 The world's greatest Air Force. A title that has been earned. A title we wear proudly. Over the last 100 years, the Air Force has innovated ways to extend the range of its jets and maintain air dominance by refueling mid-air. The first successful aerial refueling took place on June 27, 1923, when a DH-4B passed gasoline through a hose to another aircraft flying beneath it. Now, as the world's largest tanker wing, Team Fairchild joins the Air Force in celebrating a century of air refueling, providing rapid global mobility and dominating the skies. We continue that legacy of excellence as we write the next chapter of air refueling. With over 60 KC-135s, the super tanker wing is at the core of combat, strategic, and contingency operations, anytime, anywhere. We fuel the joint force, allies and partners. For generations, mobility airmen have pushed the limits and paved the way for today's force. And we aren't stopping now.