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On 1 June 1920, the Militia Bureau issued Circular No.1 on the organization of National Guard air units. [4] The History of the Illinois Air National Guard is traced to an armory on Michigan Avenue and 16th Street in Chicago, in 1927. This was the first home of the 108th Observation Squadron, the
List of United States military bases in Illinois is a listing of current and former United ... Carmi Air Force Station, Carmi, Illinois (closed in 1957; now ...
The U.S. Air Force became a separate service on 18 September 1947, and on 13 January 1948, Scott Field was re-designated as Scott Air Force Base and the 3310th Technical Training Wing assumed host responsibility from the 3505th Army Air Forces Base Unit.
The Illinois Wing of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is the highest echelon of Civil Air Patrol in the state of Illinois. Illinois Wing Headquarters is located in West Chicago, Illinois. [1] The Illinois Wing consists of over 1,000 cadet and adult members at 25 locations across the state of Illinois. [2] "Together we all succeed!"
The primary unit of the 183rd Wing is the 183rd Air Operations Group (183 AOG). The 183 AOG is capable of augmenting C-NAF staffs worldwide, therefore affording AOG personnel the opportunity to train at various locations - CONUS and OCONUS.
Peoria Air National Guard Base, located in Peoria County, Illinois, is the base of the 182d Airlift Wing (182 AW), an Air Mobility Command (AMC)-gained unit of the Illinois Air National Guard and "host" wing for the installation. Located at Peoria International Airport, at this joint civil-military airport.
Pages in category "Installations of the United States Air Force in Illinois" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The unit flew the first ever Air National Guard air- to-air refueling mission in 1961. [1] On 15 October 1962, the Illinois Air National Guard authorized the 169th Tactical Fighter Squadron to expand to a group level, and the 182d Tactical Fighter Group was established by the National Guard Bureau on 15 October 1962.