PA ANG 171st Air Refueling Wing

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Comm card "REVISED 8 AUG 03" - some frequencies are out-of-date, but most are correct.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

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