List of inactive AFCON wings of the United States Air Force
This is a list of inactive Wings in the United States Air Force, focusing on AFCON (HQ Air Force-controlled) wings.
Non-flying or non-combat wings, such as the 1st Medical Service Wing and 1st-7th Weather Wings, 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, 39th and 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery 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, inactivated June 15, 1992),[1] 603d Air Base Wing,[2] 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 DC 1984, viii.
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.[3]
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.[4] 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.
Wing | Shield | Location | MAJCOM | Date Inactivated | Replaced By | |
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1st Air Base Wing | | Andrews AFB, Maryland | Headquarters Command | 30 Sep 1977 | 76th Air Base Group | |
1st Space Wing[5] | | Peterson AFB, Colorado | AFSPC | 15 May 1992 | 21st Space Wing | |
1st Weather Wing | | |||||
2d Space Wing[6] | | Schriever AFB, Colorado | AFSPC | 30 Jan 1992 | 50th Space Wing | |
2d Weather Wing | | |||||
3d Space Wing | | Peterson AFB, Colorado | AFSPC | 1992 | 21st Space Wing | |
11th Air Control Wing | Elmendorf AFB, Alaska | AAC | ?? | ?? | ||
25th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing | |
Chambly Air Base, France | USAFE | 15 Oct 1966 | ||
26th Intelligence Wing | Zweibrücken Air Base, Germany | USAFE | 1991 | Downgraded to group status | ||
29th Flying Training Wing | |
Craig AFB, Alabama | ATC | September 30, 1977 | ||
38th Combat Support Wing | |
Ramstein Air Base, Germany | USAFE | May 1, 2007 | ||
41st Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing | McClellan AFB, California | MAC | Inactivated | |||
44th Missile Wing | |
Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota | AFPSC | July 5, 1995 | ||
54th Tactical Fighter Wing | Kunsan Air Base, South Korea | PACAF | October 31, 1970 | |||
63d Military Airlift Wing | |
Norton AFB, California | MAC | Inactivated | ||
64th Flying Training Wing | |
Reese AFB, Texas | AETC | Inactivated | ||
73d Aerospace Surveillance Wing | Edwards AFB, California | ADC | Inactivated 30 Apr 1971 | Seemingly no successor HQ; squadrons reassigned | ||
75th Air Depot Wing | Chinhae Air Base, South Korea | Fifth Air Force? | The 75th Air Depot Wing arrived in South Korea from Texas on January 2, 1953, replacing the 6405th Air Support Wing. The wing may have been disestablished in January 1956. | |||
83d Fighter-Day Wing | |
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85th Tactical Fighter Training Wing | |
NAS Keflavik, Iceland | ACC | redesignated 85th Group | ||
85th Air Depot Wing | Erding Air Base, Germany | USAFE | The 7200th Air Depot Wing was redesignated as the 85 ADW on 25 July 1949. 85 ADW WAS TRANSFERRED TO 12 AIR FORCE 21 JAN 51. ON 10 JUL 52, 85 ADW AND ITS SUPPORTING UNITS WERE REASSIGNED FROM 12 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.[7] | ||
87th Troop Carrier Wing | ||||||
306th Strategic Wing | |
RAF Mildenhall, England | SAC | Inactivated | ||
313th Tactical Airlift Wing | |
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322d Tactical Airlift Wing | |
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340th Bombardment Wing | ||||||
342d Fighter-Day Wing | ||||||
345th Tactical Bombardment Wing | |
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347th Rescue Wing | Moody AFB, Georgia | ACC | Inactivated 2006 | |||
351st Missile Wing | |
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360th Strategic Fighter Wing | ||||||
369th Strategic Fighter Wing | ||||||
381st Strategic Missile Wing | |
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384th Air Expeditionary Wing | | ACC | Inactive | |||
385th Strategic Aerospace Wing | ||||||
389th Strategic Missile Wing | | F. E. Warren AFB, Wyoming | SAC | Inactivated 1965 | ||
390th Strategic Missile Wing | | Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona | SAC | Inactivated 1984 | ||
392d Strategic Missile Wing | ||||||
397th Bombardment Wing | | |||||
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 | ||
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. | ||
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. | |
438th Military Airlift Wing | ||||||
441st Troop Carrier Wing | ||||||
443d Military Training Wing (Training) | ||||||
449th Bombardment Wing | | |||||
450th Bombardment Wing | | |||||
454th Bombardment Wing | | |||||
456th Bombardment Wing | | Beale AFB, California | SAC | Inactivated | ||
461st Bombardment Wing | | |||||
462d Strategic Aerospace Wing | | |||||
463d Tactical Airlift Wing | | |||||
464th Tactical Airlift Wing | | Pope AFB, North Carolina | TAC | Inactivated 1971 | ||
465th Bombardment Wing | | |||||
473d Fighter-Day Wing | ||||||
474th Tactical Fighter Wing | | |||||
475th Air Base Wing | | Yokota AB, Japan | PACAF | Inactivated 1992 | 374th Airlift Wing | |
479th Tactical Training Wing | | Holloman AFB, NM | Tactical Air Command? | 26 July 1991 | 479th Fighter Group | |
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 | |||
494th Bombardment Wing, Heavy | | Sheppard AFB, Texas | SAC | Inactivated 1966 | ||
497th Air Refueling Wing | | Plattsburgh AFB | SAC | September 15, 1964 | ||
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 | ||
506th Tactical Fighter Wing | ||||||
507th Tactical Air Control Wing | Shaw AFB | TAC | 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.[8] Included 20th TASS, 1990–91; 703rd TASS, 1967-88. | |||
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 | |
550th Guided Missiles Wing | ||||||
554th Electronic Systems Wing | | Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts | AFMC | Jun 2010 | Became Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS)[9] | |
580th Air Resupply and Communications Wing | | |||||
581st Air Resupply and Communications Wing | | |||||
582nd Air Resupply and Communications Wing | | |||||
601st Tactical Air Control Wing | Sembach Air Base, FRG | USAFE | Activated 1968, became group, became Air Base Wing 1993, inactivated 1995 | |||
633d Special Operations Wing | | Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam | PACAF | 1970 | Not replaced - base closed | |
656th Special Operations Wing | Nakhon Phanom Airport, Thailand | PACAF | 1975 | Not replaced (?) - base closed soon afterwards | ||
701st Tactical Missile Wing | | |||||
702d Strategic Missile Wing | 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 | | |||||
913th Airlift Wing | | NAS Willow Grove, Pennsylvania | AFRC | 2007 | ||
926th Fighter Wing | NAS New Orleans, Louisiana | AFRC | 2007 | 926th Group |
The 650th Air Base Wing was replaced as the host unit at Edwards AFB, CA., by the 95th Air Base Wing in the mid 1990s.
References
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- ↑ http://www.mobileradar.org/Documents/0602acw.pdf
- ↑ The 38th Tactical Missile Wing inactivated in September 1966. The 2d Mobile Communications Group moved to Sembach Air Base in November 1966 from Toul-Rousieres Air Base, France after the French withdrawal from NATO's integrated military force structure. The 603d Air Base Wing was activated after the departure of the 38th TMW to administer Sembach Air Base and to support the 601st Tactical Control Group (TCG) and the 7th Air Commando Squadron. The 601st Tactical Air Control Wing (TCW) was activated on 1 July 1968, absorbing the mission of the 603rd ABW.
- ↑ http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/462/925.xml
- ↑ http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/display.php?irisnum=462935&p=y
- ↑ 1st Space Wing lineage at USAF FOIA site
- ↑ 2d Space Wing Lineage and Honors History at USAF FOIA site
- ↑ Airforcehistoryindex.org, Record Card for Erding Journal Annual Issue, 1953.
- ↑ USAF via MobileRadar.org, 507th Tactical Air Control Wing Unit Lineage and Honors, accessed May 2015.
- ↑ http://www.maxwell.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123211970