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The 11th Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force District of Washington. It is the host unit at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., on from June 2020. It previously was stationed at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland where it was the host unit. The 11th Wing was one of the largest wings in the Air Force.
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 ...
After fifteen years of being based at Andrews, the 11th Wing returned to Anacostia-Bolling on 12 June 2020 and activated as the host wing at the base. A memorandum of agreement was signed between the Navy and the Air Force on 24 June 2020 which formalized the transition, however the Air Force did not officially take control until 1 October 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 ...
11th Wing (Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling, Washington, D.C.) US Air Force Band; US Air Force Chaplaincy (Arlington National Cemetery) US Air Force Honor Guard; 316th Wing (Joint Base Andrews) – UH-1N Iroquois; 844th Communications Group (Joint Base Andrews)
Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-53-6; Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
6th Air Base Wing, 6th Air Mobility Wing: active: AMC [1] 11th Air Refueling Wing: 2 July 1968 – 25 May 1969: Altus AFB: 11th Bombardment Wing: 11th Strategic Group: SAC [2] 19th Air Refueling Wing: 1 October 1983 – 1 July 1996: Robins AFB: 19th Bombardment Wing: 19th Airlift Wing: SAC, AMC [3] 22nd Air Refueling Wing: 1 October 1982 ...
On 8 January 2011, the 307th Bomb Wing was reactivated at Barksdale AFB, LA as the sole B-52H bomb wing in Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), assigned to AFRC's 10th Air Force. Operational claimancy for the 307 BW lies with SAC's successor organization, the Air Force Global Strike Command ( AFGSC ).