| 111th Fighter Wing | |
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111th Fighter Wing emblem |
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| Active | since 1946 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Type | Wing |
| Role | Attack |
| Garrison/HQ | NAS/JRB Willow Grove, Pennsylvania |
The United States Air Force's 111th Fighter Wing is an Air National Guard fighter unit located at NAS Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
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To maintain highly trained, well-equipped, and motivated military forces in order to provide combat-ready OA-10/A-10 aircraft and support elements in response to wartime and peacetime tasking under state or federal authority, and to do so with loyalty, honor, and pride.
The former 111th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing was ordered to active duty on 1 April 1951 at Fairchild AFB, WA, and assigned to the Fifteenth Air Force flying RB-29s. It was returned to state control on 31 December 1952.
The 111th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (ANG) was composed of the 129th Bomb Squadron (formerly the 3d Bombardment Squadron), the 130th Bomb Squadron (formerly the 29th Bombardment Squadron) both from the USAF were joined by the 103d Bomb Squadron (Light) from the Pennsylvania ANG which was redesignated as the 103d Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium). When inactivated the ANG personnel were released to their parent units. The equipment and active duty personnel remained at Fairchild and were gained by the newly formed 99th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing.
In 2009, the 111th Security Forces Squadron was voted best Security Forces Squadron in the entire Air Force. TSgt Marc Berger was voted top cop in the entire Air Force also in 2009, the first member of the 111th SFS to receive such an illustrious award.
The Base Realignment and Closure Commission has directed that the unit's flying mission be ended, with the loss of up to 80 full-time jobs and 140 military positions, but that the Air Force should maintain the end strength of the 111th Fighter Wing.
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