PA ANG 171st Air Refueling Wing
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General Information
The Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 171st Air Refueling Wing is based at the Pittsburgh Air National Guard Base, co-located with the Pittsburgh International Airport.
The mission of the Wing is to staff, equip, and maintain combat flying and combat support units to augment the U.S. Air Force.
The Wing supports, maintains and operates 16 KC-135T Stratotanker aircraft serving in air refueling and transport sorties around the world.
Aircraft
KC-135T 58-0045 "Pennsylvania National Guard" (ex-"Pittsburgh: Doin' it 'R' Way")
KC-135T 58-0054 "Allegheny Warrior"
KC-135T 58-0060 "Freedom Will Endure"
KC-135T 58-0072 "Bad Company II"
KC-135T 58-0074 "Steel Phantom"
KC-135T 58-0077 "The Patriot"
KC-135T 58-0084 "Ghost Raiders: Final Contact"
KC-135T 58-0099 "Some Gave All"
KC-135T 58-0112 "Spirit of Pittsburgh"
KC-135T 58-0117 "Steel City Pride"
KC-135T 59-1460 "Classic Iron"
KC-135T 59-1467 "Pittsburgh Panthers" (ex-"Ready to Rock")
KC-135T 59-1468 "Freedom Rider"
KC-135T 59-1490 "Duel'n Fueler"
KC-135T 59-1504 "Pittsburgh: Simply the Best"
KC-135T 59-1523 "Falcon's Spirit"
Callsigns
- STEEL
Special tanker callsigns (i.e. ETHYL, BLUE, GOLD) also used.
Frequencies used
- 311.000 Steel Control (171st ARW CP)
- 293.700 Interplane
Presets
Comm card "REVISED 8 AUG 03" - some frequencies are out-of-date, but most are correct. Only the format has been changed.
AGENCY COMM1 CH COMM2/3 AGENCY FSS UNICOM 255.400 01 135.900 ATIS - DEP PITT CLNC DEL 353.600 02 126.750 PITT CLNC DEL PITT GROUND CON 348.600 03 121.900 PITT GROUND CON PITT TOWER 270.375 04 119.100 PITT TOWER #1 PITT TOWER 236.600 05 135.025 PITT TOWER #2 PITT DEP E/N 336.200 06 124.750 PITT DEP E/N PITT DEP SOUTH 285.575 07 119.350 PITT DEP SOUTH OPEN ------- 08 127.250 ATIS - ARR AMC PRIMARY 311.000 09 311.000 AMC PRIMARY INTERPLANE 293.700 10 293.700 INTERPLANE AMC SECONDARY 321.000 11 321.000 AMC SECONDARY OPEN ------- 12 122.950 FSS UNICOM OPEN ------- 13 ------- OPEN OPEN ------- 14 ------- OPEN OPEN ------- 15 ------- OPEN OPEN ------- 16 ------- OPEN OPEN ------- 17 ------- OPEN OPEN ------- 18 ------- OPEN OPEN ------- 19 ------- OPEN OPEN ------- 20 ------- OPEN