Philadelphia Fighter Wing
Active	1942–1946
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Force
Role	Air defense and training fighter units
Engagements	World War II

The Philadelphia Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the I Fighter Command, stationed at Philadelphia Airport, Pennsylvania, where it was inactivated on 3 April 1946.

The wing was a World War II air defense organization, reporting to First Air Force, responsible for the air defense of the Philadelphia area. The wing was also a training organization for fighter groups and personnel, with assigned groups subsequently deploying to overseas theaters. Not manned after July 1944, and inactivated at the end of the war.

• Constituted as the Philadelphia Air Defense Wing on 6 August 1942

Activated on 11 August 1942

Redesignated Philadelphia Fighter Wing c. 2 July 1943

Inactivated on 3 April 1946

Disbanded on 8 October 1948^[1]

• I Fighter Command, 11 August 1942 – 3 April 1946

• Philadelphia Airport, Pennsylvania, 11 August 1942 – April 1946

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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