquartered at Bangor Air National Guard Base, Bangor.

Under the "Total Force" concept, Maine Air National Guard units are considered to be Air Reserve Components (ARC) of the United States Air Force (USAF). Maine ANG units are trained and equipped by the Air Force and are operationally gained by a Major Command of the USAF if federalized. In addition, the Maine Air National Guard forces are assigned to Air Expeditionary Forces and are subject to deployment tasking orders along with their active duty and Air Force Reserve counterparts in their assigned cycle deployment window.

Along with their federal reserve obligations, as state militia units the elements of the Maine ANG are subject to being activated by order of the Governor to provide protection of life and property, and preserve peace, order and public safety. State missions include disaster relief in times of earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and forest fires, search and rescue, protection of vital public services, and support to civil defense.

The Maine Air National Guard consists of the following major unit:

Support Unit Functions and Capabilities:

On 24 May 1946, the United States Army Air Forces, in response to dramatic postwar military budget cuts imposed by President Harry S. Truman, allocated inactive unit designations to the National Guard Bureau for the formation of an Air Force National Guard. These unit designations were allotted and transferred to various State National Guard bureaus to provide them unit designations to re-establish them as Air National Guard units.