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The 119th Wing (119 WG) is a composite unit of the North Dakota Air National Guard, stationed at Fargo Air National Guard Base, North Dakota. If activated to federal service, elements of the Wing are gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Command .
The 119th Wing is based at Fargo and operates the MQ-9A Reaper. [2] History. The North Dakota Air National Guard was established on 16 January 1947 at Hector ...
119th Wing; Established 1 February 1947 (as: 178th Fighter Squadron) Stationed at: Fargo Air National Guard Base Gained by: Air Combat Command The mission of the 119th Wing is reconnaissance. The 178th Reconnaissance Squadron includes operations of the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, a medium-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft.
The 119th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the New Jersey Air National Guard 177th Fighter Wing located at Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, New Jersey.The 119th is equipped with the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft and is the oldest active flying fighter squadron in the Air National Guard.
116th Air Control Wing: Robins AFB, Georgia: ACC: TBD -- E-11? 117th Air Refueling Wing: Sumpter Smith JNGB, Birmingham, Alabama [2] AMC: KC-135 Stratotanker [3] 118th Wing: Berry Field ANGB, Nashville, Tennessee: ACC: MQ-9 Reaper: 119th Wing: North Dakota ANGB, Fargo, North Dakota: ACC: MQ-9 Reaper: 120th Airlift Wing: Great Falls ANGB, Great ...
The squadron was authorized in 2008 and activated at Fargo Air National Guard Base when the 178th Airlift Squadron of the 119th Airlift Wing was equipped with MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicles. The 178th was redesignated the 178th Reconnaissance Squadron and the C-21A Learjets it formerly operated being were transferred to the new 177th ...
The 119th Fighter Wing's F-16As (15 aircraft) were reaching the end of their operational life and would retire. In Jan 2007, the 119th ended its F-16 mission after almost 60 years of air defense interceptor missions. Replacing the F-16s in 2007, the squadron began to receive the C-21A Learjet and was redesignated the 178th Airlift Squadron.
The airport is home to Fargo Air National Guard Base and the Happy Hooligans of the 119th Wing (119 WG), a unit of the North Dakota Air National Guard that operates the MQ-9 Reaper. The airport was the intended destination for the airplane carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson on February 3, 1959.