This is a list of wings in the United States Air Force , focusing on AFCON wings. Air Force active duty and civilian personnel strength now must be at 1,000 or more for wings.
AFCON versus MAJCOM Wings
This page currently focuses on one of the two historical categories of USAF wings: "AFCON" (Headquarters (US) Air Force CONtrolled) units or "permanent" units, which during the Cold War period were readily distinguished by having one, two or three digit designations, such as the 1st Fighter Wing, 60th Military Airlift Wing, 355th Fighter Wing, and could go through a series of inactivations and activations and still retain their lineage.
There were also MAJCOM (major air command controlled) wings, such as the Strategic Wings of the 50s and 60s, which, under the USAF organization and lineage system, are four-digit units, for example, the 4137th Strategic Wing, and whose lineage (histories, awards, and battle honors) ended with their discontinuance and could never be revived.
MAJCOM wings are fundamentally "temporary", though many stayed in existence for a very long time, and then were revived with a different name but the same number. But under the USAF lineage system they cannot carry on the histories of the previous unit.
When the B-52 dispersal began in the fifties, the new Strategic Air Command units created to support this program were MAJCOM wings and given four-digit designations. Headquarters SAC was well aware of the historical significance of records and accomplishments of the strategic wings and the need to perpetuate this lineage as well as the lineage of many illustrious units that were no longer active.
In order to retain the lineage of the combat units and to perpetuate the lineage of many currently inactive units with illustrious World War II records, Headquarters SAC received authority from Headquarters USAF to discontinue its strategic wings that were equipped with combat aircraft and to activated AFCON units, most of which were inactive at the time.
The reorganization process, which took place from January to September 1963, was applied to 22 B-52 strategic wings, three air-refueling wings, and the 4321st Strategic Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. "These units were discontinued and two and three-digit AFCON units were activated. In most cases, the bombardment squadron that had been assigned to the strategic wings were inactivated and bombardment squadrons that had previously been assigned to the newly-activated wings were activated. While these actions were almost tantamount to redesignation, they were not official redesignation. Therefore, the records, awards and achievements of the strategic wing could not be inherited by the bomb wings."[ 1]
During the Gulf War of 1990–91 MAJCOM wings, such as the 7440th Composite Wing (Provisional) at Incirlik AB, Turkey, served alongside Provisional Wings such as the 801st Bomb Wing (Provisional) at Morón Air Base , Spain, and other AFCON wings.
In the 1990s MAJCOM wings were mostly inactivated and replaced with AFCON wings. Perhaps the most well known example was the 4404th Wing in Saudi Arabia which was replaced by a three-digit AFCON wing, the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing . It is not clear whether any MAJCOM wings still exist, or whether the system is still in use.
Active USAF Wings
Wing
Shield
Base
Command
Equipment
1st Fighter Wing (FW)
Joint Base Langley-Eustis , Virginia
ACC
F-22A
1st Special Operations Wing (SOW)
Hurlburt Field , Florida
AFSOC
CV-22 , AC-130 , MC-130
2nd Bomb Wing (BW)
Barksdale AFB , Louisiana
AFGSC
B-52
3rd Wing (WG)
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson , Alaska
PACAF
F-22A C-17 E-3
4th Fighter Wing (FW)
Seymour Johnson AFB , North Carolina
ACC
F-15E
5th Bomb Wing
Minot AFB , North Dakota
AFGSC
B-52
6th Air Mobility Wing (AMW)
MacDill AFB , Florida
AMC
KC-135 , C-37
7th Bomb Wing
Dyess AFB , Texas
AFGSC
B-1
8th Fighter Wing
Kunsan Air Base , Korea
PACAF
F-16
9th Reconnaissance Wing
Beale AFB , California
ACC
U-2 , T-38
10th Air Base Wing (ABW)
U.S. Air Force Academy , Colorado
USAFA
11th Wing
Joint Base Andrews , Maryland
AFDW
UH-1N USAF Honor Guard
12th Flying Training Wing
Joint Base San Antonio , Texas
AETC
T-6A Texan II , T-38 Talon
14th Flying Training Wing
Columbus AFB , Mississippi
AETC
T-6 , T-38
15th Wing
Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam , Hawaii
PACAF
C-17 , F-22
17th Training Wing (TRW)
Goodfellow AFB , Texas
AETC
18th Wing
Kadena Air Base , Japan
PACAF
F-15C , KC-135 , E-3
19th Airlift Wing
Little Rock AFB , Arkansas
AMC
C-130
20th Fighter Wing
Shaw AFB , South Carolina
ACC
F-16CJ
22nd Air Refueling Wing (AMW)
McConnell AFB , Kansas
AMC
KC-135 KC-46
23rd Wing
Moody AFB , Georgia
ACC
A-10 HH-60 Pave Hawk MC-130
24th Special Operations Wing
Hurlburt Field , Florida
AFSOC
Special Tactics
27th Special Operations Wing
Cannon AFB , New Mexico
AFSOC
MC-130W , MQ-1B , RQ-9 , PC-12
28th Bomb Wing
Ellsworth AFB , South Dakota
AFGSC
B-1
31st Fighter Wing
Aviano Air Base , Italy
USAFE
F-16 , HH-60G , Control and Reporting Center
33rd Fighter Wing
Eglin AFB , Florida
AETC
F-35
35th Fighter Wing
Misawa Air Base , Japan
PACAF
F-16
36th Wing
Andersen AFB , Guam
PACAF
37th Training Wing
Joint Base San Antonio , Texas
AETC
39th Air Base Wing
Incirlik AB , Turkey
USAFE
42nd Air Base Wing
Maxwell-Gunter AFB , Alabama
AETC
47th Flying Training Wing
Laughlin AFB , Texas
AETC
T-6 , T-38
48th Fighter Wing
RAF Lakenheath , England
USAFE
F-15E F-35A
49th Wing
Holloman AFB , New Mexico
ACC
MQ-1 RQ-9
51st Fighter Wing
Osan Air Base , Korea
PACAF
F-16 A-10 C-12J
52nd Fighter Wing
Spangdahlem Air Base , Germany
USAFE
F-16
53rd Wing
Eglin AFB , Florida
ACC
F-15C F-15E F-15EX F/QF-16 A-10 F-22A RQ-1 F-35A
55th Wing
Offutt AFB , Nebraska
ACC
RC-135 EC-130 E-4
56th Fighter Wing
Luke AFB , Arizona
AETC
F-16 , F-35A , Control and Reporting Center
57th Wing
Nellis AFB , Nevada
ACC
F-15C F-15E F-16 A-10 HH-60
58th Special Operations Wing
Kirtland AFB , New Mexico
AETC
MH-53 MC-130 CV-22 UH-1N HH-60G Pave Hawk
59th Medical Wing
Joint Base San Antonio , Texas
AETC
60th Air Mobility Wing (AMW)
Travis AFB , California
AMC
C-5 KC-10 C-17
62nd Airlift Wing (AW)
Joint Base Lewis-McChord , Washington
AMC
C-17
67th Cyberspace Wing
Joint Base San Antonio , Texas
ACC
70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing
Fort George G. Meade , Maryland
AFISRA
71st Flying Training Wing
Vance AFB , Oklahoma
AETC
T-6 , T-38
72nd Air Base Wing
Tinker AFB , Oklahoma
AFMC
75th Air Base Wing
Hill AFB , Utah
AFMC
76th Maintenance Wing
Tinker AFB , Oklahoma
AFMC
78th Air Base Wing
Robins AFB , Georgia
AFMC
79th Medical Wing
Joint Base Andrews , Maryland
AFDW
80th Flying Training Wing
Sheppard AFB , Texas
AETC
T-6 , T-38
81st Training Wing
Keesler AFB , Mississippi
AETC
Technical Training
82nd Training Wing
Sheppard AFB , Texas
AETC
Technical Training
86th Airlift Wing
Ramstein Air Base , Germany
USAFE
C-21 C-130
87th Air Base Wing
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst , New Jersey
AMC
88th Air Base Wing
Wright-Patterson AFB , Ohio
AFMC
89th Airlift Wing
Joint Base Andrews , Maryland
AMC
C-32 C-37 C-40
90th Missile Wing
Francis E. Warren AFB , Wyoming
AFGSC
Minuteman III , UH-1
91st Missile Wing
Minot AFB , North Dakota
AFGSC
Minuteman III , UH-1
92nd Air Refueling Wing
Fairchild AFB , Washington
AMC
KC-135
93rd Air Ground Operations Wing
Moody AFB Georgia
ACC
94th Airlift Wing
Dobbins Air Reserve Base , Georgia
AFRC
C-130
96th Test Wing
Eglin AFB , Florida
AFMC
F-15C F-15E F-16 A-10 AC-130 MH-53
97th Air Mobility Wing
Altus AFB , Oklahoma
AETC
C-17 KC-135 KC-46
99th Air Base Wing
Nellis AFB , Nevada
ACC
100th Air Refueling Wing
RAF Mildenhall , England
USAFE
KC-135 Stratotanker
301st Fighter Wing
NAS Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base , Texas
AFRC
F-16C
302nd Airlift Wing
Peterson AFB , Colorado
AFRC
C-130
305th Air Mobility Wing
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst , New Jersey
AMC
KC-10 KC-46 C-17
307th Bomb Wing
Barksdale AFB , Louisiana
AFRC
B-52
309th Maintenance Wing
Hill AFB , Utah
AFMC
310th Space Wing
Schriever AFB , Colorado
AFRC
314th Airlift Wing
Little Rock AFB . Arkansas
AETC
C-130
315th Airlift Wing
Joint Base Charleston , South Carolina
AFRC
C-17
316th Wing
Joint Base Andrews , Maryland
AFDW
UH-1N
319th Reconnaissance Wing
Grand Forks AFB , North Dakota
ACC
RQ-4
325th Fighter Wing
Tyndall AFB , Florida
ACC
F-22A
341st Missile Wing
Malmstrom AFB , Montana
AFGSC
Minuteman III , UH-1
349th Air Mobility Wing
Travis AFB , California
AFRC
KC-10 C-5 C-17
350th Spectrum Warfare Wing
Eglin AFB , Florida
ACC
354th Fighter Wing
Eielson AFB , Alaska
PACAF
F-16 F-35A
355th Fighter Wing
Davis-Monthan AFB , Arizona
ACC
A-10
363rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing
Joint Base Langley-Eustis , Virginia
Sixteenth Air Force
366th Fighter Wing
Mountain Home AFB , Idaho
ACC
F-15E Strike Eagle
374th Airlift Wing
Yokota Air Base , Japan
PACAF
C-21 C-130
375th Air Mobility Wing
Scott AFB , Illinois
AMC
C-21
377th Air Base Wing
Kirtland AFB , New Mexico
AFGSC
388th Fighter Wing
Hill AFB , Utah
ACC
F-35A
402nd Maintenance Wing
Robins AFB , Georgia
AFMC
403rd Wing
Keesler AFB , Mississippi
AFRC
WC-130
412th Test Wing
Edwards AFB , California
AFMC
RQ-4 Range Hawk
419th Fighter Wing
Hill AFB , Utah
AFRC
F-35A
433rd Airlift Wing
Joint Base San Antonio , Texas
AFRC
C-5
434th Air Refueling Wing
Grissom Air Reserve Base , Indiana
AFRC
KC-135
435th Air-Ground Operations Wing
Ramstein Air Base , Germany
USAFE
436th Airlift Wing
Dover AFB , Delaware
AMC
C-5 C-17
437th Airlift Wing
Joint Base Charleston , South Carolina
AMC
C-17
439th Airlift Wing
Westover Air Reserve Base . Chicopee, MA
AFRC
C-5
440th Airlift Wing
Pope Field , North Carolina
AFRC
C-130
442nd Fighter Wing
Whiteman AFB , Missouri
AFRC
A-10
445th Airlift Wing
Wright-Patterson AFB , Ohio
AFRC
C-17
446th Airlift Wing
Joint Base Lewis-McChord , Washington
AFRC
C-17
448th Supply Chain Management Wing
Tinker AFB , Oklahoma
AFMC
452nd Air Mobility Wing
March Air Reserve Base , California
AFRC
KC-135 C-17
459th Air Refueling Wing
Joint Base Andrews , Maryland
AFRC
KC-135
461st Air Control Wing
Robins AFB , Georgia
ACC
E-8C JSTARS
478th Aeronautical Systems Wing
Inactive
AFMC
480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing
Joint Base Langley-Eustis , Virginia
AFISRA
482nd Fighter Wing
Homestead Air Reserve Base , Florida
AFRC
F-16
501st Combat Support Wing
RAF Alconbury , England
USAFE
GSU advocacy and support
502nd Air Base Wing
Joint Base San Antonio , Texas
AETC
Joint Basing Host Wing
505th Command and Control Wing
Hurlburt Field , Florida
ACC
Operational-level C2
507th Air Refueling Wing
Tinker AFB , Oklahoma
AFRC
KC-135
509th Bomb Wing
Whiteman AFB , Missouri
AFGSC
B-2
512th Airlift Wing
Dover AFB , Delaware
AFRC
C-5
514th Air Mobility Wing
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst , New Jersey
AFRC
KC-10 C-17
515th Air Mobility Operations Wing
Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam , Hawaii
AMC
521st Air Mobility Operations Wing
Ramstein AB , Germany
AMC
552nd Air Control Wing
Tinker AFB , Oklahoma
ACC
Control and Reporting Center , E-3 Sentry
557th Weather Wing
Offutt AFB , Nebraska
ACC
615th Contingency Response Wing
Travis AFB , California
AMC
621st Contingency Response Wing
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst , New Jersey
AMC
628th Air Base Wing
Joint Base Charleston , South Carolina
AMC
Joint Basing Host Wing
633rd Air Base Wing
Joint Base Langley-Eustis , Virginia
ACC
Joint Basing Host Wing
635th Supply Chain Operations Wing
Scott AFB , Illinois
AFMC
Global Logistics Support Center
673rd Air Base Wing
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson , Alaska
PACAF
Joint Basing Host Wing
688th Cyberspace Wing
Joint Base San Antonio , Texas
ACC
689th Combat Communications Wing
Robins AFB , Georgia
ACC
711th Human Performance Wing
Wright-Patterson AFB , Ohio
AFMC
908th Airlift Wing
Maxwell-Gunter AFB , Alabama
AFRC
C-130
910th Airlift Wing
Youngstown Air Reserve Station , Ohio
AFRC
C-130
911th Airlift Wing
Pittsburgh Joint Air Reserve Station , Pennsylvania
AFRC
C-130
914th Airlift Wing
Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station , New York
AFRC
C-130
916th Air Refueling Wing
Seymour Johnson AFB , North Carolina
AFRC
KC-46
919th Special Operations Wing
Duke Field , Florida
AFRC
MC-130
920th Rescue Wing
Patrick Space Force Base , Florida
AFRC
HC-130 HH-60
927th Air Refueling Wing
MacDill Air Force Base , Florida
AFRC
KC-135
931st Air Refueling Wing
McConnell Air Force Base , Kansas
AFRC
KC-135 KC-46
932nd Airlift Wing
Scott AFB , Illinois
AFRC
C-40 Clipper
934th Airlift Wing
Minneapolis-St Paul Joint Air Reserve Station , Minnesota
AFRC
C-130
939th Air Refueling Wing
Portland International Airport , Portland, Oregon
AFRC
KC-135
940th Wing
Beale AFB , California
AFRC
RQ-4
944th Fighter Wing
Luke AFB , Arizona
AFRC
F-16
Active Air National Guard Wings
Air Expeditionary Wings
AFCON and MAJCOM wings
References
^ Office of the Historian, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offutt AFB, NE. The Development of the Strategic Air Command 1946–1986, Pages 117–118.
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