List of wings of the United States Air Force

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the strategic wings and the need to perpetuate this lineage as well as the lineage of many illustrious units that were no longer active.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 (Prov) 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 363d 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
2d Bomb Wing (BW)		Barksdale AFB, Louisiana	AFGSC	B-52
3d 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	ACC	B-1
8th Fighter Wing		Kunsan Air Base, Korea	PACAF	F-16
9th Reconnaissance Wing		Beale AFB, California	ACC	U-2 Dragon Lady, RQ-4 Global Hawk, MC-12 Liberty, T-38 Talon
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-130, 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
21st Space Wing (SW)		Peterson AFB, Colorado	AFSPC	Ground Based Radars, GEODSS
22d Air Refueling Wing (AMW)		McConnell AFB, Kansas	AMC	KC-135
23d 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	ACC	B-1
30th Space Wing		Vandenberg AFB, California	AFSPC
31st Fighter Wing		Aviano Air Base, Italy	USAFE	F-16
33d 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
42d Air Base Wing		Maxwell-Gunter AFB, Alabama	AETC
45th Space Wing		Patrick AFB, Florida	AFSPC
47th Flying Training Wing		Laughlin AFB, Texas	AETC	T-6, T-38
48th Fighter Wing		RAF Lakenheath, England	USAFE	F-15E, HH-60G
49th Wing		Holloman AFB, New Mexico	ACC	MQ-1 RQ-9
50th Space Wing		Schriever AFB, Colorado	AFSPC	DSCS, DMSP, GPS, MILSTAR
51st Fighter Wing		Osan Air Base, Korea	PACAF	F-16 A-10 C-12J
52d Fighter Wing		Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany	USAFE	F-16
53d Wing		Eglin AFB, Florida	ACC	F-15C F-15E F-16 A-10 F-22A QF-4 RQ-1
55th Wing		Offutt AFB, Nebraska	ACC	RC-135 EC-130 E-4
56th Fighter Wing		Luke AFB, Arizona	AETC	F-16, F-35A
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
62d Airlift Wing (AW)		Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington	AMC	C-17
67th Network Warfare Wing		Joint Base San Antonio, Texas	AFSPC
70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing		Fort George G. Meade, Maryland	AFISRA
71st Flying Training Wing		Vance AFB, Oklahoma	AETC	T-6, T-38
72d 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
82d 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
92d Air Refueling Wing		Fairchild AFB, Washington	AMC	KC-135
93d 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-5 C-17 KC-135
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
302d Airlift Wing		Peterson AFB, Colorado	AFRC	C-130
305th Air Mobility Wing		Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey	AMC	KC-10 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
319th Air Base Wing		Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota	AMC
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
354th Fighter Wing		Eielson AFB, Alaska	PACAF	F-16
355th Fighter Wing		Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona	ACC	A-10
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-16C
402d Maintenance Wing		Robins AFB, Georgia	AFMC
403d Wing		Keesler AFB, Mississippi	AFRC	WC-130
412th Test Wing		Edwards AFB, California	AFMC
419th Fighter Wing		Hill AFB, Utah	AFRC	F-16
433d 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
442d Fighter Wing		Whiteman AFB, Missouri	AFRC	A-10
445th Airlift Wing		Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio	AFRC	C-5
446th Airlift Wing		Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington	AFRC	C-17
448th Supply Chain Management Wing		Tinker AFB, Oklahoma	AFMC
452d Air Mobility Wing		March Air Reserve Base, California	AFRC	KC-135 C-17
459th Air Refueling Wing		Joint Base Andrews, Maryland	AFRC	KC-135
460th Space Wing		Buckley AFB, Colorado	AFSPC
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
482d Fighter Wing		Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida	AFRC	F-16
501st Combat Support Wing		RAF Alconbury, England	USAFE	GSU advocacy and support
502d 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
552d Air Control Wing		Tinker AFB, Oklahoma	ACC	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
633d 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
673d Air Base Wing		Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska	PACAF	Joint Basing Host Wing
688th Information Operations Wing		Joint Base San Antonio, Texas	AFSPC
689th Combat Communications Wing		Robins AFB, Georgia	AFSPC
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-135
919th Special Operations Wing		Duke Field, Florida	AFRC	MC-130
920th Rescue Wing		Patrick AFB, Florida	AFRC	HC-130 HH-60
927th Air Refueling Wing		MacDill Air Force Base, Florida	AFRC	KC-135
932d 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
Space Development and Test Wing		Inactive	AFSPC	Operationally Responsive Space systems

Active Air National Guard Wings

• List of Active Wings of the United States Air National Guard

Air Expeditionary Wings

• List of Air Expeditionary units of the United States Air Force

Inactive USAF Wings

• List of inactive AFCON wings of the United States Air Force
• List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force

References

1. Office of the Historian, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offutt AFB, NE. The Development of the Strategic Air Command 1946–1986, Pages 117–118.