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The 113th Wing, known as the "Capital Guardians", is a unit of the District of Columbia Air National Guard, stationed at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.If activated to federal service, the fighter portion of the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command, while the airlift portion is gained by Air Mobility Command.
In December 1974, the 113th Tactical Fighter Group was inactivated and its 121st Squadron was assigned directly to the 113th Tactical Fighter Wing. In the early 1990s the Air Force began implementing the Objective Wing organization, which again called for squadrons to be assigned to functional groups, rather than directly to the wing.
The modern DC ANG received federal recognition on 26 October 1946 as the 121st Fighter Squadron at Andrews Army Airfield, Maryland. It was equipped with F-51D Mustangs and its mission was the air defense of Washington, D.C. On 2 November 1946 the 113th Fighter Group was allotted by the National Guard Bureau, extended federal recognition and ...
Two aircraft from the 113th Fighter Wing, out of Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, were the first to reach the Cessna to begin attempts to contact the pilot. Two F-16 aircraft out of New Jersey and ...
The 121st Fighter Squadron (121 FS) is a unit of the District of Columbia Air National Guard 113th Wing located at Joint Base Andrews, Camp Springs, Maryland.The 121st is equipped with the Block 30 F-16C/D Fighting Falcon.
The pilot of a business jet that flew over Washington and crashed in a remote part of Virginia appeared to be slumped over and unresponsive, three U.S. officials said Monday, recounting ...
111th Attack Wing: Biddle Air National Guard Base, Horsham, Pennsylvania: ACC: MQ-9 Reaper: 113th Wing: JB Andrews, Maryland: ACC: F-16 Fighting Falcon. C-40 Clipper. 114th Fighter Wing: Joe Foss Field ANGB, Sioux Falls, South Dakota: ACC: F-16 Fighting Falcon: 115th Fighter Wing: Truax Field ANGB, Madison, Wisconsin: ACC: F-35 Lightning II ...
That morning Major Daniel Caine, supervisor of flying with the 113th Wing of the D.C. Air National Guard, received a call that the Secret Service wanted fighter jets launched over Washington, D.C. Lieutenant Colonel Marc Sasseville called Brigadier General David Wherley, the commander of the 113th Wing, to get permission to use their "war ...