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The 178th Wing is a unit of the Ohio Air National Guard, stationed at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport ANG complex, Springfield, Ohio.If activated to federal service, the wing is gained by the United States Air Force (USAF) Air Combat Command (ACC), with elements of the wing gained by the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency (AFISRA).
Three units of the Ohio Air National Guard, including the 178th Wing (formerly 178th Fighter Wing), are based at the co-located Springfield Air National Guard Base. [3] The airport hosts events such as fly-ins and airshows with vintage airplanes. [4] [5] The airport has hosted the Commemorative Air Force. [6] The airport is home to flight schools.
In 1993 it also transitioned from A-7 Corsair fighter bombers to F-16s and became the 178th Fighter Wing. The Major Command assignment of the 178th FW is the Air Education and Training Command. The 178th is currently a Fighter Training Unit and the mission since 2007 has been a Foreign Sales Mission.
F-84F-25-RE Thunderstreak (s/n 51-1747) of the 162nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 178th Tactical Fighter Group, Ohio Air National Guard, during Operation "Punchcard IV", November 1968 During the 1961 Berlin Crisis , the 162nd was federalized as part of the 121st Tactical Fighter Wing and Group for a period of twelve months beginning on 1 October.
Residents throughout southern Ohio have reported hearing sonic booms at night this week, and it's due to training by the 180th Fighter Wing.
An F-16 fighter jet of the Ohio Air National Guard's 180th Fighter Wing was conducting a functional flight check between 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. and was expected to reach supersonic speeds, a news ...
Thomas Gnau, Dayton Daily News, Ohio July 27, 2022 at 10:13 AM Alert fighter jets from the 180th Fighter Wing were set to conduct a test of the Aerospace Control Alert system on between 8 a.m. and ...
Wing Shield Location Gaining MAJCOM Aircraft 101st Air Refueling Wing: Bangor ANGB, Bangor, Maine: AMC: KC-135 Stratotanker: 102nd Intelligence Wing: Otis ANGB, Sandwich, Massachusetts