Florida Air National Guard
Florida Air National Guard | |
---|---|
CCM Tracey D. Canady (Command Chief) | |
Aircraft flown | |
Fighter | F-15C/D Eagle, F-35A Lightning II |
Reconnaissance | RC-26B Metroliner |
Transport | CV-22B Osprey |
The Florida Air National Guard (FL ANG) is the aerial militia of the
As a
As state militia units, the units in the Florida Air National Guard are not in the normal
The Florida Air National Guard is headquartered at St. Francis Barracks (also known as the State Arsenal), in St. Augustine, and its commander is Brigadier General Michael A. Valle.[1]
Overview
Under the "Total Force" concept, all Florida Air National Guard (FL ANG) units at the wing, group, squadron and flight level are considered to be part of the Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the
Along with their federal reserve obligations, as state militia units on par with the Florida Army National Guard, the elements of the Florida Air National Guard are subject to being activated by order of the Governor of Florida to provide protection of life and property, and preserve peace, order and public safety. State missions include disaster relief in times of hurricanes, floods, forest fires and wildfires, search and rescue, protection of vital public services,
Components
The Florida Air National Guard comprises the following major units:
Line unit functions and capabilities:
- 125th Fighter Wing (125 FW)
- Established 9 February 1947 (as the RC-26B Metroliner
- Stationed at: Jacksonville International Airport (Jacksonville Air National Guard Base), Jacksonville
- Operationally Gained by: Air Combat Command (ACC)
- As a unit of the North American Aerospace Defense Command(NORAD) under the Continental NORAD Region (CONR) commander in peacetime, wartime, or in the event of national emergency, for the defense of the North American continent. The 125 FW is also available to other combatant commanders for forward deployment to perform air superiority/air dominance missions in other theaters outside of the United States, providing air superiority/air dominance as part of Air and Space Expeditionary Forces.
- 125th Fighter Wing Detachment 1 (125 FW Det 1)
- Stationed at: Homestead Air Reserve Base, Homestead
- Rotational F-15 aircraft, pilots and maintenance crews from the 125 FW at Jacksonville, manning FL ANG Operating Location Alfa Alfa (OL-AA), an air defense Alert Facility at Homestead ARB
- Operationally Gained by: Air Combat Command (ACC)
- Provides the Continental NORAD Region (CONR) commander with rapid response to invasions of the sovereign airspace of the southern United States and to respond with appropriate air defense measures.
- Detachment 1, HQ Florida Air National Guard / 33rd Fighter Wing Associate Unit (33 FW AU)
- Stationed at: Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City
- Operationally Gained by: Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
- As Det 1, HQ FLANG / 325th Fighter Wing Associate Unit, the unit previously provided instructor pilot augmentation to the active duty Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia in 2023, Det 1 transitioned to F-35A instructor support of the 33rd Fighter Wing (33 FW) at Eglin AFB, an F-35A FTU.
- 101st Air and Space Operations Group (101 AOG)
- Stationed at: Tyndall AFB, Panama City
- Operationally Gained by: Air Combat Command (ACC)
- Previously known as the 601st Air and Space Operations Center (601 AOC) for operational-level Command and Control (C2) of air and space forces and as the focal point for planning, directing, and assessing air and space operations within the CONUS NORAD Region (CONR) and USNORTHCOM.[4]
- 114th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron (114 EWS)
- Stationed at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Cocoa Beach
- Operationally Gained by: United States Space Force (USSF)
- Previously activated as 114th Combat Communications Squadron under Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), and lastly as the 114th Space Control Squadron (114th SPCS). Provides defensive and offensive counter-space and space situational awareness in support of global and theater campaigns. The 114 EWS became operationally gained by the United States Space Force in December 2020 following the inactivation of Air Force Space Command and the establishment of the U.S. Space Force.[5]
- 249th Special Operations Squadron (249 SOS)
- Established 2015 as Detachment 2, HQ Florida Air National Guard, operating the CV-22B Osprey; redesignated as the 249th Special Operations Squadron on 28 August 2020
- Stationed at Hurlburt Field, Mary Esther
- Operationally Gained by: Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
- Previously activated in 2015 as Detachment 2, HQ Florida Air National Guard to support the active duty AFSOCand the 1 SOW while in a Title 10 USC status, administrative control for the 249 SOS while in a Title 32 USC status remains with the 125 FW at Jacksonville ANGB.
Support Unit Functions and Capabilities:
- 202d RED HORSE Squadron (202 RHS)
- Stationed at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Starke
- Operationally gained by: Air Combat Command (ACC)
- As a Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron (RED HORSE), the 202 RHS provides a highly mobile, rapidly deployable civil engineering response force, optimized to perform heavy damage repair for the recovery of airfields, other critical Air Force facilities, and associated military utility systems following enemy attack or natural disaster.
- 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron (290 JCSS)
- Stationed at MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa
- Operationally gained by: Air Mobility Command (AMC)
- Provides U.S. Transportation Command's (USTRANSCOM) Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC) and the Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE). Because of JCSE's command relationship to JECC and JECC to USTRANSCOM, the squadron is operationally gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC), the USAF component command of USTRANSCOM, in the 290 JCSS status as a USAF organization.[8]
- 131st Training Flight (131 TF)
- Stationed at: Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Starke
- Operationally gained by the Air Combat Command (ACC)
- Previously known as the Air National Guard Weather Readiness Training Center (ANGWRTC),[9] the 131 TRF trains and provides personnel to the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserves weather community.
- 159th Weather Flight (159 WF)
- Stationed at: Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Starke
- Operationally gained by the Air Combat Command (ACC)
- Trains wartime ready, professional teams to provide the highest quality meteorological services to varying national, state and local missions.
History
On 24 May 1946, the United States Army Air Forces, in response to dramatic postwar military budget cuts imposed by President Harry S. Truman, allocated inactive unit designations to the National Guard Bureau for the formation of an Air Force National Guard. These unit designations were allotted and transferred to various State National Guard bureaus to provide them unit designations to re-establish them as Air National Guard units.[10]
A National Guard Bureau document dated 16 March 1946, gave states permission to request an Army Air Forces unit allotment.
Months later, Florida accepted the
In 1954, the 159th relinquished their F-51s for
In 1968, ADC was renamed
With the disestablishment of ADC in October 1979, operational claimancy of the 125 FIG was shifted to
Another Florida ANG flying unit, originally designated as Detachment 1, Southeast Air Defense Sector (Det 1, SEADS), is the 325th Fighter Wing Associate Unit (325 FW AU), which was officially activated on 1 October 1999 at
After the
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ "Assistant Adjutant General - Air". Fl.ng.mil. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Force Structure: Air Force Expeditionary Concept Offers". Govinfo.gov. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Defense Support Of Civil Authorities (Dsca)". Govinfo.gov. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "101st Air and Space Operations Group stands up at Tyndall". Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "114th ROPS redesignates for space control mission | the Official Home Page of the Florida National Guard". Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ FLNG citizen airman tops 3000 flight hours whs.mil [dead link]
- ^ AFOSC activates first flang CV 22 squadron afsoc.mil [dead link]
- ^ "Factsheets : FLANG- 290JCSS FACT SHEET". Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "New designation means new future for Guard training unit". Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Rosenfeld, Susan and Gross, Charles J (2007), Air National Guard at 60: A History. Air National Guard history program AFD-080527-040" (PDF). Ang.af.mil. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Florida Air National Guard Beginnings" (PDF). Fl.ang.af.mil. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle - Florida ANG". AMARC Experience. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ John Pike. "125th Fighter Wing [125th FW]". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Fiscal Year 2021 Fact Sheet ngaus.org
- Gross, Charles J (1996), The Air National Guard and the American Military Tradition, United States Dept. of Defense, ISBN 0160483026
- Florida Air National Guard (also 125th Fighter Wing)
External links
- Florida Air National Guard
- Florida National Guard Archived 11 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- State of Florida Department of Military Affairs
- History of the Florida Air National Guard Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine