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The 39th Air Base Wing (39 ABW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Third Air Force. It is stationed at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. The wing is also the host unit at Incirlik. The mission of the 39 ABW is to support and protect NATO assets and people throughout Turkey while providing a full spectrum of capabilities to the ...
The primary unit stationed at Incirlik Air Base is the 39th Air Base Wing (39 ABW) of the U.S. Air Force. Incirlik Air Base has one 3,048 m (10,000 ft)-long runway, [7] [8] located among about 57 hardened aircraft shelters. Tactical nuclear weapons are stored at the base. [9] [10] Among them are "up to" 50 B61 nuclear bombs. [11]
US Army Air Corps shoulder sleeve insigne. In 1948, the United States Air Force reorganized its wings under the Wing Base Reorganization.In this reorganization, a wing commanded a single combat group, along with the medical, maintenance, and support elements associated with the combat group.
0–9. 10th Air Base Wing; 15th Air Base Wing; 39th Air Base Wing; 42nd Air Base Wing; 61st Air Base Wing; 66th Air Base Wing; 72nd Air Base Wing; 75th Air Base Wing
Air Depot Wings included the 13th, 24th, 25th, 29th, 30th 39th, 59th, 73d, 75th Air Depot Wing, 77th Air Depot Wing, 80th Air Depot Wing, 85th Air Depot Wing, and 88th Air Depot Wings. The 25th Air Depot Wing was activated at Hill Air Force Base , Utah, on 27 October 1949 with Brigadier General Norris B. Harbold assigned as the wing commander.
Was 2751st Air Force Base. [95] 2754th Experimental Wing: Holloman AFB, NM: AMC: 20 Sep 1949: c. 30 Jun 1951: Was 2754th Air Force Base. Transferred to ARDC as 6540th Missile Test Wing. [96] 2758th Experimental Wing: Kirtland AFB, NM: AMC: c. 1948: c. 1949: Was 2758th Air Force Base. Transferred to SWC as 4901st Special Weapons Wing. [47 ...
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 ...
The 39th Airlift Squadron is a United States Air Force unit based at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The unit flies the Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules . It is primarily tasked to transport cargo and personnel, and where circumstances require, airdrop them.