List of inactive AFCON wings of the United States Air Force

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This is a list of inactive Wings in the United States Air Force, focusing on AFCON (HQ Air Force-controlled) wings. To show the full numerical sequence, active wings and active and inactive groups are indicated in italics.

Flying and combat wings[]

Air control and warning groups, like the predecessor of the , 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.

List of wings and groups, 1-926[]

Wing Location MAJCOM Date inactivated Replaced by
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.[2]
1st Space Wing[3] Peterson AFB, Colorado AFSPC 15 May 1992 21st Space Wing
2d Space Wing[4] 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, still active
3rd Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska, still active
4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, still active
5th Bombardment Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, still active
6th Air Mobility Wing redesignated on 1 October 2019 at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, still active[5]
7th Bombardment Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, still active
8th Fighter Wing still active
9th Reconnaissance Wing, redesignated 1 October 1993 at Beale Air Force Base, California, still active
10th Air Base Wing, activated 1 November 1994 at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, still active
11th Air Control Wing Elmendorf AFB, Alaska AAC ?? ??
12th Flying Training Wing, activated 1 May 1972 at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, still 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, still active
15th Wing, redesignated 18 May 2010 at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, still active
17th Training Wing, activated 1 July 1993 at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, still active
23rd Wing still active
24th Special Operations Wing still active
25th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing , 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 active at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, still active
28th Bomb Wing, redesignated 1 June 1992 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, still active
29th Flying Training Wing Craig AFB, Alabama ATC September 30, 1977
30th Space Wing, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, now part of U.S. Space Force
31st Fighter Wing, redesignated 1 October 1991 and now at Aviano Air Base, Italy, still active
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
38th Combat Support Wing Ramstein Air Base, Germany USAFE May 1, 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
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.[6]
44th Missile Wing Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota AFPSC July 5, 1995
46th Test Wing Eglin AFB, FL AFMC? 1 October 2012 96th Test Wing
50th Space Wing Schriever AFB, Colorado AFSPC 2020 Space Delta 6, Space Delta 8, Space Delta 9, Peterson-Schriever Garrison
54th Tactical Fighter Wing Kunsan Air Base, South Korea PACAF October 31, 1970
56th Fighter Wing, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona
57th Wing, redesignated 15 June 1993 at Nellis AFB, Nevada, still active
58th Special Operations Wing still active
59th Medical Wing, consolidated, remaining active, on 1 July 1993 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, still active
60th Air Mobility Wing, redesignated 1 October 1994 at Travis Air Force Base, California, still active
61st Air Base Wing Los Angeles AFB, CA Inactivated 30 July 2010 61st Air Base Group
62nd
63d Military Airlift Wing Norton AFB, California MAC Inactivated
64th Flying Training Wing Reese AFB, Texas AETC Inactivated
66th Air Base Wing Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts AFMC Inactivated 30 September 2010[7] Replaced by 66th Air Base Group
67th Cyberspace Wing, redesignated c.15 September 2013 at Kelly Field, Texas, still active
68th Air Refueling Wing 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, still active
71st Flying Training Wing, activated on 1 November 1972 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, still active
72nd Air Base Wing, activated on 1 October 1994 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, still 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, still 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, still active
79th Test and Evaluation Group never upgraded to wing status
80th Flying Training Wing, activated 1 January 1973, still active
81st Training Wing, activated 1 July 1993, still active
82d Training Wing, activated 1 July 1993, still 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[8] 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, still active
87th Air Base Wing, activated 3 March 2009 at Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst, still active
88th Air Base Wing, 89th, 90th, 91st, 92d, 93d Wings all still active
94th Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, GA., redesignated 1 February 1992, still active[9]
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.[10]
96th Test Wing, redesignated 18 July 2012 at Eglin Air Force Base, FL, still active
97th Air Mobility Wing still 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, still active
100th Air Refueling Wing, activated on 1 February 1992 at RAF Mildenhall, UK, still active
101st Air Refueling Wing, Maine Air National Guard, activated on 1 July 1976, still active
102nd Intelligence Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard, still active
103rd Airlift Wing, Connecticut Air National Guard, redesignated 1 April 2008, still active
107th Attack Wing, New York Air National Guard, redesignated 15 March 2017, still active
111th Attack Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, redesignated 1 April 2011, still active
116th Air Control Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, returned to solely ANG control 1 October 2011, still active
117th Air Refueling Wing, Alabama Air National Guard, redesignated 16 October 1994, still active
188th Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, redesignated 7 June 2014, still active
, Hawaii Air National Guard, activated August 19, 2019, still active[11]
299th Tactical Forces Planning Group St. Louis, MO Air National Guard Inactivated Active 1970-72.[12]
There are two 301st wings. The 301st Fighter Wing, which is one of three Second World War wings to still 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, still 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 still active
306th Strategic Wing RAF Mildenhall, England SAC Inactivated
307th Bombardment Wing, activated on 8 January 2011 at Barksdale AFB, LA, still active
308th Armament Systems Wing Eglin Air Force Base, FL AFMC Inactivated 30 July 2010[13] replaced by a directorate
309th Maintenance Wing Hill AFB, Utah AFMC Inactivated 2012
310th Space Wing still 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
315th Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve, redesignated 1994 at Charleston Air Force Base still active
316th Wing activated on 12 June 2020 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, still active
317th Airlift Wing, upgraded from group to wing status on 6 July 2017 at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, still active
318th Cyberspace Operations Group, redesignated to that title on 13 September 2013,[14] 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[15]
325th Fighter Wing, redesignated 1 October 1991, Tyndall AFB, FL., still 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[16] 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 .
332d Air Expeditionary Wing ACC In provisional status, last activated 19 May 2015 Routinely activated and deactivated 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 Bombardment Wing
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.[17] 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,[15] 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, still active[18]
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, still active[19]
353rd Special Operations Group, redesignated on 1 December 1992 at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, still active[20]
354th Fighter Wing, activated on 20 August 1993 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, still active
355th Fighter Wing, Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, AZ, still 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[21] 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
, 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
365th
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,[15] 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[22] 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,[15] 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, still active
376th Air Expeditionary Wing Manas International Airport, vic Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan CENTAF Inactivated on 3 June 2014[23] 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,[24] still active
378th Air Expeditionary Wing, activated 17 December 2019 at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia,[25] still active
379th Air Expeditionary Wing, active at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, still active
380th Air Expeditionary Wing, active at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, still active
381st Training Group, (re)-activated on 1 April 1994 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, still active
382d Bombardment Group, inactivated on 4 January 1946,[26] 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[27] at Hill AFB, Utah, still 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(?)
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[28]
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.[29]
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,[30] 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.
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.
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, still active
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 October 1, 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, still active
449th Bombardment Wing Kincheloe AFB, MI 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 remains active, Kandahar, Afghanistan.
452nd Air Mobility Wing (Active)
454th Bombardment Wing
456th Bombardment Wing Beale AFB, California SAC Inactivated 30 September 1975 17th Bombardment Wing
461st Air Control Wing, activated on 1 Oct 2011 at Robins Air Force Base, GA, still 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,[31] 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
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
481st Night Fighter Operational Training Group, inactivated on 31 March 1944 at Hammer Field, California, never upgraded to wing status
483d Composite Wing Cam Ranh Bay AB, South Vietnam ? 31 May 1972 Not replaced ?
487th Air Expeditionary Wing Cairo West, Egypt ACC (Inactive) April - later 2003
490th Bombardment Group, inactivated 7 November 1945, never upgraded to wing status
492d Special Operations Wing, activated 10 May 2017, remains active[32]
494th Bombardment Wing, Heavy Sheppard AFB, Texas SAC Inactivated 1966
497th Air Refueling Wing Plattsburgh AFB SAC September 15, 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 December 15, 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,[15] 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
510th Tactical Missile Wing Never active N/A Consolidated July 1985 Second World War replacement group and 705 SMW consolidated but never activated
513th Tactical Airlift Wing RAF Mildenhall, UK 100th Air Refueling Wing became host unit
526th ICBM Systems Wing Hill AFB, Utah AFMC 2007 526th ICBM Systems Group
542d Crew Training Wing Kirtland AFB, New Mexico MAC/AMC 1994 58th Special Operations Wing
543d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group still active
544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group Peterson AFB, CO. ACC/25 AF/16 AF 24 July 2020 Originally established in 1940s as California Sector, Air Corps Ferrying Command. Inactivated on 24 July 2020 and replaced by Space Delta 7 of the United States Space Force.[33]
545th Test Group Edwards AFB AFMC 1 August 1996 Unclear. 412th Test Wing direct superior.
546th Tactical Airlift Group Originally established in 1940s as California Sector, Air Corps Ferrying Command
547th Tactical Airlift Group Originally established as 10th Pursuit Wing -- (see Maurer)
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., still 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)[34]
557th Weather Wing still 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
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 and the 7th Air Commando Squadron. 601st Tactical Control Wing was activated on 1 July 1968, absorbing the mission of the 603rd ABW.
620th Air Base Wing RAF Upper Heyford, United Kingdom USAFE 1994 Replaced 20th Fighter Wing. Inactivated with base closure, before 31 December 1994.[35]
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.[36]
633d Special Operations Wing Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam PACAF 1970 Not replaced - base closed
635th Supply Chain Operations Wing still 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.[37] 95th Air Base Wing[38]
651st Air Base Group Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma AFMC deactivated 1 October 1994 76th Maintenance Wing
652nd Air Base Group Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio AFMC deactivated 1 October 1994 77th Air Base Wing
654th Air Base Group Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma AFMC deactivated 1 October 1994[39] 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[40]
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,[41] still active
688th Cyberspace Wing still active
689th Combat Communications Wing Robins AFB, GA Inactivated on 30 September 2013[42]
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 , 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
710th Air Base Wing RAF Alconbury, UK USAFE 30 September 1995[43] Wing was activated as the host unit for RAF Alconbury, after Nov. 1, 1994, move of 10 ABW to Colorado. 423d Air Base Squadron activated at RAF Molesworth to assume mission on 12 July 1995.[44]
711th Human Performance Wing
722d Air Refueling Wing March Air Force Base, CA. AMC 1 April 1996[45] Wing activated 1 January 1994 to replace the 22d ARW, which was moving to McConnell AFB, KS, w/o/p/e.[46] 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
913th Airlift Wing NAS Willow Grove, Pennsylvania AFRC 2007
926th Fighter Wing NAS New Orleans, Louisiana AFRC 2007 926th Group

Non-flying and non-combat wings[]

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, , (later Air Control Wing, inactivated June 15, 1992),[47] 901st-908th Reserve Training Wings (906th at Miami (Miami News, June 24, 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[]

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

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.[48]

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.[49] Most assigned personnel of the 30th Air Depot Group were reassigned to the 7558th Air Depot Group of the , 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 January 2, 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.[50]

Notes[]

  1. ^ USAF via MobileRadar.org, 507th Tactical Air Control Wing Unit Lineage and Honors, accessed May 2015.
  2. ^ Ravenstein, 1-2.
  3. ^ 1st Space Wing lineage Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine at USAF FOIA site
  4. ^ 2d Space Wing Lineage and Honors History Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine at USAF FOIA site
  5. ^ Robertson, Patsy (19 June 2017). "Factsheet 6 Air Refueling Wing (AMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  6. ^ http://usafunithistory.com/PDF/30-49/41%20AIR%20EXPED%20GP.pdf
  7. ^ Robertson, Patsy (14 January 2010). "Factsheet 66 Air Base Wing (AFMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  8. ^ Gorny, Mary Lou. "Aerospace Sustainment Directorate takes on platform program offices". Hilltop Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  9. ^ Robertson, Patsy (19 August 2010). "Factsheet 94 Airlift Wing (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  10. ^ Mowry, Laura (13 July 2012). "New heritage for 95th ABW, same tradition of excellence". Edwards Air Force Base public affairs. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  11. ^ Tech. Sgt Andrew Jackson (August 19, 2019). "Hawaii Air National Guard Expands its Air Defense Mission". Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  12. ^ Annual Report, Chief, National Guard Bureau
  13. ^ Robertson, Patsy (27 August 2015). "Factsheet 308 Armament Systems Wing (AFMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  14. ^ Lacomia, John M. (September 22, 2015). "Factsheet 318 Cyberspace Operations Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 648q, 31 July 1985, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Organizations
  16. ^ Air Force Organization Status Change Report, Jun 2010, Research Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency
  17. ^ Ravenstein, p. 182
  18. ^ Robertson, Patsy (24 January 2011). "Factsheet 349 Air Mobility Wing Wing (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  19. ^ Haulman, Daniel L. (18 May 2017). "Factsheet 352 Special Operations Wing (AFSOC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  20. ^ Haulman, Daniel L. (November 24, 2010). "Factsheet 353 Special Operations Group (AFSOC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  21. ^ Ravenstein, 191.
  22. ^ Ravenstein, 196.
  23. ^ The End of an Era: 376th Air Expeditionary Wing inactivation ceremony
  24. ^ "Abstract, History 377 Air Base Wing Jan–Sep 1993". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  25. ^ "378th AEW officially activates at PSAB". DVIDS. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  26. ^ Maurer 1983, p. 269-270.
  27. ^ Butler, William M. (27 December 2007). "Factsheet 388 Fighter Wing (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  28. ^ Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 662q, 19 Sep 85, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Tactical Squadrons
  29. ^ Ravenstein 215
  30. ^ Warnock, A. Timothy, (1 January 2013) Lineage and Honors History of the 409 Air Expeditionary Group (USAFE), Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL (partly updated by Haulman, Daniel L.)
  31. ^ Benedetti, SSG Matt (25 November 2012). "466 AEG activated at TCM". US Air Forces Central Command Public Affairs. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  32. ^ Haulman, Daniel L. (May 17, 2017). "Factsheet 492 Special Operations Wing (AFSOC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  33. ^ No byline, staff writer. "Units: Space Delta 7". Peterson Air Force Base. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  34. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2015-05-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  35. ^ United States Air Forces in Europe, History 1994
  36. ^ http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/001/113/874.xml
  37. ^ https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA319714.pdf, p185.
  38. ^ "Document Detail for IRISNUM=01121538, Index, Air Force Flight Test Center, History FY 95, Vol I of XXV". Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  39. ^ The group had been organized on 1 August 1953 as the 2854th Air Base Wing. It was downgraded to group status on 16 October 1964. When the Air Force eliminated Major Command Controlled units (4 digit), it became the 654th Support Group on 1 October 1992, then the 654th Air Base Group a year later. See Mueller, p. 545 (designations through September 1982).
  40. ^ https://www.445aw.afrc.af.mil/Units/655th-ISRW/
  41. ^ Bailey, Carl E. (April 25, 2011). "Factsheet 673 Air Base Wing (PACAF)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  42. ^ No byline (June 5, 2013). "Combat Communications Wing and Group Inactivate". Twenty-Fourth Air Force Public Affairs. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  43. ^ [1]
  44. ^ https://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/436482/royal-air-force-alconbury-royal-air-force-molesworth-and-royal-air-force-upwood/
  45. ^ [2]. Note the typographical error in the original document concerning the replacing AFRes wing, whose identity was actually the 452 AMW.
  46. ^ [3]
  47. ^ http://www.mobileradar.org/Documents/0602acw.pdf
  48. ^ http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/462/925.xml
  49. ^ http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/display.php?irisnum=462935&p=y
  50. ^ Airforcehistoryindex.org, Record Card for Erding Journal Annual Issue, 1953.

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