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National Guard and Reserve Units Called to Active Duty (Oct National Guard and Reserve Units Called to Active Duty (Oct. 23, 2001) Unit Location Reserve Force Personnel 349th Air Mobility Wing Travis AFB, Calif. Air Force Reserve 407 433rd Airlift Wing Lackland AFB, Texas Air Force Reserve 988 710th Intelligence Flight Lackland AFB, Texas Air Force Reserve 32 434th Air Refueling Wing Grissom ARB, Ind. Air Force Reserve 347 Wright-Patterson Air 445th Airlift Wing Force Base, Ohio Air Force Reserve 4 446th Airlift Wing McChord AFB, Wash. Air Force Reserve 84 452nd Air Mobility Wing March ARB, Calif. Air Force Reserve 85 37th Flight Test Squadron March ARB, Calif. Air Force Reserve 4 507th Air Refueling Wing Tinker AFB, Okla. Air Force Reserve 50 513th Air Control Group Tinker AFB, Okla. Air Force Reserve 231 Seymour-Johnson 916th Air Refueling Wing AFB, N.C. Air Force Reserve 171 932nd Airlift Wing Scott AFB, Ill. Air Force Reserve 19 954th Reserve Support Flight Scott AFB, Ill. Air Force Reserve 13 940th Air Refueling Wing Beale AFB, Calif. Air Force Reserve 16 94th Airlift Wing Dobbins ARB, Ga. Air Force Reserve 61 622nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron MacDill AFB, Fla. Air Force Reserve 21 302nd Airlift Wing Peterson AFB, Colo. Air Force Reserve 5 310th Space Group Peterson AFB, Colo. Air Force Reserve 81 315th Airlift Wing Charleston AFB, S.C. Air Force Reserve 342 439th Airlift Wing Westover ARB, Mass. Air Force Reserve 999 General Mitchell IAP, 440th Airlift Wing Wis. Air Force Reserve 32 459th Airlift Wing Andrews AFB, Md. Air Force Reserve 47 512th Airlift Wing Dover AFB, Del. Air Force Reserve 243 514th Airlift Wing McGuire AFB, N.J. Air Force Reserve 58 Youngstown ARS, 910th Airlift Wing Ohio Air Force Reserve 30 911th Airlift Wing Pittsburgh IAP, Penn. Air Force Reserve 20 Willow Grove ARS, 913th Airlift Wing Penn. Air Force Reserve 51 914th Airlift Wing Niagra Falls, IAP, N.Y. Air Force Reserve 45 Minneapolis-St Paul 934th Airlift Wing ARS, Minn. Air Force Reserve 23 301st Fighter Wing JRB Ft Worth, Texas Air Force Reserve 57 610th Security Forces Squadron JRB Ft Worth, Texas Air Force Reserve 95 419th Fighter Wing Hill AFB, Utah Air Force Reserve 50 442nd Fighter Wing Whiteman AFB, Mo. Air Force Reserve 50 610th Intelligence Flight Offutt AFB, Neb. Air Force Reserve 34 482nd Fighter Wing Homestead ARB, Fla. Air Force Reserve 26 917th Wing Barksdale AFB, La. Air Force Reserve 72 919th Special Operations Wing Eglin AFB, Fla. Air Force Reserve 517 920th Rescue Group Patrick AFB, Fla. Air Force Reserve 77 926th Fighter Wing JRB New Orleans, La. Air Force Reserve 56 944th Fighter Wing Luke AFB, Fla. Air Force Reserve 44 Unit Total 5,587 Individual Mobilization Augmentees (IMA) Total 1,338 Air Force Reserve Command Total 6,925 101st Air Refueling Wing Bangor, Maine Air National Guard 81 102nd Fighter Wing Otis, Mass. Air National Guard 189 103rd Fighter Wing Orange, Conn. Air National Guard 130 104th Fighter Wing Westfield, Mass. Air National Guard 65 105th Airlift Wing Newburgh, N.Y. Air National Guard 72 108th Air Refueling Wing McGuire, N.J. Air National Guard 56 109 Airlift Wing Scotia, N.Y. Air National Guard 14 111st Fighter Wing Willow Grove, Pa. Air National Guard 51 113th Wing Camp Springs, Md. Air National Guard 45 114th Fighter Wing Sioux Falls, S.D. Air National Guard 71 115th Fighter Wing Madison, Wis. Air National Guard 62 116th Bomb Wing Warner Robins, Ga. Air National Guard 53 118th Airlift Wing Nashville, Tenn. Air National Guard 29 119th Fighter Wing Fargo, N.D. Air National Guard 74 120 Fighter Wing Great Falls, Mont. Air National Guard 92 121st Air Refueling Wing Columbus, Ohio Air National Guard 48 122nd Fighter Wing Fort Wayne, Ind. Air National Guard 64 123rd Airlift Wing Louisville, Ky. Air National Guard 61 124th Wing Boise, Idaho Air National Guard 55 125th Fighter Wing Jacksonville, Fla. Air National Guard 10 126th Air Refueling Wing Scott AFB, Ill. Air National Guard 40 127th Wing Mt. Clemens, Mich. Air National Guard 101 128th Air Refueling Wing Milwaukee, Wis. Air National Guard 130 129th Rescue Wing Mountain View, Calif. Air National Guard 1 130th Airlift Wing Charleston, W.Va. Air National Guard 47 131st Fighter Wing St. Louis, Mo. Air National Guard 57 132nd Fighter Wing Des Moines, Iowa Air National Guard 13 133rd Airlift Wing St. Paul, Minn. Air National Guard 71 134th Air Refueling Wing Knoxville, Tenn. Air National Guard 78 136th Airlift Wing Fort Worth, Texas Air National Guard 46 137th Airlift Wing Oklahoma City, Okla. Air National Guard 69 138th Fighter Wing Tulsa, Okla. Air National Guard 57 141st Air Refueling Wing Fairchild, Wash. Air National Guard 44 142nd Fighter Wing Warrenton, Ore. Air National Guard 122 143rd Airlift Wing Kingstown, R.I. Air National Guard 47 145th Airlift Wing Charleston, N.C. Air National Guard 17 146th Airlift Wing Port Huenem, Calif Air National Guard 60 147th Fighter Wing Houston, Texas Air National Guard 136 148th Fighter Wing Duluth, Minn. Air National Guard 85 151st Air Refueling Wing Salt Lake City, Utah Air National Guard 245 152nd Air Wing Reno, Nev. Air National Guard 52 153rd Wyoming National Guard Cheyenne, Wyo. Air National Guard 43 157th Air Refueling Wing Newington, N.H. Air National Guard 92 154th Wing Wahiawa, Hawaii Air National Guard 172 158th Fighter Wing South Burlington, Vt. Air National Guard 60 159th Fighter Wing New Orleans, La. Air National Guard 119 161st Air Refueling Wing Phoenix, Ariz. Air National Guard 34 162nd Fighter Wing Tucson, Ariz. Air National Guard 61 163rd Air Refueling Wing March ARB, Calif. Air National Guard 40 165th Airlift Wing Savannah, Ga. Air National Guard 204 166th Airlift Wing New Castle, Del. Air National Guard 40 167th Airlift Wing Martinsburg, W.Va. Air National Guard 46 171st Air Refueling Wing Coraopolis, Penn. Air National Guard 54 172nd Airlift Wing Jackson, Miss. Air National Guard 48 173rd Security Forces Squadron Klamath, Ore. Air National Guard 155 174th Fighter Wing Syracuse, N.Y. Air National Guard 73 177th Fighter Wing Egg Harbor, N.J. Air National Guard 437 178th Fighter Wing Springfield, Ohio Air National Guard 60 179th Airlift Wing Mansfield, Ohio Air National Guard 44 180th Fighter Wing Swanton, Ohio Air National Guard 50 181st Fighter Wing Terre Haute, Ind. Air National Guard 61 182nd Airlift Wing Peoria, Ill. Air National Guard 45 183rd Fighter Wing Springfield, Ill. Air National Guard 66 184th Bomb Wing Wichita, Kan. Air National Guard 114 185th Fighter Wing Sioux City, Iowa Air National Guard 30 186th Air Refueling Wing Meridian, Miss. Air National Guard 155 189th Airlift Wing Jacksonville, Ark. Air National Guard 68 190th Air Refueling Wing Topeka, Kan. Air National Guard 37 192nd Fighter Wing Sandston, Va. Air National Guard 335 193rd Fighter Wing Sandston, Va. Air National Guard 3 251st Combat Communications Group Springfield, Ohio Air National Guard 16 290th Joint Communication Support Squadron Tampa, Fla. Air National Guard 161 38th Engineering Installation Group South Port, Maine Air National Guard 13 Headquarters Bomb Wing Wichita, Kan. Air National Guard 1 149th Security Forces Squadron San Antonio, Texas Air National Guard 41 Air National Guard Total 5,818 Air Force Reserves Total 12,743 Individual augmentees Various Locations Marine Corps Reserve 40 Individual augmentees representing law enforcement, security, medical, supply, intelligence and other specialties. Various Locations Naval Reserve 300.
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