75th Air Base Wing
Encyclopedia
The 75th Air Base Wing is a wing
of the United States Air Force
based out of Hill Air Force Base
, Ogden
Utah.
and 419th Fighter Wing
s, 84th Combat Sustainment Wing
, 309th Maintenance Wing
, 526th ICBM Systems Wing, 508th Aircraft Sustainment Wing and 25 associate units.
75th Civil Engineering Group (75 CEG)
75th Mission Support Group (75 MSG)
75th Medical Group (75 MDG)
, artillery
adjustment, strafing
, and 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 deactivated 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 tactical
reconnaissance from July 1966 – July 1971. On deactivation in 1971, the 75th's resources passed to the 67 Training 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.
Wing (air force unit)
Wing is a term used by different military aviation forces for a unit of command. The terms wing, group or Staffel are used for different-sized units from one country or service to another....
of 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...
based out of Hill Air Force Base
Hill Air Force Base
Hill Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force Base located in northern Utah, just south of the city of Ogden, and near the towns of Clearfield, Riverdale, Roy, Sunset, and Layton. It is about north of Salt Lake City. The base was named in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill of the U.S. Army Air...
, Ogden
Ogden, Utah
Ogden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. Ogden serves as the county seat of Weber County. The population was 82,825 according to the 2010 Census. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a...
Utah.
Mission
Provide base operating support for the Ogden Air Logistics Center, the 388th388th Fighter Wing
The 388th Fighter Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Twelfth Air Force. The unit is stationed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.-Mission:...
and 419th Fighter Wing
419th Fighter Wing
The 419th Group trained in the Reserve for troop carrier operations from 1949 to 1951. Since 1982, the 419th, now as a wing, trained for worldwide combat fighter operations. It was the last wing to fly F-105 aircraft, and in early 1984 was the first Air Force Reserve wing to fly F-16s. Personnel of...
s, 84th Combat Sustainment Wing
84th Combat Sustainment Wing
The 84th Combat Sustainment Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Hill Air Force Base, Utah.-Mission:Provide system support manager functions for air-to-surface munitions, and multiple Command, Control, Communication and Intelligence systems, and supply chain management for...
, 309th Maintenance Wing
309th Maintenance Wing
The 309th Maintenance Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Hill Air Force Base, Utah.-Mission:Provide depot repair, modification and maintenance for the F-22A Raptor, F-16 Fighting Falcon, A-10 Thunderbolt, C-130 Hercules, and the ICBM Peacekeeper and Minuteman III...
, 526th ICBM Systems Wing, 508th Aircraft Sustainment Wing and 25 associate units.
Subordinate Organizations
75th Operations Support Squadron (75 OSS)75th Civil Engineering Group (75 CEG)
- 75th Civil Engineering Squadron (75 CES)
- 775th Civil Engineering Squadron (775 CES)
75th Mission Support Group (75 MSG)
- 75th Contracting Squadron (75 CONS)
- 75th Communications Squadron (75 CS)
- 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron (75 LRS)
- 75th Force Support Squadron (75 FSS)
- 75th Security Forces Squadron (75 SFS)
75th Medical Group (75 MDG)
- 75th Aerospace Medicine Squadron (75 AMDS)
- 75th Medical Operations Squadron (75 MDOS)
- 75th Dental Squadron (75 DS)
- 75th Medical Support Squadron (75 MDSS)
History
Until the fall of 1942, the group aided ground units with their training by flying reconnaissanceReconnaissance
Reconnaissance is the military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about enemy forces or features of the environment....
, artillery
Artillery
Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
adjustment, strafing
Strafing
Strafing is the practice of attacking ground targets from low-flying aircraft using aircraft-mounted automatic weapons. This means, that although ground attack using automatic weapons fire is very often accompanied with bombing or rocket fire, the term "strafing" does not specifically include the...
, and dive bombing missions. The 75th participated in the 1942 Louisiana Maneuvers
Louisiana Maneuvers
The Louisiana Maneuvers were a series of military exercises held all over north and west-central Louisiana, including Fort Polk, Camp Claiborne and Camp Livingston, in August and September 1941...
. It functioned primarily as a replacement training unit from 1943–1944, and also conducted a Ground Liaison Officer
Tactical Air Control Party
The Tactical Air Control Party, commonly abbreviated TACP, is a small team of Army, Marine or Air Force personnel who provide airspace deconfliction and terminal control of Close Air Support at battle group level or below...
course from January–April 1944. The 75th was deactivated 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 tactical
Military tactics
Military tactics, the science and art of organizing an army or an air force, are the techniques for using weapons or military units in combination for engaging and defeating an enemy in battle. Changes in philosophy and technology over time have been reflected in changes to military tactics. In...
reconnaissance from July 1966 – July 1971. On deactivation in 1971, the 75th's resources passed to the 67 Training Wing
67th Network Warfare Wing
The 67th Network Warfare Wing , Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, was reactivated October 1, 1993 as the 67th Intelligence Wing. The wing was re-designated the 67th Information Operations Wing on February 1, 2001...
.
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
- Established as 75 Observation Group on 5 Feb 1942
- Activated on 2 Mar 1942
- Redesignated as: 75 Reconnaissance Group on 2 Apr 1943
- Redesignated as: 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Group on 11 Aug 1943
- Disestablished on 1 May 1944
- Reestablished on 17 May 1966
- Consolidated (31 Jan 1984) with the 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
- Established, and activated, on 17 May 1966
- Organized on 1 Jul 1966
- Inactivated on 15 Jul 1971
- Redesignated as 75 Air Base Wing on 16 Sep 1994
- Activated on 1 Oct 1994.
Assignments
- Air Force Combat Command, 2 Mar 1942
- II Air Support Command, 12 Mar 1942
- III Ground Air Support (later, III Air Support; III Reconnaissance) Command, c. 24 May 1942
- I Tactical Air Division, 18 Apr – 1 May 1944
- Tactical Air CommandTactical Air CommandTactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 being headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia...
, 17 May 1966 - 835th Air Division835th Air DivisionThe 835th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, assigned to Twelfth Air Force, being stationed at McConnell AFB, Kansas...
, 1 Jul 1966 - Twelfth Air Force, 24 Dec 1969 – 15 Jul 1971
- Ogden Air Logistics CenterOgden Air Logistics CenterThe Ogden Air Logistics Center performs depot maintenance on a number of US Air Force weapon systems. Specifically it supports A-10 Thunderbolt II, B-2 Spirit, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and LGM-30G Minuteman III systems...
, 1 Oct 1994 – present
Components
- 4th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 18 Nov 1966 – 15 Jul 1971
- 9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 1 Sep 1969 – 15 Jul 1971
- 14th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 1 Apr – 6 Nov 1967 (detached 25 Oct – 6 Nov 1967)
- 21st Observation (later, 21 Reconnaissance; 21 Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron: 12 Mar 1942 – 1 May 1944
- 30th Observation (later, 30 Reconnaissance; 30 Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron30th Tactical Reconnaissance SquadronThe 30th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 75th Tactical Reconnaissance Group stationed at Key Field, Mississippi...
: 12 Mar 1942 – 1 May 1944 - 91st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 1 Jul 1967 – 15 Jul 1971
- 124th Observation (later, 124 Reconnaissance; 124 Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron: 12 Mar 1942 – 1 May 1944 (detached 3 Jul 1942 – 4 Jan 1943)
- 127th Observation (later, 127 Liaison) Squadron: 12 Mar 1942 – 11 Aug 1943.
Stations
- Ellington FieldEllington FieldEllington International Airport is a joint civil-military airport located in the U.S. state of Texas within the city of Houston— southeast of Downtown. Established by the Army Air Service on 21 May 1917, Ellington Field was one of the initial World War I Army Air Service installations when...
, Texas, 2 Mar 1942 - Birmingham Army Airfield, AlabamaAlabamaAlabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
, 9 Mar 1942 - William Northern Field, TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, 12 Nov 1942 - Key FieldKey fieldA key field is a field or set of fields of a database table which together form a unique identifier for a database record . The aggregate of these fields is usually referred to simply as "the key". Key fields also define searches...
, MississippiMississippiMississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
, 17 Aug 1943 – 1 May 1944 - Bergstrom AFB, Texas, 1 Jul 1966 – 15 Jul 1971
- Hill AFB, UtahUtahUtah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, 1 Oct 1994-Now
Aircraft
- A-20 HavocDouglas DB-7The Douglas A-20/DB-7 Havoc was a family of American attack, light bomber and night fighter aircraft of World War II, that served with several Allied air forces, principally those of the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and United States. The DB-7 was also used by the air forces of Australia, South...
(1942–1943) - B-25 MitchellB-25 MitchellThe North American B-25 Mitchell was an American twin-engined medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation. It was used by many Allied air forces, in every theater of World War II, as well as many other air forces after the war ended, and saw service across four decades.The B-25 was named...
(1942–1943) - L-1 VigilantStinson Vigilant|-See also:-Bibliography:* Donald, David . American Warplanes of World War II. London: Aerospace Publishing, 1995. ISBN 1-874023-72-7.* Eden, Paul and Soph Moeng . The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Amber Books Ltd., 2002. ISBN 0-7607-3432-1* Merriam, Ray . World War II Journal #15: U.S....
(1942–1943) - L-4 (1942–1943)
- O-38Douglas O-38-References:*The complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft Editors: Paul Eden & Soph Moeng, , 1152 pp.-External links:...
(1942–1943) - O-46 (1942–1943)
- O-47North American O-47|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Eden, Paul and Soph Moeng. The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. London: Amber Books Ltd., 2002. ISBN 0-7607-3432-1.* Fahey, James C. U.S. Army Aircraft 1908-1946. New York: Ships and Aircraft, 1946....
(1942–1943) - O-52 Owl (1942–1943)
- P-39 Airacobra (1943–1944)
- P-40 WarhawkCurtiss P-40The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into production and operational...
(1943–1944) - P-51 MustangP-51 MustangThe North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II, the Korean War and in several other conflicts...
(1943–1944) - RF-4F-4 Phantom IIThe McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engined, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor fighter/fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. It first entered service in 1960 with the U.S. Navy. Proving highly adaptable,...
(1966–1971)