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| [[507th Tactical Air Control Wing]] || [[Shaw AFB]] || [[Tactical Air Command|TAC]] || ||507 C&C Group 15 July 1958; 507 TCG 1 July 1964; 507 TACG 15 June 1974; 507 TACW 1 October 1976. Redesignated 507 ACW 1 October 1991. Inactivated 12 June 1992; disbanded 8 September 1994.<ref>USAF via MobileRadar.org, [http://www.mobileradar.org/Documents/0507taircw.pdf 507th Tactical Air Control Wing Unit Lineage and Honors], accessed May 2015.</ref> Included 20th TASS, 1990–91; 703rd TASS, 1967-88.
| [[507th Tactical Air Control Wing]] || [[Shaw AFB]] || [[Tactical Air Command|TAC]] || ||507 C&C Group 15 July 1958; 507 TCG 1 July 1964; 507 TACG 15 June 1974; 507 TACW 1 October 1976. Redesignated 507 ACW 1 October 1991. Inactivated 12 June 1992; disbanded 8 September 1994.<ref>USAF via MobileRadar.org, [http://www.mobileradar.org/Documents/0507taircw.pdf 507th Tactical Air Control Wing Unit Lineage and Honors], accessed May 2015.</ref> Included 20th TASS, 1990–91; 703rd TASS, 1967-88.
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| [[508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing]] || Hill AFB, UT || AMC || Inactivated 2010, replaced by directorates
| [[508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing]] || Hill AFB, UT || AMC || colspan="2"|Inactivated 2010, replaced by directorates
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| [[513th Tactical Airlift Wing]] || || [[RAF Mildenhall]], UK || || [[100th Air Refueling Wing]] became host unit
| [[513th Tactical Airlift Wing]] || || [[RAF Mildenhall]], UK || || [[100th Air Refueling Wing]] became host unit

Revision as of 06:29, 8 March 2021

This is a list of inactive Wings in the United States Air Force, focusing on AFCON (HQ Air Force-controlled) wings.

Non-flying or non-combat wings, such as the 1st Medical Service Wing and 1st-7th Weather Wings, 82nd Combat Security Police Wing, 501st and 601st Tactical Control Wings, 601st Tactical Air Control Wing, 602d Tactical Air Control Wing (later Air Control Wing, inactivated June 15, 1992),[1] 901st-908th Reserve Training Wings (906th at Miami (Miami News, June 24, 1951); 907th at Brooks AFB), Reserve Air Depot Training Wings, are listed in Charles A. Ravenstein, "Air Force Combat Wings: Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-77," Office of Air Force History, Washington DC 1984, viii.

Air Depot Wings

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. The mission of the wing was to provide depot maintenance and supply support to four combat wings, with its normal assignment to the Air Materiel and Service Division, or to Air Materiel and Service Force. The wing was integrated into the Ogden Air Materiel Area from July to December 1950.[2]

The 30th Air Depot Wing was located at RAF Sealand, but plans were made to relocate it to RAF Brize Norton, both in the UK.[3] Most assigned personnel of the 30th Air Depot Group were reassigned to the 7558th Air Depot Group of the 59th Air Depot Wing, effective from 26 November 1951. All staff sections of the 30th Air Depot Wing were dissolved, and a Consolidated Adjutant and Military Personnel Section was formed. 30th Air Depot Wing was relieved from assignment to the 59th Air Depot Wing effective 27 November 1951. 30th Air Depot Wing began operating as a tenant organization at RAF Sealand, with base support for the wing being provided by the 7558th Air Depot Group as of 27 November 1951. Jurisdiction of RAF Sealand was transferred from the 30th Air Depot Wing to the 7558th Air Depot Wing on 27 November 1951.

List of inactive wings

Wing Location MAJCOM Date Inactivated Replaced By
1st Air Base Wing Andrews AFB, Maryland Headquarters Command 30 Sep 1977 76th Air Base Group
1st Space Wing[4] Peterson AFB, Colorado AFSPC 15 May 1992 21st Space Wing
1st Weather Wing
2d Space Wing[5] Schriever AFB, Colorado AFSPC 30 Jan 1992 50th Space Wing
2d Weather Wing
3d Space Wing Peterson AFB, Colorado AFSPC 1992 21st Space Wing
11th Air Control Wing Elmendorf AFB, Alaska AAC ?? ??
25th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing Chambly Air Base, France USAFE 15 Oct 1966
26th Intelligence Wing Zweibrücken Air Base, Germany USAFE 1991 Downgraded to group status
29th Flying Training Wing Craig AFB, Alabama ATC September 30, 1977
32d Tactical Fighter Wing George AFB, California 1964 Consolidated with 32nd Fighter Group, 31 January 1984
38th Combat Support Wing Ramstein Air Base, Germany USAFE May 1, 2007
39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany 1992 Redesignated 39th Special Operations Wing on 1 March 1988; inactivated 1992.
40th Air Expeditionary Wing Diego Garcia United States Central Command Air Forces 2006 Active as AEW 2001-06
41st Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing McClellan AFB, California MAC Inactivated 1 August 1989 Pacific Air Rescue Center constituted and activated, 2 Aug 1961; Organized, 8 Oct 1961, at Hickam AFB, Hawaii; Redesignated Pacific Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Center,8 Jan 1966; Redesignated 41st ARRW, 8 Feb 1969; Redesignated 41st RWRW, 1 Sep 1975, and stationed from that date onwards at McClellan AFB, CA; inactivated, 1 Aug 1989. Redesignated 41st Air Expeditionary Group, and converted to provisional status, 21 Oct 2005.[6]
44th Missile Wing Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota AFPSC July 5, 1995
54th Tactical Fighter Wing Kunsan Air Base, South Korea PACAF October 31, 1970
63d Military Airlift Wing Norton AFB, California MAC Inactivated
64th Flying Training Wing Reese AFB, Texas AETC Inactivated
73d Aerospace Surveillance Wing Edwards AFB, California ADC Inactivated 30 Apr 1971 Seemingly no successor HQ; squadrons reassigned
75th Air Depot Wing Chinhae Air Base, South Korea Fifth Air Force? The 75th Air Depot Wing arrived in South Korea from Texas on January 2, 1953, replacing the 6405th Air Support Wing. The wing may have been disestablished in January 1956.
76th Maintenance Wing Tinker Air Force Base, OK Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (AFMC) Inactivated 1 October 2012
77th Aeronautical Systems Wing Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Inactivated June 2010
83d Fighter-Day Wing
85th Tactical Fighter Training Wing NAS Keflavik, Iceland ACC redesignated 85th Group
85th Air Depot Wing Erding Air Base, Germany USAFE The 7200th Air Depot Wing was redesignated as the 85 ADW on 25 July 1949. 85 ADW was transferred to 12 Air Force on 21 JAnuary 1951. On 10 July 1952, 85 ADW and its supporting units were reassigned from 12th Air Force to Headquarters, USAFE. On 1 December 1953, all units of the 85 ADW were inactivated. Personnel assigned to Headquarters 85 ADW were reassigned to the newly activated 7485th Air Depot Wing.[7]
87th Troop Carrier Wing
306th Strategic Wing RAF Mildenhall, England SAC Inactivated
308th Armament Systems Wing Eglin Air Force Base, FL AFMC Inactivated 30 July 2010[8] replaced by a directorate
311th Human Systems Wing Brooks Air Force Base, TX Air Force Materiel Command Inactivated 2 October 2009
313th Tactical Airlift Wing
322d Tactical Airlift Wing
340th Bombardment Wing
342d Fighter-Day Wing
345th Tactical Bombardment Wing
347th Rescue Wing Moody AFB, Georgia ACC Inactivated 2006
351st Missile Wing
356th Special Operations Wing Never active N/A
357th Tactical Missile Wing Never active N/A
360th Strategic Fighter Wing
369th Strategic Fighter Wing
381st Strategic Missile Wing
384th Air Expeditionary Wing ACC Inactive
385th Strategic Aerospace Wing
389th Strategic Missile Wing F. E. Warren AFB, Wyoming SAC Inactivated 1965
390th Strategic Missile Wing Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona SAC Inactivated 1984
392d Strategic Missile Wing
397th Bombardment Wing
399th Tactical Missile Wing Never active N/A Consolidated 1985?
400th Tactical Missile Wing Never active N/A 400th BG reconstituted and redesignated 31 July 1985[9]
404th Tactical Missile Wing Never active N/A Consolidated 1985 (?)
406th Air Expeditionary Wing Moron AB, Spain USAFE Converted to provisional status Inactivated after brief existence during Operation Odyssey Dawn, mid-2011
407th Strategic Fighter Wing Great Falls AFB, Montana SAC Inactivated 1957
408th Strategic Fighter Wing Never active SAC Established on 23 March 1953 Activated as 413 TFW, TAC, 1957
410th Air Expeditionary Wing Azraq AB, Jordan AFCENT Converted to provisional status 2002 Inactivated after end of initial phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom?
411th Tactical Missile Wing Never active N/A Consolidated 1985?
412th Test Wing Active
413th Tactical Fighter Wing George AFB, California TAC Inactivated on 15 March 1959 Does not seem to have been replaced; activated in the Reserve as 413th Flight Test Group, 1 October 2003.
415th Tactical Missile Wing Never active N/A Consolidated 1985? Second World War iteration of 415th Bombardment Group consolidated but never activated
416th Bombardment Wing Griffiss AFB, NY SAC Inactivated 30 September 1995 Base closed and wing not replaced; active as provisional group in Uzbekistan, 2002-05.
418th Tactical Missile Wing Never active N/A Groups consolidated 1985 Two Second World War iterations of the 418th Bombardment Group consolidated as 418 TMW in September 1985, but wing never activated under that designation
438th Military Airlift Wing
439th Airlift Wing (Active) Air Force Reserve
441st Troop Carrier Wing
443d Military Airlift Wing, Training Altus Air Force Base, OK MAC Inactivated October 1, 1992 97th Air Mobility Wing
444th Air Expeditionary Wing Inactivated as 444 AEG on or after 15 October 2003 444 BG, Second World War; 444 AEG activated by 24 January 2003; inactivated on or after 15 October 2003; redesignated 444 AEW in 2010, but probably remained inactive.
449th Bombardment Wing Kincheloe AFB, MI SAC Inactivated 30 September 1977 Wing not replaced, based closed, lineage continued by 449 AEG, redesignated and converted to provisional status 2003.
450th Bombardment Wing
451st Air Expeditionary Wing Reduced to group status c2014 Group remains active, Kandahar, Afghanistan.
452nd Air Mobility Wing (Active)
454th Bombardment Wing
456th Bombardment Wing Beale AFB, California SAC Inactivated 30 September 1975 17th Bombardment Wing
461st Bombardment Wing SAC Inactivated 25 March 1968 Not replaced, base closed but reactivated as ACW in 2011
462d Strategic Aerospace Wing Larson AFB, WA SAC Inactivated 25 June 1966 Larson AFB closed; wing consolidated with 462 BG 1984; activated as 462d Air Expeditionary Group July 2002
463d Tactical Airlift Wing Dyess AFB, TX MAC/AMC Inactivated 1 October 1993 7th Wing
464th Tactical Airlift Wing Pope AFB, North Carolina TAC Inactivated 31 August 1971 317th Tactical Airlift Wing
465th Bombardment Wing
473d Fighter-Day Wing
474th Tactical Fighter Wing
475th Air Base Wing Yokota AB, Japan PACAF Inactivated 1992 374th Airlift Wing
479th Tactical Training Wing Holloman AFB, NM Tactical Air Command? 26 July 1991 479th Fighter Group
483d Composite Wing Cam Ranh Bay AB, South Vietnam ? 31 May 1972 Not replaced ?
487th Air Expeditionary Wing Cairo West, Egypt ACC (Inactive) April - later 2003
494th Bombardment Wing, Heavy Sheppard AFB, Texas SAC Inactivated 1966
497th Air Refueling Wing Plattsburgh AFB SAC September 15, 1964
499th Air Refueling Wing Westover Air Force Base, Mass. TAC Inactivated 25 June 1966 - Not replaced (?)
500th Air Refueling Wing Selfridge AFB SAC December 15, 1964
506th Tactical Fighter Wing
507th Tactical Air Control Wing Shaw AFB TAC 507 C&C Group 15 July 1958; 507 TCG 1 July 1964; 507 TACG 15 June 1974; 507 TACW 1 October 1976. Redesignated 507 ACW 1 October 1991. Inactivated 12 June 1992; disbanded 8 September 1994.[10] Included 20th TASS, 1990–91; 703rd TASS, 1967-88.
508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing Hill AFB, UT AMC Inactivated 2010, replaced by directorates
513th Tactical Airlift Wing RAF Mildenhall, UK 100th Air Refueling Wing became host unit
526th ICBM Systems Wing Hill AFB, Utah AFMC 2007 526th ICBM Systems Group
542d Crew Training Wing Kirtland AFB, New Mexico MAC/AMC 1994 58th Special Operations Wing
550th Guided Missiles Wing
554th Electronic Systems Wing Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts AFMC Jun 2010 Became Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS)[11]
580th Air Resupply and Communications Wing
581st Air Resupply and Communications Wing
582nd Air Resupply and Communications Wing
601st Tactical Control Wing Sembach Air Base, FRG USAFE Activated 1968, became group, became Air Base Wing 1993, inactivated 1995
603d Air Base Wing Sembach Air Base, FRG USAFE The 38th Tactical Missile Wing inactivated in September 1966. The 2d Mobile Communications Group moved to Sembach Air Base in November 1966 from Toul-Rousieres Air Base, France after the French withdrawal from the NATO Military Command Structure. The 603d Air Base Wing was activated after the departure of the 38th TMW to administer Sembach and to support the 601st Tactical Control Group (TCG) and the 7th Air Commando Squadron. 601st Tactical Air Control Wing (TCW) was activated on 1 July 1968, absorbing the mission of the 603rd ABW.
633d Special Operations Wing Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam PACAF 1970 Not replaced - base closed
650th Air Base Wing Edwards AFB, CA. AFMC? Disestablished 1 October 1994 650th Logistics Group, probably part of 650 ABW, formed 1 October 1993.[12] 95th Air Base Wing[13]
656th Special Operations Wing Nakhon Phanom Airport, Thailand PACAF 1975 Not replaced (?) - base closed soon afterwards
701st Tactical Missile Wing
702d Strategic Missile Wing Heritage carried on by 352d Special Operations Group, RAF Alconbury, UK
703d Strategic Missile Wing
704th Strategic Missile Wing
705th Strategic Missile Wing
706th Strategic Missile Wing
913th Airlift Wing NAS Willow Grove, Pennsylvania AFRC 2007
926th Fighter Wing NAS New Orleans, Louisiana AFRC 2007 926th Group

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wing emblems of the United States Air Force.
  1. ^ http://www.mobileradar.org/Documents/0602acw.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/462/925.xml
  3. ^ http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/display.php?irisnum=462935&p=y
  4. ^ 1st Space Wing lineage Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine at USAF FOIA site
  5. ^ 2d Space Wing Lineage and Honors History Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine at USAF FOIA site
  6. ^ http://usafunithistory.com/PDF/30-49/41%20AIR%20EXPED%20GP.pdf
  7. ^ Airforcehistoryindex.org, Record Card for Erding Journal Annual Issue, 1953.
  8. ^ Robertson, Patsy (27 August 2015). "Factsheet 308 Armament Systems Wing (AFMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  9. ^ Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 662q, 19 Sep 85, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Tactical Squadrons
  10. ^ USAF via MobileRadar.org, 507th Tactical Air Control Wing Unit Lineage and Honors, accessed May 2015.
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2015-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA319714.pdf, p185.
  13. ^ "Document Detail for IRISNUM=01121538, Index, Air Force Flight Test Center, History FY 95, Vol I of XXV". Retrieved 2021-02-28.
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