TSgt. Gerardo Guevara waits for his F-16 to shut down their engines before conducting his post flight checks at Hickam AFB, Hawaii on 8 September 2006. Six F-16s from the Texas Air National Guard 149th FW came to Hickam to participate in Exercise Sentry Aloha
Active
1961–present
Country
United States
Allegiance
Texas
Branch
Air National Guard
Type
Wing
Role
Fighter Training
Part of
Texas Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ
Lackland Air Force Base, Kelly Field Annex, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas
Tail Code
Texas Flag tail stripe "SA"
Insignia
149th Fighter Wing emblem
Military unit
The 149th Fighter Wing (149 FW) is a unit of the Texas Air National Guard, stationed at Kelly Field Annex, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command.
The wing traces its history to the establishment of the 149th Fighter-Interceptor Group in 1961, through the wing itself only was established in 1995. It is an F-16 flying training unit that includes a support group with a worldwide mobility commitment. The cornerstone of the 149th’s flying mission is the 182nd Fighter Squadron, whose role is to take pilots, either experienced aircrew or recent graduates from USAF undergraduate pilot training, and qualify them to fly the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
and 24 Related for: 149th Fighter Wing information
The 149thFighterWing (149 FW) is a unit of the Texas Air National Guard, stationed at Kelly Field Annex, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. If activated...
The 149thFighter Squadron is a unit of the Virginia Air National Guard's 192d FighterWing located at Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia. The 149th is...
The 182d Fighter Squadron (182 FS) is a unit of the Texas Air National Guard 149thFighterWing located at Kelly Field Annex, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas...
integrating combat air and ground operations. 149thFighterWing Established 27 January 1947 (as 182d Fighter Squadron); operates: F-16C/D Fighting Falcon...
and counter-drug operations. The 192nd Wing consists of the following units: 192nd Operations Group 149thFighter Squadron 192nd Operations Support Squadron...
Reserve Command's 433d Airlift Wing, operating the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and the Texas Air National Guard's 149thFighterWing, operating the General Dynamics...
the 147th Attack Wing – Texas Air National Guard". 147atkw.ang.af.mil. Retrieved 10 December 2023. "Home of the 149thFighterWing – Texas Air National...
the State of Texas. It is composed of the 149thFighterWing, the 136th Airlift Wing, the 147th Attack Wing, the 254th Combat Communications Group, the...
Us". 117th Air Refueling Wing. US Air Force. Retrieved 28 September 2020. "180th FighterWing History". 180th FighterWing. US Air Force. Retrieved 28...
15th Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii 396th Fighter Squadron or 182d Fighter Squadron, unit of the Texas Air National Guard 149thFighter Wing...
The 55th FighterWing is a disbanded unit of the United States Air Force, last stationed at Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio. It was withdrawn from the...
The 179th Fighter Squadron (179 FS) is a unit of the Minnesota Air National Guard 148th FighterWing located at Duluth Air National Guard Base, Minnesota...
division of the Russian Air Force. The division began its history as the 149thFighter Aviation Division PVO of the Soviet National Air Defense Forces (PVO)...
Command's (AFRC) 433d Airlift Wing, an Air Mobility Command (AMC)-gained unit flying the C-5 Galaxy and the 149thFighterWing of the Texas Air National Guard...
Dakota) Texas Air National Guard 149thFighterWing (149th FW) – gained by Air Education and Training Command 182nd Fighter Squadron "Lone Star Gunfighters"...
group redesignated the NJ ANG 141st, 149th and 153d Strategic Fighter Squadrons as the 509th, 510th, and 511th Fighter-Bomber Squadrons in numerical order...
(18 April 2023). "Air Force Picks New Guard Locations for F-35, F-15EX Fighters". Air & Space Forces Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2024. "Careers & Locations...
Refueling) Squadron, 17 March 1956 – 8 July 1961; 1 October 1993–Present 149thFighter Squadron, 1 November 1950 – 28 February 1951; 30 November 1952 – 30...
inactivated. The Brooks AFB 182d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was expanded to a group level forming the 149thFighter-Interceptor Group under the ADC 31st...
the 132nd FighterWing, Des Moines IAP AGS, IA (nine aircraft); the 140th Wing (ANG), Buckley AFB, CO (three aircraft) and 149thFighterWing (ANG), Lackland...
force reductions imposed by sequestration in 2013 and subsequent. "187th FighterWing > Home". 187fw.ang.af.mil. Retrieved 11 July 2017. "Air Force Picks Alabama...
Global Information
United States
Texas
Air National Guard