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Air Force Wings AIR FORCE WINGS 23rd Wing 1st Fighter Wing 1st Special Operations Wing 2nd Bomb Wing 18th Wing 19th Airlift Wing 20th Fighter Wing 22nd Air Refueling Wing Moody AFB, Ga. There are 144 wings in the U.S. Air Force. All of them trace JB Langley-Eustis, Va. Hurlburt Field, Fla. Barksdale AFB, La. Kadena Air Base, Japan their history to the 1st Pursuit Wing, formed in France by the Little Rock AFB, Ark. Shaw AFB, S.C. McConnell AFB, ACC ACC AFSOC AFGSC PACAF American Expeditionary Forces of the U.S. Army in July 1918. AMC ACC Kan. A-10, HC-130J, HH-60 F-22, T-38A AC-130J/U, CV-22, MC- B-52H E-3, F-15C/D, HH-60, The term “wing” has remained in use ever since. C-130H/J F-16CM AMC 130, MQ-9, U-28A KC-135 Air wings in World War II were administrative and KC-46, KC-135 operational organizations that typically controlled multiple combat groups and service organizations. Today’s wings are smaller, dating their history to 1948, when the newly independent Air Force established permanent combat wings consisting of a combat group, an air base group, a maintenance and supply group, and a medical group. In most cases, wings’ numerical designator evolved from the combat group that preceded it. For example, today’s 14th Flying Training Wing traces its history to the 14th Fight- er Wing and, before that, the 14th Fighter Group. Each group within the wing takes on the wing’s numerical designator. Every wing has a distinct mission and scope, whether that is operational, managing an air base, or performing 3rd Wing 4th Fighter Wing 5th Bomb Wing 24th Operations Wing 27th Special Operations Wing 28th Bomb Wing 31st Fighter Wing 33rd Fighter Wing specialized missions such as intelligence or training. JB Elmendorf- Seymour Johnson Minot AFB, N.D. Hurlburt Field, Fla. Cannon AFB, N.M. Ellsworth AFB, S.D. Aviano Air Base, Italy Eglin AFB, Fla. Operational wings typically consist of an operations group Richardson, Alaska AFB, N.C. AFGSC AFSOC AFSOC AFGSC USAFE AETC and provide their own maintenance, supply, munitions, and PACAF ACC B-52H Special Training and AC-130J, C-46, CV-22, MC- B-1B F-16C/D, HH-60 F-35 often base support. Those that are tenant organizations rely C-12, C-17, E-3, F-22 F-15E Tactics 130J, MQ-9, U-28A on host commands to provide base and related support services. 35th Fighter Wing 36th Wing 37th Training Wing 39th Air Base Wing 42nd Air Base Wing 6th Air Mobility Wing 7th Bomb Wing 8th Fighter Wing 9th Reconnaissance Wing 10th Air Base Wing Misawa Air Base, Andersen AFB, JB San Antonio- Incirlik Air Base, Maxwell-Gunter MacDill AFB, Fla. Dyess AFB, Texas Kunsan Air Base, Beale AFB, Calif. Air Force Academy, Japan Guam Lackland, Texas Turkey AFB, Ala. AMC AFGSC South Korea ACC Colo. PACAF PACAF AETC USAFE AETC C-37, KC-135 B-1B PACAF RQ-4, T-38A, U-2 USAFA F-16CM Host Unit, Base Host Unit, Training Host Unit, Base Host Unit, Air F-16C/D Education, Medical, Operations Operations Operations/Support University Support Infrastructure EXPEDITIONARY WINGS Expeditionary wings include headquarters staffs, but do not own their own aircraft and personnel. Instead, deployed personnel and equipment are assigned based on mission requirements. 11th Wing 12th Flying Training Wing 14th Flying Training Wing 15th Wing 17th Training Wing JB Andrews, Md. JB San Antonio- Colombus AFB, Miss. JB Pearl Harbor- Goodfellow AFB, Texas UH-1N Randolph, Texas AETC Hickam, Hawaii AETC AFDW AETC T-1A, T-6A, T-38C PACAF Technical Training, 332nd Air 379th Air 380th Air 386th Air T-1A, T-6A, T-38C C-17, C-37, C-40B, Crypto/Intelligence Expeditionary Wing Expeditionary Wing Expeditionary Wing Expeditionary Wing F-22, KC-135 Training-All Services Southwest Asia Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE Ali Al Salem Air Base, (Undisclosed Locations) ACC ACC Kuwait ACC B-1, B-52, C-17, C-21, E-3, KC-10, RQ-4, U-2 ACC A-10C F-15E, F-16C, HC-130P, C-130H/J, E-8C, KC-135, C-130E/H, EC-130 HH-60G, KC-135R, MQ-9 RC-135V/W 47th Flying Training Wing 48th Fighter Wing 49th Wing 51st Fighter Wing 52nd Fighter Wing 80th Flying Training Wing 81st Training Wing 82nd Training Wing 86th Airlift Wing 87th Air Base Wing Laughlin AFB, Texas RAF Lakenheath, U.K. Holloman AFB, N.M. Osan Air Base, Spangdahlem Air Sheppard AFB, Texas Keesler AFB, Miss. Sheppard AFB, Texas Ramstein Air Base, JB McGuire-Dix-Lake- AETC USAFE AETC South Korea Base, Germany AETC AETC AETC Germany hurst, N.J. T-1A, T-6A, T-38C F-15C/D, F-15E, HH-60 MQ-9 PACAF USAFE T-6A, T-38C Electronics Training for Host Unit, Base USAFE AMC A-10, F-16C/D F-16C/D USAF, USN, USA, USMC, CG, Operations and Support C-21, C-37A, C-40B, Host Unit, Base Federal/Civilian Personnel C-130J Operations and Support 53rd Wing 55th Wing 56th Fighter Wing 57th Wing 58th Special Operations Wing 88th Air Base Wing 89th Airlift Wing 90th Missile Wing 91st Missile Wing 92nd Air Refueling Wing Eglin AFB, Fla. Offutt AFB, Neb. Luke AFB Ariz. Nellis AFB, Nev. Kirtland AFB, N.M. Wright-Patterson AFB, JB Andrews, Md. F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. Minot AFB, N.D. Fairchild AFB, Wash. ACC ACC AETC ACC AETC Ohio AMC AFGSC Minuteman III, UH-1N AMC Testing and Evaluation. A-10, EC-130H, OC-135B, Training. F-16, F-35 Training and Tactics. Training, Special Opera- AFMC C-20B, C-32A, C-37A/B, Minuteman III, UH-1N C-17, KC-135 B-1B, B-2, B-52H, BQM-167, RC-135S/U/V/W, TC- A-10, E-3C, E-8C, EC-130, tions. Combat Search and Host Unit, Base Opera- C-40B, VC-25A E-9A, F-15C/D/E, F-16C/D, F-22, 135S/W, WC-135 F-15C/C/E, F-16, F-22, Rescue. CV-22, HC-130J/ tions and Support F-35, HC-130J, HH-60, MQ-9, F-35, HH-60, MQ-9, RC-135 P/N, HH-60, MC-130H/J/P, QF-16, RQ-4, U-2 TH-1H, UH-1N 59th Medical Wing 60th Air Mobility Wing 62nd Airlift Wing 67th Cyberspace Wing 70th Intelligence, 93rd Air Ground Operations Wing 94th Airlift Wing 96th Test Wing 97th Air Mobility Wing 99th Air Base Wing JB San Antonio, Texas Travis AFB, Calif. JB Lewis-McChord, Wash. JB San Antonio- Surveillance and Moody AFB, Ga. Dobbins ARB, Ga. Eglin AFB, Fla. Altus AFB, Okla. Nellis AFB, Nev. AETC AMC AMC Lackland, Texas Reconnaissance Wing ACC AFRC AFMC AETC ACC Military Medical C-5M, C-17, KC-10 C-17 ACC Fort George Meade, Md. Manage/Provide com- C-130H Aircraft Test and Evalua- C-17, KC-46, KC-135 Host unit, base installation Services Cyber Operations AFISRA bat-ready TACAIR personnel, tion Center. A-10, F-15C/E, and support, Nevada Test ACC battlefield weather, and force F-16CG/CJ, UH-1N and Training Range Primary provider of signals protection assets intelligence to national leaders and combat commanders 71st Flying Training Wing 72nd Air Base Wing 75th Air Base Wing 76th Maintenance Wing 78th Air Base Wing 100th Air Refueling Wing 301st Fighter Wing 302nd Airlift Wing 305th Air Mobility Wing 307th Bomb Wing Vance AFB, Okla. Tinker AFB, Okla. Hill AFB, Utah Tinker AFB, Okla. Robins AFB RAF Mildenhall, U.K. Naval Air Station JRB, Peterson AFB, Colo. JB McGuire-Dix- Barksdale AFB, La. AETC AFMC AFMC AFSC AFMC USAFE Fort Worth, Texas AFRC Lakehurst, N.J. AFRC T-1A, T-6A, T-38C Host Unit, Base Host Unit, Base AFMC Host Unit, Base CV-22, KC-135, MC-130J, AFRC C-130H (Modular AMC B-52H Operations and Support Operations and Support Aircraft Depot Operations and Support RC-135V/W F-16C/D Airborne Firefighting C17, KC-10 Maintenance, Repair, System) Modifications 310th Space Wing 314th Airlift Wing 315th Airlift Wing 317th Airlift Wing 319th Reconnaissance Wing 432nd Wing 433rd Airlift Wing 434th Air Refueling Wing 435th Air Ground 436th Airlift Wing Schriever AFB, Colo. Little Rock AFB, Ark. JB Charleston, S.C. Dyess AFB, Texas Grand Forks AFB, N.D. Creech AFB, Nev. JB San Antonio- Grissom AFB, Ind. Operations Wing Dover AFB, Del. AFRC AETC AFRC ACC ACC ACC Lackland (Kelly Field AFRC Ramstein Air Base, AMC Space operations, C-130J C-17 C-130J RQ-4 MQ-9, RQ-170 Annex), Texas KC-135 Germany C-5M, C-17 control, warning AFRC USAFE C-5M Expeditionary airfield operations 325th Fighter Wing 341st Missile Wing 349th Air Mobility Wing 352nd Special Operations 354th Fighter Wing 437th Airlift Wing 439th Airlift Wing 442nd Fighter Wing 445th Airlift Wing 446th Airlift Wing Tyndall AFB, Fla. Malmstrom AFB, Mont. Travis AFB, Calif. Wing Eielson AFB, Alaska JB Charleston, S.C. Westover AFB, Mass. Whiteman AFB, Mo. Wright-Patterson AFB, JB Lewis-McChord ACC AFGSC AFRC RAF Mildenhall, U.K. PACAF AMC AFRC AFRC Ohio (McChord Field), Wash. F-22 Minuteman III, UH-1N C-5M, C-17, KC-10 AFSOC F-16C/D C-17 C-5M A-10C AFRC AFRC MC-130J, CV-22 C-17 C-17 355th Fighter Wing 363rd Intelligence, Sur- 366th Fighter Wing 374th Airlift Wing 375th Air Mobility Wing 448th Supply Chain 452nd Air Mobility Wing 459th Air Refueling Wing 461st Air Control Wing 480th ISR Wing Davis-Monthan AFB, veillance and Reconnais- Mountain Home AFB, Yokota Air Base, Japan Scott AFB, Ill.
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