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The Air Force, as the lead service for Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), looked to one of the few wings with a history of accomplishing an installation support mission, the 502d Air Base Wing. On 1 August 2009, the 502 ABW activated once again, this time to perform the joint base administration mission.
3800th Air Base Wing: Maxwell AFB, AL: AU, ATC: 28 Jul 1948 1 Sep 1954 21 Jul 1983: 1 Sep 1954 2 Jan 1979 1 Oct 1992: Replaced 502d Air University Wing 3800 ABG, Jan 1979-Jul 1983. Consolidated with 502d Air University Wing as 502d Air Base Wing. [186] 3820th Air University Wing: Tyndall AFB, FL: AU: 28 Jul 1948: 1 Sep 1950: Replaced 500th AU Wing.
At the beginning of the Korean War, the United States Air Force's only tactical control group was the 502d at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina.To respond, Fifth Air Force organized the 6132d Tactical Air Control Squadron, which established a full-scale Tactical Air Control Center at Taegu Air Base, South Korea on 23 July 1950.
Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) is a United States military facility located in San Antonio, Texas, US.The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force 502d Air Base Wing, Air Education and Training Command (AETC).
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 ...
[1] [2] She most recently served as the commander of the 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio from 22 November 2020 to 3 May 2022, [3] and previously served as director of manpower, organization, and resources of United States Air Force from June 2019 to June 2020.
This is a list of Air Force-controlled (AFCON) Wings of the United States Air Force. The United States Air Force from c.1948 onward had two main types of wings and groups: AFCON, those controlled by Headquarters Air Force and usually having one, two, or three digits, and listed here; and Major Air Command-controlled (MAJCON) wings and groups, having four digits, controlled by Major Commands ...
The 502d Air Defense Group is a disbanded United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command (ADC)'s 4708th Air Defense Wing, at Youngstown Municipal Airport, Ohio. It was inactivated on 18 August 1955.