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The 168th Wing (168 WG) is a unit of the Alaska Air National Guard, stationed at Eielson Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Alaska. Before it was redesignated in February 2016, it was known as the 168th Air Refueling Wing (168 ARW). [ 1 ]
It is the host wing at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, and is assigned to the Eleventh Air Force (11 AF). The wing replaced the 343d Fighter Wing on 20 August 1993 as part of a service-wide effort to preserve the lineage of the Air Force's most honored wings.
On 20 August 1993, the 354th Operations Group was activated as part of the 354th Fighter Wing's activation at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, replacing the organization and components of the 343d Wing. This change was part of a service-wide effort to preserve the lineage of the Air Force's most honored wings.
On 1 April 1948, the Eielson Air Force Base Wing (Base Complement) was formed. The host-unit subsequently would be dubbed the Eielson Air force Base Bomb Wing, and finally, in January 1949, the 5010th Wing. Colonel John L. Nedwed, the third commander of the base since it fell under Alaskan Air Command fifteen months before, became the first to ...
The 168th would operate as a geographically separated unit (GSU), at Eielson Air Force Base, Fairbanks. It was equipped with Boeing KC-135E Stratotankers to refuel military aircraft over Alaska and the northern Pacific Region. In 1987, the Air Force announced the 71st Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron would be inactivated.
Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, 20 August 1993 – 15 August 2007 Fort Worth Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Texas. 5 October 2015 – 25 October 2019 Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, 18 Dec 2020 – present [ 1 ] [ 9 ]
McGuire Air Force Base: F-106: Inactivated on 23 August 1967 540th Fighter-Day Squadron: Greenville AFB: F-100: Inactivated on 8 February 1957 550th Fighter Squadron: F-15C "Silver Eagles" Active Associate 555th Fighter Squadron
Was 2758th Air Force Base. Transferred to SWC as 4901st Special Weapons Wing. [47] 2759th Experimental Wing: Edwards AFB, CA: AMC: c. 20 May 1949: 25 Jun 1951: Was 2759th Air Force Base. Replaced by AF Test Center [97] 2842d Transportation Control Wing: McClellan AFB, CA: AMC: 26 Feb 1952: 1 Jun 1953: Discontinued. [98] 2845th Air Depot Wing ...