An air traffic controller assigned to the wing's 435th Contingency Response Squadron observes a C-130 Hercules landing on a highway strip during an exercise in Bulgaria in 2021
Active
1949–1952; 1952–1965; 1968–1995; 2004–present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Control of tactical strike aircraft
Part of
United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa
Third Air Force
Garrison/HQ
Ramstein Air Base, Germany
Nickname(s)
Flamingo Wing (1949–1965)[1]
Motto(s)
Citus et Certus (Latin: "Swift and Sure")
Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Commanders
Current commander
Colonel Matthew A. Bartlett
Command Chief
CCM Joshua J. Wiener
Insignia
435th Air Ground Operations Wing emblem (approved 4 May 2004)[2]
435th Tactical Airlift Wing emblem (approved 4 October 1976)[3]
435th Troop Carrier Wing emblem (approved 22 May 1952)[4]
Military unit
The 435th Air Ground Operations Wing is an active unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe. It is stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.[5]
The current commander is Colonel Matthew A. Bartlett, who took command on 9 June 2023, and his command chief is Command Chief Master Sergeant Joshua J. Wiener.[6]
The 435 AGOW is the second USAF wing solely dedicated to supporting battlefield airmen. It consolidated the tactical air control party and battlefield weather specialties of the 4th ASOG, the contingency communications support of the 435th Air and Space Communications Group, and the expeditionary support to assess, prepare and operate airfields for air expeditionary forces of the CRG. Both of the groups previously part of the 86th Airlift Wing were transferred to the 435th AGOW.[citation needed]
^Smith, SMS Frederick (18 May 2007). "435th ABW celebrates birthday, history". 435th Air Base Wing Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
^Robertson, Patsy (19 October 2015). "Factsheet 435 Air Ground Operations Wing (USAFE)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^Ravenstein, pp. 230-231
^Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 306-307
^Schafer, Megan A. (16 July 2009). "Ramstein stands up air ground operations wing". Ramstein Public Affairs. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
^"435TH AIR GROUND OPERATIONS WING". United States Air Force. December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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