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.
Remaining wings to add include the:
Wing | Location | MAJCOM | Date inactivated | Replaced by | |
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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] | 15 May 1992 | 21st Space Wing | |||
2d Space Wing[11] | 30 Jan 1992 | 50th Space Wing | |||
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 | |||||
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 | |||||
Colorado | 2020-21 | Replaced by U.S. Space Force | |||
22nd Air Refueling Wing active | |||||
23rd Wing active | |||||
24th Special Operations Wing active | |||||
Chambley Air Base, France | 15 Oct 1966 | ||||
Zweibrücken Air Base, Germany | USAFE | 1991 | Downgraded to group status | ||
27th Special Operations Wing, redesignated and now active at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, active | |||||
28th Bomb Wing, redesignated 1 June 1992 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, active | |||||
30th Space Wing | Vandenberg Air Force Base, California | Became Space Launch Delta 30[13] | |||
31st Fighter Wing, redesignated 1 October 1991, active at Aviano Air Base, Italy, since 1 April 1994 | |||||
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 | |||||
Ramstein Air Base, Germany | |||||
Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany | 1992 | Redesignated 39th Special Operations Wing on 1 March 1988; inactivated 1992. | |||
2006 | Active as AEW 2001–06 | ||||
41st Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing | McClellan AFB, California | 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 | |||||
Patrick Air Force Base, FL | c.2020 | Space Launch Delta 45, U.S. Space Force | |||
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 | |||||
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 | |||||
Kunsan Air Base, South Korea | |||||
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 | |||||
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 | |||||
Norton AFB, California | MAC | Inactivated | |||
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] | |||||
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 | |||||
Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina | ACC | Inactivated 22 April 1991 | Aircraft, personnel, merged into 4th Wing; lineage now 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 | |||||
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 | |||||
Tinker Air Force Base, OK | Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (AFMC) | Inactivated 1 October 2012 | |||
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. | |
Hill AFB, Utah | AFMC | Inactivated in 2014[18] | Replaced by directorates (?) | ||
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] | |||||
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 | |||||
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 | |||||
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio | AFMC | Inactivated on 1 July 2010 | Replaced by Aeronautical Systems Center, ISR Directorate (ASC/WI), on the same day. | ||
304th Bombardment Group, inactivated on 30 December 1942, never upgraded to wing status | |||||
305th Air Mobility Wing active | |||||
RAF Mildenhall, UK | Inactivated | ||||
307th Bombardment Wing, activated on 8 January 2011 at Barksdale AFB, LA, active | |||||
Eglin Air Force Base, FL | AFMC | Inactivated 30 July 2010[23] | replaced by a directorate | ||
Hill AFB, Utah | AFMC | Inactivated 2012 | |||
310th Space Wing active | |||||
Brooks Air Force Base, TX | Inactivated 2 October 2009 | ||||
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 | |||||
24th Pursuit Group, inactivated 2 April 1946, redesignated 324th Tactical Fighter Wing on 31 January 1985, but never activated | |||||
325th Fighter Wing, redesignated 1 October 1991, Tyndall AFB, FL., active | |||||
AFMC | Inactivated on 30 June 2010(?) | Replaced by directorates (?) | |||
Tinker Air Force Base, OK | AFMC | Inactivated on 30 June 2010[26] | Replaced by directorates (?) | ||
AFMC | Inactivated 2010(?) | Replaced by directorates (?) | |||
AFMC | Inactivated 2007 | Replaced by directorates (?) | |||
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 | |||||
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 | |||||
Eielson Air Force Base, AK | 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 | |||||
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, 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] | |||||
Hanscom AFB, MA. | AFMC | Inactivated 30 June 2010 | Replaced by directorates | ||
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 | |||||
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, 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 | |||||
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, never activated, and then disbanded on 9 September 1992 | |||||
373d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, redesignated 1 January 2009, now 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 | |||||
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, never upgraded to wing status | |||||
383d Bombardment Group never upgraded to wing status | |||||
ACC | Inactive | ||||
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[38] at Hill AFB, Utah, active | |||||
F. E. Warren AFB, Wyoming | Inactivated 1965 | ||||
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 | |||||
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 | |||||
398th Air Expeditionary Group never upgraded to wing status | |||||
399th Tactical Missile Wing | Never active | N/A | Consolidated 1985? | ||
N/A | 400th BG reconstituted and redesignated 31 July 1985[39] | ||||
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.[40] | |
403rd Wing, redesignated 1 July 1994 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, remains active | |||||
404th Tactical Missile Wing | N/A | Consolidated 1985 (?) | |||
Thumrait, Oman | AFCENT | Converted to provisional status | Inactivated after initial phase of Operation Enduring Freedom (?) | ||
Moron AB, Spain | USAFE | Converted to provisional status | Inactivated after brief existence during Operation Odyssey Dawn, mid-2011 | ||
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,[41] never upgraded to wing status | |||||
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? | ||
Active | |||||
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 | |
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[42] 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 but never activated. The 431st Reconnaissance Group was revoked before activation in the 1940s. | |||||
(Active) | Air Force Reserve | ||||
443d Military Airlift Wing, Training | Altus Air Force Base, OK | MAC | Inactivated 1 October 1992 | ||
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[43] at McChord Air Force Base, Washington State, active | |||||
448th Supply Chain Management Wing, redesignated on 1 April 2008[44] at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, remains active | |||||
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. | ||
Reduced to group status c2014 | Group active until mid-2021 at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. | ||||
(Active) | |||||
Beale AFB, California | SAC | Inactivated 30 September 1975 | 17th Bombardment 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 | |||||
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 | ||
Dyess AFB, TX | MAC/AMC | Inactivated 1 October 1993 | 7th Wing | ||
Pope AFB, North Carolina | Inactivated 31 August 1971 | 317th Tactical Airlift Wing | |||
466th Air Expeditionary Group, a provisional unit activated on 26 November 2012,[45] 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 | |||||
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 | |||||
Air Force Materiel Command | Inactivated 2010 (?) | Replaced by directorate(s). | |||
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[46] | |||||
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[47] | |||||
Cam Ranh Bay AB, South Vietnam | PACAF | 31 May 1972[48] | The wing was inactivated and Cam Ranh Air Base was turned over to the South Vietnamese government on 15 May 1972.[49] | ||
Tabuk, Saudi Arabia | ACC | 2003 invasion of Iraq - now inactive | |||
ACC | 2003 invasion of Iraq - now inactive | ||||
Cairo West, Egypt | ACC | April - later 2003 | now inactive | ||
488th Tactical Missile Wing never activated | |||||
489th Bomb Group, Air Force Reserve, activated 17 October 2015 at Dyess AFB, Texas, active[50] | |||||
490th Bombardment Group, inactivated 7 November 1945, never upgraded to wing status | |||||
492d Special Operations Wing, activated 10 May 2017, remains active[51] | |||||
494th Bombardment Wing, Heavy | Sheppard AFB, Texas | Inactivated 1966 | |||
Kirtland AFB, NM(?) | Air Force Materiel Command | Inactivated 27 January 2012 | |||
Westover Air Force Base, Mass. | Inactivated 25 June 1966 - Not replaced (?) | ||||
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, but never activated. | ||
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 | |||||
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 | |||||
Hill AFB, UT | AMC | Inactivated 2010, replaced by directorates | |||
509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Miss., redesignated 1 September 1991, remains active[52] | |||||
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[53] | |||||
RAF Mildenhall, UK | 100th Air Refueling Wing became host unit | ||||
514th Air Mobility Wing, redesignated on 1 October 1994[54] at McGuire AFB, NJ., active | |||||
515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, activated on 5 June 2008 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, HI, active | |||||
2010 | Replaced by directorates | ||||
World War II 19th Transport Group redesignated 519th Air Refueling Group but never activated | |||||
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, but never activated | |||||
4th Ferrying Group, World War II, redesignated 541st Tactical Airlift Group c1985, but never activated | |||||
MAC/AMC | 1994 | 58th Special Operations Wing | |||
543d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group active | |||||
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.[55] | ||
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[56] Reconstituted and redesignated 546th TAG, 1985, but not activated. | |
547th Tactical Airlift Group | Originally established as 10th Pursuit Wing -- | ||||
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) | ||||
552d Air Control Wing, redesignated 1 October 1991 at Tinker Air Force Base, OK., active | |||||
Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand | Pacific Air Forces | 15 December 1970 | Not replaced, one squadron reassigned to 388 TFW. | ||
Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts | Jun 2010 | Became Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS)[57] | |||
557th Weather Wing active | |||||
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 | |||||
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.[58] 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 | USAFE | 1994 | Replaced 20th Fighter Wing. Inactivated with base closure, before 31 December 1994.[59] | ||
623rd Wing | TAC/ACC | 1992 | Replaced 23rd Wing on 1 June 1992, which was moving to Pope AFB, SC. Inactivated with base closure, 15 December 1992.[60] | ||
PACAF | 1970 | Not replaced - base closed | |||
635th Supply Chain Operations Wing active | |||||
646th Air Base Wing | Eglin AFB, FL | 1994 | The 3200th Support Wing (10 June 88 – 1 October 1992) replaced the 3201st ABG.[61] [62] 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.[63] 95th Air Base Wing[64] | |
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[65] | 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[66] | |||||
656th Special Operations Wing | PACAF | 1975 | Not replaced (?) - base closed soon afterwards | ||
673d Air Base Wing, activated on 14 June 2010 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska,[67] active | |||||
688th Cyberspace Wing active | |||||
Robins AFB, GA | Inactivated on 30 September 2013.[68] | ||||
691st, 692nd, 693rd, 694th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Groups | |||||
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 | |
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[69] | 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.[70] | |
722d Air Refueling Wing | March Air Force Base, CA. | AMC | 1 April 1996[71] | Wing activated 1 January 1994 to replace the 22d ARW, which was moving to McConnell AFB, KS, w/o/p/e.[72] 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 | 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.[73] | ||||
AFRC | 2007 | ||||
Duke Field, FL | 1 August 1992 | Upgraded in status from 919th Special Operations Group. | |||
920th Rescue Wing | |||||
AFRC | 2007 | 926th Group | |||
960th Cyberspace Wing, activated in the Reserve on 28 October 2018, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX., active[74] |
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.[75]
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 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.[76]
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.[77] 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.
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.[78]