Unit Name: | 75th Air Base Wing |
Dates: | 5 February 1942 – present |
Country: | United States |
Branch: | Air Force |
Type: | Base Support |
Command Structure: | Air Force Materiel Command |
Current Commander: | Colonel Daniel L. Cornelius |
Garrison: | Hill Air Force Base |
Mascot: | Buffalo |
Notable Commanders: | Sharon K.G. Dunbar |
Decorations: | Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |
The 75th Air Base Wing (75 ABW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Hill Air Force Base, Ogden Utah. It provides base operating support for the Ogden Air Logistics Complex, the 388th, 419th Fighter Wing, 84th Combat Sustainment Wing, 309th Maintenance Wing, 526th ICBM Systems Wing, 508th Aircraft Sustainment Wing and 25 associate units.
Until the fall of 1942, the 75th Observation Group aided ground units with their training by flying reconnaissance, artillery adjustment, strafing, and dive bombing missions. The 75th participated in the 1942 Louisiana Maneuvers. It functioned primarily as a replacement training unit from 1943–1944, and also conducted a Ground Liaison Officer course from January–April 1944. The 75th was inactivated in May 1944.
The 75th was reactivated as a wing in May 1966. It performed RF-4C replacement training from February 1967 – August 1970, and tactical reconnaissance from July 1966 – July 1971. On inactivation in 1971, the 75th's resources passed to the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing.
The 75th was reactivated in 1994 to provide services and support for the Ogden Air Logistics Center and its tenant organizations at Hill Air Force Base.
75th Tactical Reconnaissance Group
Activated on 2 March 1942
Redesignated as 75 Reconnaissance Group on 2 April 1943
Redesignated as 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Group on 11 August 1943
Disbanded on 1 May 1944
Consolidated with the 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing as the 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing on 31 Jan 1984
75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
Constitured as the 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing and activated on 17 May 1966 (not organized)
Organized on 1 July 1966
Inactivated on 15 July 1971
Consolidated with the 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Group on 31 January 1984
Activated on 1 October 1994
75th Operations Support Squadron (75 OSS)
75th Civil Engineering Group (75 CEG)
75th Comptroller Squadron (75 CPTS)
75th Mission Support Group (75 MSG)
75th Medical Group (75 MDG)