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313th Air Expeditionary Wing
KC-135 Stratotanker deployed to Moron AB in 2011
Active
1947–1948; 1948–1949; 1953; 1964–1973; 2011
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Control of expeditionary units
Part of
United States Air Forces in Europe
Nickname(s)
Calico Wing (2011)
Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[1]
Insignia
313th Air Expeditionary Wing emblem (approved 18 June 1953)[1][note 1]
Military unit
The 313th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional unit of the United States Air Forces Africa (AFAFRICA), Seventeenth Air Force. It was last stationed at Moron Air Base, Spain.[2]
^ abRavenstein, pp. 160–161
^Owen, pp. 79–83
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