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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 ...
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 ...
Tinker Air Force Base is named in honor of Major General Clarence L. Tinker. [2] An Osage from Pawhuska, Oklahoma, he received his wings in 1921. [3] He was a graduate of Wentworth Military Academy who went on to become the first major general of Native American descent in U.S. Army history.
The 552d Air Control Wing is an operational wing of the United States Air Force. It has been based at Tinker Air Force Base , Oklahoma, since July 1976, operating the Boeing E-3 Sentry . It includes the 552d Operations Group, 552d Maintenance Group, 552d Training Group, and 552d Air Control Group.
134th Air Refueling Wing: McGhee Tyson ANGB, Alcoa, Tennessee: AMC: KC-135 Stratotanker: 136th Airlift Wing: NAS JRB Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas: AMC: C-130 Hercules: 137th Special Operations Wing: Will Rogers ANGB, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: AFSOC: MC-12W Liberty. OA-1K Sky Warden [4] 138th Fighter Wing: Tulsa ANGB, Tulsa, Oklahoma: ACC: F-16 ...
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., told "Fox News Live" Saturday that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Academy in Oklahoma has struggled to fill classrooms due to DEI quotas.
Air Force Cost Analysis Agency (AFCAA) Arlington, Virginia: Air Force Flight Standards Agency (AFFSA) Oklahoma City, OK: Air Force Spectrum Management Office (AFSMO) Fort George G. Meade, Maryland: Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama: Air Force Inspection Agency (AFIA) Kirtland Air Force Base, New ...
The 816th Air Division was activated at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma in the summer of 1958 as an operational headquarters for dispersed Strategic Air Command (SAC) wings. [1] During the late 1950s, SAC dispersed its Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers over a larger number of bases, thus making it more difficult for the Soviet Union to knock ...