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33rd Fighter Wing
RAF, USAF, USMC and USN F-35s in May 2014
Active
1947–1952; 1956–1957; 1965–present
Country
United States
Branch
Air Force
Part of
Air Education and Training Command
Garrison/HQ
Eglin Air Force Base
Nickname(s)
Nomads[citation needed]
Motto(s)
Fire From the Clouds[1]
Engagements
Southwest Asia[1]
Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[1]
Commanders
Current commander
Colonel Jack R. Arthaud
Vice Commander
Colonel Jordan G. Grant
Command Chief
Chief Master Sergeant William Shane Rose
Notable commanders
Carrol Chandler John P. Jumper William R. Looney III Gregory S. Martin[1]
Insignia
33rd Fighter Wing emblem (approved 5 October 1965)[1]
Military unit
The 33rd Fighter Wing, sometimes written 33d Fighter Wing, (33 FW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Education and Training Command's Nineteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida where it is a tenant unit.
The 33 FW is an AETC training unit. Its main mission is to train United States Air Force and partner nation pilots and maintainers on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. When the wing was initially assigned the F-35 training mission on 1 October 2009 it was to include USN/USMC F-35C and USMC F-35B training as well as USAF F-35A and international partner training. Navy squadron VFA-101 was assigned to the wing to conduct F-35C training and USMC squadron VMFAT-501 to conduct F-35B training. In July 2014 VMFAT-501 was detached from the 33rd Fighter Wing and reassigned to Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31) at MCAS Beaufort, SC ending the USMC presence in the wing. In December 2017 the USN reactivated VFA-125 at NAS Lemoore, CA under Strike Fighter Wing Pacific Fleet to conduct F-35C training for the USN and USMC. On 1 July 2019 VFA-101 was deactivated ending the USN presence in the 33rd Fighter Wing.
Prior to its assignment as a training wing, while still an operational fighter wing, following the 11 September 2001 attacks, the Nomads provided armed over-watch throughout North America for Operation Noble Eagle, securing two presidents of the United States, multiple Space Shuttle launches and other high-visibility events. The 33rd Fighter Wing closed its operations with the F-15 Eagle in September 2009 and became the Department of Defense's first F-35 Lightning II training wing on 1 October 2009.
^ abcdeBailey, Carl E. (28 November 2007). "Factsheet 33 Fighter Wing (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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or three digit designations, such as the 1st FighterWing, 60th Military Airlift Wing, 355th FighterWing, and could go through a series of inactivations...
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