The United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

's 194th Regional Support Wing is a unit located at Camp Murray

Camp Murray

Camp Murray is located adjacent to Fort Lewis, Washington. It is home to the Washington National Guard, Washington State Guard and the Washington Air National Guard....

, Washington.

Mission

The Mission of 194th Regional Support Wing is "both kinetic and non-kinetic operations and include sensitive missions that reside in the cyber domain."

History

The 194th Regional Support Wing was activated on August 30, 2006. The original commander was John Tuohy, and he commanded the wing from the activation of the unit until October 30, 2008.

Emblem

Ultramarine blue and Air force yellow are the Air Force colors. Blue alludes to the sky, the primary theater of Air Force operations. Yellow refers to the sun and the excellence required of Air Force personnel. The Phoenix represents the rebirth and change; the constant flexibility needed in an ever changing Air Force, as well as the diversity of missions within the wing. The Phoenix is rising out of the globe, which represents the unit’s worldwide mission. The Phoenix and globe sit on a field of black, representing cyberspace, the unit’s final theater of operations.

Units assigned

• 194th Operations Group
• 194th Mission Support Group
• 194th Medical Group
• 194th Mission Support Flight
• 252d Combat Communications Group
• 242d Combat Communications Squadron
• 256th Combat Communications Squadron
• 143d Combat Communications Squadron
• 215th Engineering and Installation Squadron (GSU at Paine Field ANGS)
• 111th Air Support Operations Squadron
• 116th Air Support Operations Squadron
• 262nd Network Warfare Squadron
• 194th Intelligence Squadron
  194th Intelligence Squadron
  The 194th Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit of the United States Air Force It was activated in 2006. Its parent unit is the 194th Regional Support Wing.-Mission:...
  
  
• 248th Civil Engineer Flight

Decorations

• Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (November 1, 2005–October 31, 2007)

External links

• http://194rsw.washingtonairguard.com/
• http://www.194rsw.ang.af.mil/units/