75th Air Base Wing

75th Air Base Wing
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
75th Air Base Wing Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Commanders
Current; commander	Colonel Jeffrey Holland
Notable; commanders	Sharon K.G. Dunbar

The 75th Air Base Wing (75 ABW) is a

508th Aircraft Sustainment Wing

and 25 associate units.

Until the fall of 1942, the 75th Observation Group aided ground units with their training by flying

dive bombing missions. The 75th participated in the 1942 Louisiana Maneuvers. It functioned primarily as a replacement training unit from 1943–1944, and also conducted a Ground Liaison Officer

course from January–April 1944. The 75th was inactivated in May 1944.

The 75th was reactivated as a wing in May 1966. It performed RF-4C replacement training from February 1967 – August 1970, and

67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing

.

The 75th was reactivated in 1994 to provide services and support for the Ogden Air Logistics Center and its tenant organizations at Hill Air Force Base.

Lineage

75th Tactical Reconnaissance Group

Constituted as the 75 Observation Group on 5 February 1942

Activated on 2 March 1942

Redesignated as 75 Reconnaissance Group on 2 April 1943

Redesignated as 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Group on 11 August 1943

Disbanded on 1 May 1944

Reconstituted on 17 May 1966

Consolidated with the 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing as the 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing on 31 Jan 1984

75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing

Constitured as the 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing and activated on 17 May 1966 (not organized)

Organized on 1 July 1966

Inactivated on 15 July 1971

Consolidated with the 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Group on 31 January 1984

Redesignated 75 Air Base Wing on 16 September 1994

Activated on 1 October 1994

Assignments

Air Force Combat Command, 2 March 1942

II Air Support Command, 12 March 1942

III Ground Air Support (later, III Air Support; III Reconnaissance) Command, c. 24 May 1942

I Tactical Air Division, 18 April 1944 – 1 May 1944

Tactical Air Command, 17 May 1966 (not organized)
835th Air Division, 1 July 1966
Twelfth Air Force, 24 December 1969 – 15 July 1971
Ogden Air Logistics Center
(later Ogden Air Logistics Complex), 1 October 1994 (attached to Air Force Sustainment Center after 12 Jul 2012)
Air Force Sustainment Center, 1 October 2012 – Present

Components

4th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 18 November 1966 – 15 July 1971
9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 1 September 1969 – 15 July 1971
14th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 1 April 1967 – 6 November 1967 (detached after 25 October 1967)
21st Observation (later, 21 Reconnaissance; 21 Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron
: 12 March 1942 – 1 May 1944
30th Observation (later, 30 Reconnaissance; 30 Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron: 12 March 1942 – 1 May 1944
91st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 1 July 1967 – 15 July 1971
124th Observation (later, 124 Reconnaissance; 124 Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron
: 12 March 1942 – 1 May 1944 (detached 3 July 1942 – 4 January 1943)
127th Observation (later, 127 Liaison) Squadron: 12 March 1942 – 11 August 1943.