List of Air Force-controlled wings of the United States Air Force

Summary

This is a list of Air Force-controlled (AFCON) Wings of the United States Air Force.

The United States Air Force from c.1948 onward had two main types of wings and groups: AFCON, those controlled by Headquarters Air Force and usually having one, two, or three digits, and listed here; and Major Air Command-controlled (MAJCON) wings and groups, having four digits, controlled by Major Commands and listed at List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force. After the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, Headquarters Air Force terminated the ability of the Major Commands to control their own wings and groups. Thus all USAF flying and combat wings now have three digits and are controlled by Headquarters Air Force. Most are designated in one series, 1-900s. However, there are exceptions, such as the several wings designated "1st," as well as the two wings designated "301st".

Air control and warning groups, like the 11th Air Control Wing, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, part of Alaskan Air Command; the predecessor of the 507th Tactical Air Control Wing, Shaw AFB, SC, under Tactical Air Command, designated the 507 C&C Group 15 July 1958; 507 TCG 1 July 1964; 507 TACG 15 June 1974; 507 TACW 1 October 1976. Redesignated 507 ACW 1 October 1991. Inactivated 12 June 1992; disbanded 8 September 1994.[1] which included 20th TASS, 1990–91; 703rd TASS, 1967–88; were numbered in a separate series.

Flying and combat wings edit

Remaining wings to add include the:

List of wings and groups, 1-926 edit

Wing Location MAJCOM Date inactivated Replaced by
1st Air Base Wing Andrews AFB, Maryland Headquarters Command 30 Sep 1977 Insignia approved for 1401st ABW, later 1001 Composite Wing, 22 April 1955; established as 1st Composite Wing and activated on 1 July 1969; 1 ABW, 1 July 1976; replaced by 76th Air Base Group.[9]
1st Space Wing[10] Peterson AFB, Colorado AFSPC 15 May 1992 21st Space Wing
2d Space Wing[11] Schriever AFB, Colorado AFSPC 30 Jan 1992 50th Space Wing
3d Space Wing Peterson AFB, Colorado AFSPC 1992 21st Space Wing
2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, active
3rd Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska, active
4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, active
5th Bombardment Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, active
6th Air Mobility Wing redesignated on 1 October 2019 at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, active[12]
7th Bombardment Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, active
8th Fighter Wing active
9th Reconnaissance Wing, redesignated 1 October 1993 at Beale Air Force Base, California, active
10th Air Base Wing, activated 1 November 1994 at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, active
11th Wing, Washington DC, Air Force District of Washington, active
12th Flying Training Wing, activated 1 May 1972 at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, active
13th Air Expeditionary Wing seemingly converted to provisional status (see 13th Air Expeditionary Group)
14th Flying Training Wing, activated 1 July 1972 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, active
15th Wing, redesignated 18 May 2010 at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, active
16th Special Operations Wing Hurlburt Field, FL. AFSOC 16 November 2006 1st Special Operations Wing
17th Training Wing, activated 1 July 1993 at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, active
18th Wing, at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, active
19th Airlift Wing, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, active
20th Fighter Wing, at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, active
21st Space Wing Colorado Air Force Space Command 2020-21 Replaced by U.S. Space Force
22nd Air Refueling Wing active
23rd Wing active
24th Special Operations Wing active
25th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing Chambley Air Base, France USAFE 15 Oct 1966
26th Intelligence Wing Zweibrücken Air Base, Germany USAFE 1991 Downgraded to group status
27th Special Operations Wing, redesignated and now[when?] active at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, active
28th Bomb Wing, redesignated 1 June 1992 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, active
29th Flying Training Wing Craig AFB, Alabama ATC 30 September 1977
30th Space Wing Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Space Operations Command (SPOC) 14 May 2014 Became Space Launch Delta 30[13]
31st Fighter Wing, redesignated 1 October 1991, active at Aviano Air Base, Italy, since 1 April 1994
32d Tactical Fighter Wing George AFB, California 1964 Consolidated with 32nd Fighter Group, 31 January 1984
34th Training Wing replaced by Cadet Wing, 1 August 2006, at United States Air Force Academy, Colorado
35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan, active
36th Wing, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, active
37th Training Wing, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, active
38th Combat Support Wing Ramstein Air Base, Germany USAFE 1 May 2007
39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany 1992 Redesignated 39th Special Operations Wing on 1 March 1988; inactivated 1992.
40th Air Expeditionary Wing Diego Garcia United States Central Command Air Forces 2006 Active as AEW 2001-06
41st Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing McClellan AFB, California MAC Inactivated 1 August 1989 Pacific Air Rescue Center constituted and activated, 2 Aug 1961; Organized, 8 Oct 1961, at Hickam AFB, Hawaii; Redesignated Pacific Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Center,8 Jan 1966; Redesignated 41st ARRW, 8 Feb 1969; Redesignated 41st RWRW, 1 Sep 1975, and stationed from that date onwards at McClellan AFB, CA; inactivated, 1 Aug 1989. Redesignated 41st Air Expeditionary Group, and converted to provisional status, 21 Oct 2005.[14]
42nd Air Base Wing remains active
43rd Airlift Wing remains active
44th Missile Wing Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota AFPSC 5 July 1995
45th Space Wing Patrick Air Force Base, FL AFPSC c.2020 Space Launch Delta 45, U.S. Space Force
46th Test Wing Eglin AFB, FL AFMC? 1 October 2012 96th Test Wing
47th Flying Training Wing remains active
48th Fighter Wing, Lakenheath Air Base, UK; 49th Wing, Holloman Air Force Base, NM, both remain active
50th Space Wing Schriever AFB, Colorado AFSPC 2020 Space Delta 6, Space Delta 8, Space Delta 9, Peterson-Schriever Garrison
51st Fighter Wing, redesignated 1 October 1993 at Osan Air Base, South Korea, remains active
54th Tactical Fighter Wing Kunsan Air Base, South Korea PACAF 31 October 1970
56th Fighter Wing, redesignated on 1 October 1991[15] at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, active
57th Wing, redesignated 15 June 1993 at Nellis AFB, Nevada, active
58th Special Operations Wing active
59th Medical Wing, consolidated, remaining active, on 1 July 1993 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, active
60th Air Mobility Wing, redesignated 1 October 1994 at Travis Air Force Base, California, active
61st Air Base Wing Los Angeles AFB, CA Inactivated 30 July 2010 61st Air Base Group
62nd Airlift Wing, redesignated on 1 December 1991 at McChord Air Force Base, WA., remains active
63d Military Airlift Wing Norton AFB, California MAC Inactivated
64th Flying Training Wing Reese AFB, Texas AETC Inactivated
65th Air Base Wing redesignated 65th Air Base Group on 11 August 2015 at Lajes Field, Terceina Island, Azores, Portugal, and remains active[16]
66th Air Base Wing Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts AFMC Inactivated 30 September 2010[17] Replaced by 66th Air Base Group
67th Cyberspace Wing, redesignated c.15 September 2013 at Kelly Field, Texas, active
68th Air Refueling Wing Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina ACC Inactivated 22 April 1991 Aircraft, personnel, merged into 4th Wing; lineage now[when?] continued by 53rd Electronic Warfare Group
69th Reconnaissance Group, inactivated on 28 June 2019 at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, never upgraded to wing status
70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, activated on 1 January 2009 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, active
71st Flying Training Wing, activated on 1 November 1972 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, active
72nd Air Base Wing, activated on 1 October 1994 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, active
73d Aerospace Surveillance Wing Edwards AFB, California ADC Inactivated 30 Apr 1971 Seemingly no successor HQ; squadrons reassigned
74th Reconnaissance Group, inactivated 27 June 1949 at Stewart Field, New York, never upgraded to wing status
75th Air Base Wing, activated in 1994 at Hill Air Force Base, active
76th Maintenance Wing Tinker Air Force Base, OK Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (AFMC) Inactivated 1 October 2012
77th Aeronautical Systems Wing Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Inactivated June 2010
78th Air Base Wing, activated 1 October 1994, active
79th Test and Evaluation Group never upgraded to wing status
80th Flying Training Wing, activated 1 January 1973, active
81st Training Wing, activated 1 July 1993, active
82d Training Wing, activated 1 July 1993, active
83d Fighter-Day Wing Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina TAC 8 December 1957 Main flying unit was the 83d Fighter-Day Group. Replaced by 4th Fighter-Day Wing.
84th Combat Sustainment Wing Hill AFB, Utah AFMC Inactivated in 2014[18] Replaced by directorates (?)
85th Group NAS Keflavik, Iceland ACC 28 June 2006 85 TFTW redesignated 85th Group, USAF left base, wing not replaced
86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, active
87th Air Base Wing, activated 3 March 2009 at McGuire AFB, active
88th Air Base Wing, 89th Airlift Wing, 90th, 91st, 92d, 93d Wings all active
94th Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, GA., redesignated 1 February 1992, active[19]
95th Air Base Wing Edwards Air Force Base, NV AFMC(?) Inactivated on 13 July 2012 Mission transferred to elements of the 412th Test Wing, primarily to the 412th Mission Support Group.[20]
96th Test Wing, redesignated 18 July 2012 at Eglin Air Force Base, FL, active
97th Air Mobility Wing active
98th Range Wing Nellis Inactivated 2011 Nevada Test and Training Range is a direct successor, continuing the wing's history and lineage
99th Air Base Wing, activated on 1 October 2005 at Nellis AFB, Nevada, active
100th Air Refueling Wing, activated on 1 February 1992 at RAF Mildenhall, UK, active
101st Air Refueling Wing, Maine Air National Guard, activated on 1 July 1976, active
102nd Intelligence Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard, active
103rd Airlift Wing, Connecticut Air National Guard, redesignated 1 April 2008, active
107th Attack Wing, New York Air National Guard, redesignated 15 March 2017, active
111th Attack Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, redesignated 1 April 2011, active
116th Air Control Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, returned to solely ANG control 1 October 2011, active
117th Air Refueling Wing, Alabama Air National Guard, redesignated 16 October 1994, active
188th Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, redesignated 7 June 2014, active
298th Air Defense Group, Hawaii Air National Guard, activated August 19, 2019, active[21]
299th Tactical Forces Planning Group St. Louis, MO Air National Guard Inactivated Active 1970-72.[22]
There are two 301st wings. The 301st Fighter Wing, which is one of three Second World War wings to be wings (others are 24th and 54th), was revived in 1972 as the overall headquarters for reserve F-105 units. The 301st Bombardment Wing was one of the first wings under the Hobson Plan, and served SAC, ultimately as an air refueling wing until 1992. Its operational unit 1947-1952 and 1991-1992 was the Second World War 301st Bombardment Group. Bothe were active from 1972-1992. To remove the duplication, the 301st Air Refueling Wing and 301st Operations Group were redesignated the 311th Wing and 311th Group, but this action was revoked. The wing has remained inactive since, and the group became the operations group of the fighter wing.
302d Airlift Wing, stationed at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, redesignated 1 February 1992, active
303d Aeronautical Systems Wing Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio AFMC Inactivated on 1 July 2010 Replaced by Aeronautical Systems Center, ISR Directorate (ASC/WI), on the same day.[citation needed]
304th Bombardment Group, inactivated on 30 December 1942, never upgraded to wing status
305th Air Mobility Wing active
306th Strategic Wing RAF Mildenhall, UK SAC Inactivated
307th Bombardment Wing, activated on 8 January 2011 at Barksdale AFB, LA, active
308th Armament Systems Wing Eglin Air Force Base, FL AFMC Inactivated 30 July 2010[23] replaced by a directorate
309th Maintenance Wing Hill AFB, Utah AFMC Inactivated 2012
310th Space Wing active
311th Human Systems Wing Brooks Air Force Base, TX Air Force Materiel Command Inactivated 2 October 2009
312th Aeronautical Systems Wing
313th Tactical Airlift Wing
314th Airlift Wing, redesignated on 1 December 1991,[24] active
315th Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve, redesignated 1994 at Charleston Air Force Base active
316th Wing activated on 12 June 2020 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, active
317th Airlift Wing, upgraded from group to wing status on 6 July 2017 at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, active
318th Cyberspace Operations Group, redesignated to that title on 13 September 2013,[25] never upgraded to wing status
322d Tactical Airlift Wing
323d Flying Training Wing
24th Pursuit Group, inactivated 2 April 1946, redesignated 324th Tactical Fighter Wing on 31 January 1985, but never activated[3]
325th Fighter Wing, redesignated 1 October 1991, Tyndall AFB, FL., active
326th Aeronautical Systems Wing AFMC Inactivated on 30 June 2010(?) Replaced by directorates (?)
327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing Tinker Air Force Base, OK AFMC Inactivated on 30 June 2010[26] Replaced by directorates (?)
328th Armament Systems Wing AFMC Inactivated 2010(?) Replaced by directorates (?)
329th Armament Systems Group AFMC Inactivated 2007 Replaced by directorates (?)
330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing Robins Air Force Base, GA AFMC Inactivated June–July 2010 Replaced by directorates (?)
331st Air Expeditionary Group ACC In provisional status Has been active in the Continental United States under the 1st Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force.
332d Air Expeditionary Wing ACC In provisional status, last activated 19 May 2015 Routinely activated and inactivated in the Central Command area of operations; currently active, probably connected to Operation Inherent Resolve
333d Special Operations Wing Never active N/A Consolidated 1985 Consolidated 633d Special Operations Wing of 1960s-70s and 333 BG of Second World War, but never activated
334th, 335th, 336th Air Refueling Wings all constituted but never activated
337th Aeronautical Systems Group AFMC Active 2006-08 Replaced by directorates (?)
338th Bombardment Group, inactivated 27 June 1949, disbanded on 9 September 1992, never upgraded to wing status
Wartime 339th Fighter Group redesignated as the 107th Fighter Group and allotted to the New York Air National Guard on 24 May 1946. Decades later, redesignated the 107th Attack Wing in 2017.
340th Flying Training Group, activated on 1 April 1998,[27] active
341st Missile Wing
342d Fighter-Day Wing
343d Wing Eielson Air Force Base, AK AAC/Eleventh Air Force Inactivated 20 August 1993 354th Fighter Wing
Wartime 344th Bombardment Group redesignated as the 126th Bombardment Group (Light) and allotted to the Illinois Air National Guard on 24 May 1946. Decades later, redesignated the 126th Air Refueling Wing in 1961.
345th Bombardment Wing, Tactical Langley AFB, VA. TAC 25 June 1959.[28] Consolidated 1985 with 345th Bombardment Group as 345 BW, but remained inactive
346th Bombardment Group, inactivated 30 June 1946, never upgraded to wing status
347th Rescue Wing Moody AFB, Georgia ACC Inactivated 1 October 2006 23d Wing
9th Fighter Wing, disbanded 15 June 1983, reconstituted and redesignated as the 348th Tactical Electronics Group on 31 July 1985,[3] but never activated and never upgraded to wing status
349th Air Mobility Wing, Air Force Reserve, redesignated 1 October 1994 at Travis Air Force Base, California, active[29]
350th Electronic Systems Wing Hanscom AFB, MA. AFMC Inactivated 30 June 2010 Replaced by directorates
351st Missile Wing
352nd Special Operations Wing, redesignated on 23 March 2015 at RAF Mildenhall, UK, active[30]
353rd Special Operations Group, redesignated on 1 December 1992 at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, active[31]
354th Fighter Wing, activated on 20 August 1993 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, active
355th Fighter Wing, Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, AZ, active
356th Special Operations Wing Never active N/A
357th Tactical Missile Wing Never active N/A
Wartime 358th Fighter Group redesignated as the 122d Fighter Group and allotted to the Indiana Air National Guard on 24 May 1946. Decades later, redesignated the 122d Fighter Wing on 16 March 1992.
Wartime 479th Antisubmarine Group, disbanded on 11 November 1943, reconstituted on 31 July 1985 and redesignated 359th Special Operations Group, but not activated and not upgraded to wing status
360th Strategic Fighter Wing, established on 23 March 1953[32] but seemingly never organized or activated
361st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, activated at Hurlburt Field, FL., on 29 August 2008, never upgraded to wing status
362nd Air Expeditionary Group, converted to provisional status on 12 June 2002, never upgraded to wing status
363rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing
364th Fighter Group redesignated 131st Fighter Group and allotted to the Air National Guard on 24 May 1946. On 31 July 1985, the 54th Fighter Group was redesignated the 364th Tactical Fighter Group. This action was revoked on 19 February 2014 without the group ever being active.[33]
365th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, activated on 17 February 2015 at Nellis AFB, Nev., never upgraded to wing status
366th Fighter Wing, redesignated on 30 September 2002 at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, remains active
11th Fighter Wing, reconstituted on 31 July 1985 and redesignated 367th Electronic Warfare Group,[3] never activated, and disbanded on 9 September 1992
368th Tactical Air Support Group redesignated 368th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group and converted to provisional status on 12 February 2009
369th Strategic Fighter Wing, established on 23 March 1953[34] but seemingly never organized or activated
370th Air Expeditionary Wing Iraq CENTAF Likely inactivated in 2011 U.S. forces departing from Iraq, wing likely not replaced.
371st Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group, converted to provisional status
72nd Fighter Wing, disbanded 15 June 1983, reconstituted on 31 July 1985 and redesigned 372d Electronic Warfare Group,[3] never activated, and then disbanded on 9 September 1992
373d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, redesignated 1 January 2009, now[when?] at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, but never upgraded to wing status
374th Airlift Wing, redesignated on 1 April 1992 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, active
376th Air Expeditionary Wing Manas International Airport, vic Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan CENTAF Inactivated on 3 June 2014[35] U.S. forces arrived 2001; base informally known as Manas Air Base (or even Ganci Air Base); formally redesignated Transit Center at Manas in 2009; U.S. departed Manas Airport in 2014; wing not replaced.
377th Air Base Wing actiovated on 1 January 1993 at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM,[36] active
378th Air Expeditionary Wing, activated 17 December 2019 at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia,[37] active
379th Air Expeditionary Wing, active at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, active
380th Air Expeditionary Wing, active at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, active
381st Training Group, (re)-activated on 1 April 1994 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, active
382d Bombardment Group, inactivated on 4 January 1946,[38] never upgraded to wing status
383d Bombardment Group never upgraded to wing status
384th Air Expeditionary Wing ACC Inactive
385th Strategic Aerospace Wing
386th Air Expeditionary Wing
387th Air Expeditionary Group converted to provisional status 1 January 2003, reportedly active at Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait, never upgraded to wing status
388th Fighter Wing, redesignated as such on 1 October 1991[39] at Hill AFB, Utah, active
389th Strategic Missile Wing F. E. Warren AFB, Wyoming SAC Inactivated 1965
390th Strategic Missile Wing Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona SAC Inactivated 1984
Wartime 391st Bombardment Group was re-activated, re-designated as the 111th Bombardment Group, and allotted to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard on 24 May 1946. Decades later, redesignated 111th Attack Wing, 1 April 2011
392d Strategic Missile Wing
393rd Bombardment Group, inactivated on 1 April 1944, never upgraded to wing status(?)
Wartime 394th Bombardment Group redesignated as the 106th Bombardment Group (Light), and allotted to the New York Air National Guard, on 24 May 1946
395th Bombardment Group, inactivated on 1 April 1944, never upgraded to wing status(?)
396th Bombardment Group, inactivated 1 May 1944, never upgraded to wing status
397th Bombardment Wing
398th Air Expeditionary Group never upgraded to wing status
399th Tactical Missile Wing Never active N/A Consolidated 1985?
400th Tactical Missile Wing N/A 400th BG reconstituted and redesignated 31 July 1985[40]
401st Air Expeditionary Wing Aviano Air Base, Italy USAFE Reduced to group status, June 2006 401st AEG
402nd Maintenance Wing Robins Air Force Base, GA. AFMC Inactivated 1 October 2012 Replaced by directorates (?) Previously the number 402 was allocated to the 402d Fighter-Day Wing [superior to the 402d Fighter-Day Group?] which was established on 23 March 1953 but never made active.[41]
403rd Wing, redesignated 1 July 1994 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, remains active
404th Tactical Missile Wing N/A Consolidated 1985 (?)
405th Air Expeditionary Wing Thumrait, Oman AFCENT Converted to provisional status Inactivated after initial phase of Operation Enduring Freedom (?)
406th Air Expeditionary Wing Moron AB, Spain USAFE Converted to provisional status Inactivated after brief existence during Operation Odyssey Dawn, mid-2011
407th Strategic Fighter Wing Great Falls AFB, Montana SAC Inactivated 1957
408th Strategic Fighter Wing Never active SAC Established on 23 March 1953 Activated as 413 TFW, TAC, 1957
409th Air Expeditionary Group, allotted to United States Air Forces Europe to activate or inactivate as needed on 5 February 2001,[42] never upgraded to wing status
410th Air Expeditionary Wing Azraq AB, Jordan AFCENT Converted to provisional status 2002 Inactivated after end of initial phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom?
411th Tactical Missile Wing Never active N/A Consolidated 1985?
412th Test Wing Active
413th Tactical Fighter Wing George AFB, California TAC Inactivated on 15 March 1959 Does not seem to have been replaced; activated in the Reserve as 413th Flight Test Group, 1 October 2003.
414th Fighter Group, active, never upgraded to wing status
415th Tactical Missile Wing Never active N/A Consolidated 1985? Second World War iteration of 415th Bombardment Group consolidated but never activated
416th Bombardment Wing Griffiss AFB, NY SAC Inactivated 30 September 1995 Base closed and wing not replaced; active as provisional group in Uzbekistan, 2002-05.
417th Bombardment Group, inactive, never upgraded to wing status
418th Tactical Missile Wing Never active N/A Groups consolidated 1985 Two Second World War iterations of the 418th Bombardment Group consolidated as 418 TMW in September 1985, but wing never activated under that designation
419th Fighter Wing, Air Force Reserve, redesignated 1992 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, active
420th Military Airlift Group (former 20th Ferrying Group)
421st Military Airlift Group (former 21st Ferrying Group)
422d Tactical Airlift Group (former 22d Ferrying Group)
425th Tactical Airlift Group (former 25th Ferrying Group)
426th Tactical Intelligence Group reconstituted on 15 July 1983[43] but never activated
427th Tactical Airlift Group (former 27th Air Transport Group)
430th Combat Crew Training Group reconstituted from 30th Transport Group of Second World War but never activated
431st Military Airlift Training Group reconstituted on 31 July 1985 from 1st Ferrying Group of Second World War[3] but never activated. The 431st Reconnaissance Group was revoked before activation in the 1940s.
438th Military Airlift Wing
439th Airlift Wing (Active) Air Force Reserve
441st Troop Carrier Wing
443d Military Airlift Wing, Training Altus Air Force Base, OK MAC Inactivated 1 October 1992 97th Air Mobility Wing
444th Air Expeditionary Wing Inactivated as 444 AEG on or after 15 October 2003 444 BG, Second World War; 444 AEG activated by 24 January 2003; inactivated on or after 15 October 2003; redesignated 444 AEW in 2010, but probably remained inactive.
445th Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve, activated 1 October 1994, active
446th Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve, redesignated 1 October 1994[44] at McChord Air Force Base, Washington State, active
448th Supply Chain Management Wing, redesignated on 1 April 2008[45] at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, remains active
449th Bombardment Wing Kincheloe AFB, Michigan SAC Inactivated 30 September 1977 Wing not replaced, based closed, lineage continued by 449 AEG, redesignated and converted to provisional status 2003.
450th Bombardment Wing
451st Air Expeditionary Wing Reduced to group status c2014 Group active until mid-2021 at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan.
452nd Air Mobility Wing (Active)
454th Bombardment Wing
456th Bombardment Wing Beale AFB, California SAC Inactivated 30 September 1975 17th Bombardment Wing
459th Air Refueling Wing
460th Space Wing Buckley AFB, Colorado AFSC Inactivated 24 July 2020 Resources transferred to United States Space Force, Buckley Garrison, and operational USSF units.
461st Air Control Wing, activated on 1 Oct 2011 at Robins Air Force Base, GA, active
462d Strategic Aerospace Wing Larson AFB, WA SAC Inactivated 25 June 1966 Larson AFB closed; wing consolidated with 462 BG 1984; activated as 462d Air Expeditionary Group July 2002
463d Tactical Airlift Wing Dyess AFB, TX MAC/AMC Inactivated 1 October 1993 7th Wing
464th Tactical Airlift Wing Pope AFB, North Carolina TAC Inactivated 31 August 1971 317th Tactical Airlift Wing
465th Bombardment Wing
466th Air Expeditionary Group, a provisional unit activated on 26 November 2012,[46] never upgraded to wing status
467th Bombardment Group never upgraded to wing status
468th Bombardment Group, inactivated on 31 March 1946, never upgraded to wing status
469th
471st Bombardment Group consolidated on 31 July 1985 with the 581st Air Resupply and Communications Wing as the 471st Special Operations Wing, but the wing remained inactive
473d Fighter-Day Wing
474th Tactical Fighter Wing
475th Air Base Wing Yokota AB, Japan PACAF Inactivated 1992 374th Airlift Wing
476th Fighter Group never upgraded to wing status
477th Fighter Group never upgraded to wing status
478th Aeronautical Systems Wing Air Force Materiel Command Inactivated 2010 (?) Replaced by directorate(s).
479th Tactical Training Wing Holloman AFB, NM Tactical Air Command? 26 July 1991 479th Fighter Group
480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, activated 1 February 2009 at Langley AFB, Va., active[47]
481st Night Fighter Operational Training Group, inactivated on 31 March 1944 at Hammer Field, California, never upgraded to wing status
482nd Fighter Wing, redesignated 1 February 1992 at Homestead Air Reserve Base, active[48]
483d Tactical Airlift Wing Cam Ranh Bay AB, South Vietnam PACAF 31 May 1972[49] The wing was inactivated and Cam Ranh Air Base was turned over to the South Vietnamese government on 15 May 1972.[50]
485th Air Expeditionary Wing Tabuk, Saudi Arabia ACC 2003 invasion of Iraq - now[when?] inactive
486th Air Expeditionary Wing ACC 2003 invasion of Iraq - now[when?] inactive
487th Air Expeditionary Wing Cairo West, Egypt ACC April - later 2003 now[when?] inactive
488th Tactical Missile Wing never activated
489th Bomb Group, Air Force Reserve, activated 17 October 2015 at Dyess AFB, Texas, active[51]
490th Bombardment Group, inactivated 7 November 1945, never upgraded to wing status
492d Special Operations Wing, activated 10 May 2017, remains active[52]
494th Bombardment Wing, Heavy Sheppard AFB, Texas SAC Inactivated 1966
497th Air Refueling Wing Plattsburgh AFB SAC 15 September 1964
498th Nuclear Systems Wing Kirtland AFB, NM(?) Air Force Materiel Command Inactivated 27 January 2012
499th Air Refueling Wing Westover Air Force Base, Mass. TAC Inactivated 25 June 1966 - Not replaced (?)
500th Air Refueling Wing Selfridge AFB SAC 15 December 1964
501st Combat Support Wing remains active
502d Air Base Wing, activated 1 August 2009, remains active
503rd Tactical Missile Wing Never active N/A Duplicated(?) by 503rd Air Defense Group, reconstituted on 31 July 1985 and redesignated 503d Combat Support Group,[3] but never activated.
504th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group Kabul, Afghanistan CENTAF 12 May 2016 Forces being reduced, group not replaced, remaining responsibilities transferred to 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron. Seemingly duplicated by 504th Bombardment Group, inactivated 15 June 1946.
505th Command and Control Wing remains active
506th Air Expeditionary Group Kirkuk, Iraq CENTAF mid-2010 (?) Converted to provisional status and activated 23 April 2003. Responsibilities being transferred in mid-2010; all U.S. forces left Iraq 2011.
507th Air Refueling Wing, Air Force Reserve, Tinker Air Force Base, OK., redesignated 1997, remains active
508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing Hill AFB, UT AMC Inactivated 2010, replaced by directorates
509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Miss., redesignated 1 September 1991, remains active[53]
510th Tactical Missile Wing Never active N/A Consolidated July 1985 Second World War replacement group and 705 SMW consolidated but never activated
World War II 4th Combat Crew Replacement Center Group redesignated 511th Combat Crew Training Group but never activated
512th Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve, Dover Air Force Base, DE., redesignated 1 October 1994, remains active[54]
513th Tactical Airlift Wing RAF Mildenhall, UK 100th Air Refueling Wing became host unit
514th Air Mobility Wing, redesignated on 1 October 1994[55] at McGuire AFB, NJ., active
515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, activated on 5 June 2008 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, HI, active
516th Aeronautical Systems Wing Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio AFMC 2010 Replaced by directorates
World War II 19th Transport Group redesignated 519th Air Refueling Group but never activated
526th ICBM Systems Wing Hill AFB, Utah AFMC 2007 526th ICBM Systems Group
3rd Ferrying Group, Second World War, redesignated 533rd Tactical Airlift Group c1985, but never activated
15th Bombardment Operational Training Wing, Second World War, redesignated 535th Combat Crew Training Wing c1985, but never activated
38th Flying Training Wing (World War II), redesignated 538th Flying Training Wing but never activated; also 538th Aircraft Sustainment Group (2007-2010, inactive)
29th Tactical Control Group, Second World War, redesignated 539th Tactical Control Wing c1985, but never activated
16th Bombardment Operational Training Wing, Second World War, redesignated 540th Combat Crew Training Wing on 31 July 1985,[3] but never activated
4th Ferrying Group, World War II, redesignated 541st Tactical Airlift Group c1985, but never activated
542d Crew Training Wing Kirtland AFB, New Mexico MAC/AMC 1994 58th Special Operations Wing
543d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group active
544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group Peterson AFB, CO. ACC/25 AF/16 AF 24 July 2020 Inactivated on 24 July 2020 and replaced by Space Delta 7 of the United States Space Force.[56]
545th Test Group Edwards AFB AFMC 1 August 1996 Second World War 5th Ferrying Group, consolidated with 6545th Test Group. 412th Test Wing direct superior.
546th Tactical Airlift Group Never Active' Never Active Never Active Originally established in 1942 as California Sector, Air Corps Ferrying Command. Activated on 18 February 1942[57] Reconstituted and redesignated 546th TAG, 1985, but not activated.
547th Tactical Airlift Group Originally established as 10th Pursuit Wing --[58]
548th Tactical Airlift Group 548 TAG (established as the 8th Ferrying Group) duplicated by the 548th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (established as the 6th Photographic Technical Squadron)
550th Guided Missiles Wing
552d Air Control Wing, redesignated 1 October 1991 at Tinker Air Force Base, OK., active
553rd Reconnaissance Wing Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand Pacific Air Forces 15 December 1970 Not replaced, one squadron reassigned to 388 TFW.
554th Electronic Systems Wing Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts AFMC Jun 2010 Became Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS)[59]
557th Weather Wing active
580th Air Resupply and Communications Wing
581st Air Resupply and Communications Wing
582nd Air Resupply and Communications Wing
583d Air Resupply & Communications Wing activated 20 July 1953, action revoked retroactively in August 1953
584th Air Resupply & Communications Wing constituted along with the 583d, revoked
585th - 589th Tactical Missile Groups
601st Air Base Wing Sembach Air Base, FRG USAFE 31 March 1995 Activated 1968, became group, became TCW 1968, Air Base Wing 1993, inactivated 1995
602nd Air Control Wing Davis–Monthan AFB, AZ TAC 15 June 1992 602nd Tactical Control Group constituted and activated, 11 February 1966; 602 TCG organized, 1 March 1966. It absorbed the resources of the previous 4460th Tactical Control Group. The 602 TCG was redesignated the 602 Tactical Air Control Group on 15 June 1974, and redesignated and upgraded to wing status on 1 October 1976. It lost the "Tactical" from its title on 1 October 1991, and was inactivated on 15 June 1992.[60] Davis-Monthan AFB after 1982, moved from Bergstrom Air Force Base, TX.
603d Air Base Wing Sembach Air Base, FRG USAFE Mid-1968(?) After the inactivation of the 38th Tactical Missile Wing in September 1966, the 603d Air Base Wing was activated, to administer Sembach and to support the 601st Tactical Control Group and the 7th Air Commando Squadron. 601st Tactical Control Wing was activated on 1 July 1968, absorbing the mission of the 603rd ABW.
616th Airlift Group Elmendorf AFB, AK MAC 1992 Was 616th Military Airlift Support Squadron, became 616th Airlift Support Squadron; began existence 1975. 61st Military Airlift Support Wing
620th Air Base Wing RAF Upper Heyford, United Kingdom USAFE 1994 Replaced 20th Fighter Wing. Inactivated with base closure, before 31 December 1994.[61]
623rd Wing England Air Force Base, Louisiana TAC/ACC 1992 Replaced 23rd Wing on 1 June 1992, which was moving to Pope AFB, SC. Inactivated with base closure, 15 December 1992.[62]
633d Special Operations Wing Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam PACAF 1970 Not replaced - base closed
635th Supply Chain Operations Wing active
646th Air Base Wing Eglin AFB, FL Air Force Systems Command 1994 The 3200th Support Wing (10 June 88 – 1 October 1992) replaced the 3201st ABG.[63][64] 646 ABW active from 1 October 1992 to 1994.
647th Air Base Group, re-activated 14 May 2010 at Hickam Air Force Base, HI (JBPHH); reassigned to 15th Wing, 28 September 2012, active
650th Air Base Wing Edwards AFB, CA. AFMC? Disestablished 1 October 1994 650th Logistics Group, probably part of 650 ABW, formed 1 October 1993.[65] 95th Air Base Wing[66]
651st Air Base Group Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma AFMC inactivated 1 October 1994 76th Maintenance Wing
652nd Air Base Group Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio AFMC inactivated 1 October 1994 77th Air Base Wing
654th Air Base Group Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma AFMC inactivated 1 October 1994[67] 72nd Air Base Wing
655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, Air Force Reserve Command, officially became a wing Sept. 20, 2018 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base[68]
656th Special Operations Wing Nakhon Phanom Airport, Thailand PACAF 1975 Not replaced (?) - base closed soon afterwards
673d Air Base Wing, activated on 14 June 2010 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska,[69] active
688th Cyberspace Wing active
689th Combat Communications Wing Robins AFB, GA Inactivated on 30 September 2013.[70]
691st, 692nd, 693rd, 694th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Groups
701st Tactical Missile Wing RAF Greenham Common, UK USAFE 31 May 1991 GLCM removed from service, based returned to UK MOD, wing not replaced.
702d Strategic Missile Wing Presque Isle Air Force Base, Maine SAC 25 June 1961 Snark removed from service, wing not replaced. Heritage carried on by 352d Special Operations Group, RAF Alconbury, UK
703d Strategic Missile Wing
704th Strategic Missile Wing
705th Strategic Missile Wing
706th Strategic Missile Wing Francis E. Warren AFB SAC 1 July 1961 389th Strategic Missile Wing
707th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group active. Traces lineage to the MAJCON 6917th Security Squadron (Electronic Security Command etc)
708th Strategic Missile Wing was to activate in 1958 at a Huntsville, AL army installation, probably Redstone Arsenal, but the action was revoked.
710th Air Base Wing RAF Alconbury, UK USAFE 30 September 1995[71] Wing was activated as the host unit for RAF Alconbury, after 1 Nov. 1994, move of 10 ABW to Colorado. 423d Air Base Squadron activated at RAF Molesworth to assume mission on 12 July 1995.[72]
711th Human Performance Wing
722d Air Refueling Wing March Air Force Base, CA. AMC 1 April 1996[73] Wing activated 1 January 1994 to replace the 22d ARW, which was moving to McConnell AFB, KS, w/o/p/e.[74] In process of inactivation, base responsibilities transferred to Air Force Reserve 452d Air Mobility Wing.
812th Strategic Support Wing Ellsworth AFB, SD SAC June–July 1990 - c10 September 1991 Succeeded 812th Combat
Support Group. After inactivation, base support and host wing functions taken on by 28th Bombardment Wing.
868th Tactical Missile Training Group See 868th Tactical Missile Training Squadron The group was disestablished after the INF Treaty saw the GLCM removed from service. A staff study dated April 1988 said that "The main emphasis should be placed on reassignment of the personnel assigned to the 868 TMTG" rather than the training assets, which would not likely pose a problem.[75]
913th Airlift Wing NAS Willow Grove, Pennsylvania AFRC 2007
919th Special Operations Wing Duke Field, FL 1 August 1992 Upgraded in status from 919th Special Operations Group.
920th Rescue Wing
926th Fighter Wing NAS New Orleans, Louisiana AFRC 2007 926th Group
960th Cyberspace Wing, activated in the Reserve on 28 October 2018, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX., active[76]

Other active wings in the 900 series as of January 2023 include the 908th Airlift Wing; the 910th Airlift Wing; the 911th Airlift Wing; the 914th Air Refueling Wing, the 916th Air Refueling Wing; the 926th Wing, the 927th Air Refueling Wing; the 931st Air Refueling Wing; the 932d Airlift Wing; the 934th Airlift Wing; the 940th Wing; and the 944th Fighter Wing.[77]

Non-flying and non-combat wings edit

Non-flying or non-combat wings, such as the 1st Medical Service Wing and 1st, 2d Weather Wing, 3rd-7th Weather Wings, 82nd Combat Security Police Wing, 501st and 601st Tactical Control Wings, 601st Tactical Air Control Wing, 602d Tactical Air Control Wing, later Air Control Wing, see above, 901st-908th Reserve Training Wings (906th at Miami (Miami News, 24 June 1951); 907th at Brooks AFB), Reserve Air Depot Training Wings, are listed in Charles A. Ravenstein, "Air Force Combat Wings: Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-77," Office of Air Force History, Washington, D.C. 1984, viii.

Air Depot Wings edit

Air Depot Wings included the 13th, 24th, 25th, 29th, 30th 39th, 59th, 73d, 75th Air Depot Wing, 77th Air Depot Wing, 80th Air Depot Wing, 85th Air Depot Wing, and 88th Air Depot Wings.

The 25th Air Depot Wing was activated at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, on 27 October 1949 with Brigadier General Norris B. Harbold assigned as the wing commander. The mission of the wing was to provide depot maintenance and supply support to four combat wings, with its normal assignment to the Air Materiel and Service Division, or to Air Materiel and Service Force. The wing was integrated into the Ogden Air Materiel Area from July to December 1950.[78]

The 30th Air Depot Wing was located at RAF Sealand, but plans were made to relocate it to RAF Brize Norton, both in the UK.[79] Most assigned personnel of the 30th Air Depot Group were reassigned to the 7558th Air Depot Group of the 59th Air Depot Wing, effective from 26 November 1951. All staff sections of the 30th Air Depot Wing were dissolved, and a Consolidated Adjutant and Military Personnel Section was formed. 30th Air Depot Wing was relieved from assignment to the 59th Air Depot Wing effective 27 November 1951. 30th Air Depot Wing began operating as a tenant organization at RAF Sealand, with base support for the wing being provided by the 7558th Air Depot Group as of 27 November 1951. Jurisdiction of RAF Sealand was transferred from the 30th Air Depot Wing to the 7558th Air Depot Wing on 27 November 1951.[citation needed]

The 75th Air Depot Wing arrived in South Korea (Chinhae) on 2 January 1953, replacing the 6405th Air Support Wing. May have been disestablished in January 1956.

The 7200th Air Depot Wing (ADW) at Erding Air Base, Federal Republic of Germany, was redesignated as the 85 ADW on 25 July 1949. The 85 ADW was transferred to Twelfth Air Force on 21 January 1951. On 10 July 1952, 85 ADW and its supporting units were reassigned from 12th Air Force to Headquarters, USAFE. On 1 December 1953, all units of the 85 ADW were inactivated. Personnel assigned to Headquarters 85 ADW were reassigned to the newly activated 7485th Air Depot Wing.[80]

Notes edit

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  2. ^ Lineage information through 1944 in Maurer, Combat Units, p. 24
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  9. ^ Ravenstein, 1-2.
  10. ^ 1st Space Wing lineage Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine at USAF FOIA site
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  32. ^ Ravenstein, 191.
  33. ^ DAF/MPM Ltr 648q, 31 July 1985; DAF/A1M Ltr 648q-2, 19 February 2014.
  34. ^ Ravenstein, 196.
  35. ^ "The End of an Era: 376th Air Expeditionary Wing inactivation ceremony". Air Force. 4 June 2014.
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