![]() ![]() In addition to its domestic role as a National Guard unit, answering to the Governor of Arizona, the 161 ARW also performs both a stateside and overseas role as a USAF organization, supporting air refueling and air mobility missions worldwide. One of two flying units in the Arizona ANG, the 161 ARW flies the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft. The military enclave is known as the Goldwater Air National Guard Base. ![]() The airport is also home to the 161st Air Refueling Wing (161 ARW), an Air Mobility Command (AMC)–gained unit of the Arizona Air National Guard. The airport serves as a hub for American Airlines and a base for Southwest Airlines. It is Arizona's largest and busiest airport, and among the largest commercial airports in the United States in 2021, PHX was the 8th-busiest airport in the United States and 22nd-busiest in the world. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport ( IATA: PHX, ICAO: KPHX, FAA LID: PHX), commonly referred to as Sky Harbor Airport or simply Sky Harbor, is a civil–military public airport 3 miles (2.6 nmi 4.8 km) east of downtown Phoenix, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. ![]()
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