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This is a list of wings in the United States Air Force, focusing on AFCON wings. Air Force active duty and civilian personnel strength now must be at 1,000 or more for wings.

AFCON versus MAJCOM Wings

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 activations and still retain their lineage.

There were also MAJCOM (major air command controlled) wings, such as the Strategic Wings of the 50s and 60s, which, under the USAF organization and lineage system, are four-digit units, for example, the 4137th Strategic Wing, and whose lineage (histories, awards, and battle honors) ended with their discontinuance and could never be revived. MAJCOM wings are fundamentally "temporary", though many stayed in existence for a very long time, and then were revived with a different name but the same number. But under the USAF lineage system they cannot carry on the histories of the previous unit.

When the B-52 dispersal began in the fifties, the new Strategic Air Command units created to support this program were MAJCOM wings and given four-digit designations. Headquarters SAC was well aware of the historical significance of records and accomplishments of the strategic wings and the need to perpetuate this lineage as well as the lineage of many illustrious units that were no longer active.

In order to retain the lineage of the combat units and to perpetuate the lineage of many currently inactive units with illustrious World War II records, Headquarters SAC received authority from Headquarters USAF to discontinue its strategic wings that were equipped with combat aircraft and to activated AFCON units, most of which were inactive at the time.

The reorganization process, which took place from January to September 1963, was applied to 22 B-52 strategic wings, three air-refueling wings, and the 4321st Strategic Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. "These units were discontinued and two and three-digit AFCON units were activated. In most cases, the bombardment squadron that had been assigned to the strategic wings were inactivated and bombardment squadrons that had previously been assigned to the newly-activated wings were activated. While these actions were almost tantamount to redesignation, they were not official redesignation. Therefore, the records, awards and achievements of the strategic wing could not be inherited by the bomb wings."^[1]

During the Gulf War of 1990–91 MAJCOM wings, such as the 7440th Composite Wing (Provisional) at Incirlik AB, Turkey, served alongside Provisional Wings such as the 801st Bomb Wing (Provisional) at Morón Air Base, Spain, and other AFCON wings.

In the 1990s MAJCOM wings were mostly inactivated and replaced with AFCON wings. Perhaps the most well known example was the 4404th Wing in Saudi Arabia which was replaced by a three-digit AFCON wing, the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing. It is not clear whether any MAJCOM wings still exist, or whether the system is still in use.

Active USAF Wings

Wing	Base	Command	Equipment
1st Fighter Wing (FW)	Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia	ACC	F-22A
1st Special Operations Wing (SOW)	Hurlburt Field, Florida	AFSOC	CV-22, AC-130, MC-130
2nd Bomb Wing (BW)	Barksdale AFB, Louisiana	AFGSC	B-52
3rd Wing (WG)	Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska	PACAF	F-22A C-17 E-3
4th Fighter Wing (FW)	Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina	ACC	F-15E
5th Bomb Wing	Minot AFB, North Dakota	AFGSC	B-52
6th Air Mobility Wing (AMW)	MacDill AFB, Florida	AMC	KC-135, C-37
7th Bomb Wing	Dyess AFB, Texas	AFGSC	B-1
8th Fighter Wing	Kunsan Air Base, Korea	PACAF	F-16
9th Reconnaissance Wing	Beale AFB, California	ACC	U-2, T-38
10th Air Base Wing (ABW)	U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado	USAFA
11th Wing	Joint Base Andrews, Maryland	AFDW	UH-1N USAF Honor Guard
12th Flying Training Wing	Joint Base San Antonio, Texas	AETC	T-6A Texan II, T-38 Talon
14th Flying Training Wing	Columbus AFB, Mississippi	AETC	T-6, T-38
15th Wing	Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii	PACAF	C-17, F-22
17th Training Wing (TRW)	Goodfellow AFB, Texas	AETC
18th Wing	Kadena Air Base, Japan	PACAF	F-15C, KC-135, E-3
19th Airlift Wing	Little Rock AFB, Arkansas	AMC	C-130
20th Fighter Wing	Shaw AFB, South Carolina	ACC	F-16CJ
22nd Air Refueling Wing (AMW)	McConnell AFB, Kansas	AMC	KC-135 KC-46
23rd Wing	Moody AFB, Georgia	ACC	A-10 HH-60 Pave Hawk MC-130
24th Special Operations Wing	Hurlburt Field, Florida	AFSOC	Special Tactics
27th Special Operations Wing	Cannon AFB, New Mexico	AFSOC	MC-130W, MQ-1B, RQ-9, PC-12
28th Bomb Wing	Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota	AFGSC	B-1
31st Fighter Wing	Aviano Air Base, Italy	USAFE	F-16, HH-60G, Control and Reporting Center
33rd Fighter Wing	Eglin AFB, Florida	AETC	F-35
35th Fighter Wing	Misawa Air Base, Japan	PACAF	F-16
36th Wing	Andersen AFB, Guam	PACAF
37th Training Wing	Joint Base San Antonio, Texas	AETC
39th Air Base Wing	Incirlik AB, Turkey	USAFE
42nd Air Base Wing	Maxwell-Gunter AFB, Alabama	AETC
47th Flying Training Wing	Laughlin AFB, Texas	AETC	T-6, T-38
48th Fighter Wing	RAF Lakenheath, England	USAFE	F-15E F-35A
49th Wing	Holloman AFB, New Mexico	ACC	MQ-1 RQ-9
51st Fighter Wing	Osan Air Base, Korea	PACAF	F-16 A-10 C-12J
52nd Fighter Wing	Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany	USAFE	F-16
53rd Wing	Eglin AFB, Florida	ACC	F-15C F-15E F-15EX F/QF-16 A-10 F-22A RQ-1 F-35A
55th Wing	Offutt AFB, Nebraska	ACC	RC-135 EC-130 E-4
56th Fighter Wing	Luke AFB, Arizona	AETC	F-16, F-35A, Control and Reporting Center
57th Wing	Nellis AFB, Nevada	ACC	F-15C F-15E F-16 A-10 HH-60
58th Special Operations Wing	Kirtland AFB, New Mexico	AETC	MH-53 MC-130 CV-22 UH-1N HH-60G Pave Hawk
59th Medical Wing	Joint Base San Antonio, Texas	AETC
60th Air Mobility Wing (AMW)	Travis AFB, California	AMC	C-5 KC-10 C-17
62nd Airlift Wing (AW)	Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington	AMC	C-17
67th Cyberspace Wing	Joint Base San Antonio, Texas	ACC
70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing	Fort George G. Meade, Maryland	AFISRA
71st Flying Training Wing	Vance AFB, Oklahoma	AETC	T-6, T-38
72nd Air Base Wing	Tinker AFB, Oklahoma	AFMC
75th Air Base Wing	Hill AFB, Utah	AFMC
76th Maintenance Wing	Tinker AFB, Oklahoma	AFMC
78th Air Base Wing	Robins AFB, Georgia	AFMC
79th Medical Wing	Joint Base Andrews, Maryland	AFDW
80th Flying Training Wing	Sheppard AFB, Texas	AETC	T-6, T-38
81st Training Wing	Keesler AFB, Mississippi	AETC	Technical Training
82nd Training Wing	Sheppard AFB, Texas	AETC	Technical Training
86th Airlift Wing	Ramstein Air Base, Germany	USAFE	C-21 C-130
87th Air Base Wing	Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey	AMC
88th Air Base Wing	Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio	AFMC
89th Airlift Wing	Joint Base Andrews, Maryland	AMC	C-32 C-37 C-40
90th Missile Wing	Francis E. Warren AFB, Wyoming	AFGSC	Minuteman III, UH-1
91st Missile Wing	Minot AFB, North Dakota	AFGSC	Minuteman III, UH-1
92nd Air Refueling Wing	Fairchild AFB, Washington	AMC	KC-135
93rd Air Ground Operations Wing	Moody AFB Georgia	ACC
94th Airlift Wing	Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia	AFRC	C-130
96th Test Wing	Eglin AFB, Florida	AFMC	F-15C F-15E F-16 A-10 AC-130 MH-53
97th Air Mobility Wing	Altus AFB, Oklahoma	AETC	C-17 KC-135 KC-46
99th Air Base Wing	Nellis AFB, Nevada	ACC
100th Air Refueling Wing	RAF Mildenhall, England	USAFE	KC-135 Stratotanker
301st Fighter Wing	NAS Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas	AFRC	F-16C
302nd Airlift Wing	Peterson AFB, Colorado	AFRC	C-130
305th Air Mobility Wing	Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey	AMC	KC-10 KC-46 C-17
307th Bomb Wing	Barksdale AFB, Louisiana	AFRC	B-52
309th Maintenance Wing	Hill AFB, Utah	AFMC
310th Space Wing	Schriever AFB, Colorado	AFRC
314th Airlift Wing	Little Rock AFB. Arkansas	AETC	C-130
315th Airlift Wing	Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina	AFRC	C-17
316th Wing	Joint Base Andrews, Maryland	AFDW	UH-1N
319th Reconnaissance Wing	Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota	ACC	RQ-4
325th Fighter Wing	Tyndall AFB, Florida	ACC	F-22A
341st Missile Wing	Malmstrom AFB, Montana	AFGSC	Minuteman III, UH-1
349th Air Mobility Wing	Travis AFB, California	AFRC	KC-10 C-5 C-17
350th Spectrum Warfare Wing	Eglin AFB, Florida	ACC
354th Fighter Wing	Eielson AFB, Alaska	PACAF	F-16 F-35A
355th Fighter Wing	Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona	ACC	A-10
363rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing	Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia	Sixteenth Air Force
366th Fighter Wing	Mountain Home AFB, Idaho	ACC	F-15E Strike Eagle
374th Airlift Wing	Yokota Air Base, Japan	PACAF	C-21 C-130
375th Air Mobility Wing	Scott AFB, Illinois	AMC	C-21
377th Air Base Wing	Kirtland AFB, New Mexico	AFGSC
388th Fighter Wing	Hill AFB, Utah	ACC	F-35A
402nd Maintenance Wing	Robins AFB, Georgia	AFMC
403rd Wing	Keesler AFB, Mississippi	AFRC	WC-130
412th Test Wing	Edwards AFB, California	AFMC	RQ-4 Range Hawk
419th Fighter Wing	Hill AFB, Utah	AFRC	F-35A
433rd Airlift Wing	Joint Base San Antonio, Texas	AFRC	C-5
434th Air Refueling Wing	Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana	AFRC	KC-135
435th Air-Ground Operations Wing	Ramstein Air Base, Germany	USAFE
436th Airlift Wing	Dover AFB, Delaware	AMC	C-5 C-17
437th Airlift Wing	Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina	AMC	C-17
439th Airlift Wing	Westover Air Reserve Base. Chicopee, MA	AFRC	C-5
440th Airlift Wing	Pope Field, North Carolina	AFRC	C-130
442nd Fighter Wing	Whiteman AFB, Missouri	AFRC	A-10
445th Airlift Wing	Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio	AFRC	C-17
446th Airlift Wing	Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington	AFRC	C-17
448th Supply Chain Management Wing	Tinker AFB, Oklahoma	AFMC
452nd Air Mobility Wing	March Air Reserve Base, California	AFRC	KC-135 C-17
459th Air Refueling Wing	Joint Base Andrews, Maryland	AFRC	KC-135
461st Air Control Wing	Robins AFB, Georgia	ACC	E-8C JSTARS
478th Aeronautical Systems Wing	Inactive	AFMC
480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing	Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia	AFISRA
482nd Fighter Wing	Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida	AFRC	F-16
501st Combat Support Wing	RAF Alconbury, England	USAFE	GSU advocacy and support
502nd Air Base Wing	Joint Base San Antonio, Texas	AETC	Joint Basing Host Wing
505th Command and Control Wing	Hurlburt Field, Florida	ACC	Operational-level C2
507th Air Refueling Wing	Tinker AFB, Oklahoma	AFRC	KC-135
509th Bomb Wing	Whiteman AFB, Missouri	AFGSC	B-2
512th Airlift Wing	Dover AFB, Delaware	AFRC	C-5
514th Air Mobility Wing	Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey	AFRC	KC-10 C-17
515th Air Mobility Operations Wing	Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii	AMC
521st Air Mobility Operations Wing	Ramstein AB, Germany	AMC
552nd Air Control Wing	Tinker AFB, Oklahoma	ACC	Control and Reporting Center, E-3 Sentry
557th Weather Wing	Offutt AFB, Nebraska	ACC
615th Contingency Response Wing	Travis AFB, California	AMC
621st Contingency Response Wing	Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey	AMC
628th Air Base Wing	Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina	AMC	Joint Basing Host Wing
633rd Air Base Wing	Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia	ACC	Joint Basing Host Wing
635th Supply Chain Operations Wing	Scott AFB, Illinois	AFMC	Global Logistics Support Center
673rd Air Base Wing	Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska	PACAF	Joint Basing Host Wing
688th Cyberspace Wing	Joint Base San Antonio, Texas	ACC
689th Combat Communications Wing	Robins AFB, Georgia	ACC
711th Human Performance Wing	Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio	AFMC
908th Airlift Wing	Maxwell-Gunter AFB, Alabama	AFRC	C-130
910th Airlift Wing	Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio	AFRC	C-130
911th Airlift Wing	Pittsburgh Joint Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania	AFRC	C-130
914th Airlift Wing	Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York	AFRC	C-130
916th Air Refueling Wing	Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina	AFRC	KC-46
919th Special Operations Wing	Duke Field, Florida	AFRC	MC-130
920th Rescue Wing	Patrick Space Force Base, Florida	AFRC	HC-130 HH-60
927th Air Refueling Wing	MacDill Air Force Base, Florida	AFRC	KC-135
931st Air Refueling Wing	McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas	AFRC	KC-135 KC-46
932nd Airlift Wing	Scott AFB, Illinois	AFRC	C-40 Clipper
934th Airlift Wing	Minneapolis-St Paul Joint Air Reserve Station, Minnesota	AFRC	C-130
939th Air Refueling Wing	Portland International Airport, Portland, Oregon	AFRC	KC-135
940th Wing	Beale AFB, California	AFRC	RQ-4
944th Fighter Wing	Luke AFB, Arizona	AFRC	F-16