1st Air Force Wing (Ready Reserve)

1 Air Force Wing (Ready Reserve)
Unit Seal of 1st Air Force Wing (Ready Reserve)
Active	November 5, 1993 – March 1995 (1st Air Reservist Composite Wing) March 1995 – October 2005 (1st Air Wing Reserve) October 2005 – June 2010 (1st Ready Reserve Air Wing) June 2010 – Present (1st Air Force Wing Reserve)
Country	Philippines
Allegiance	Republic of the Philippines
Branch	Philippine Air Force
Type	Reserve Air Wing
Role	Combat Air Wing
Size	1000+ Reserve Airmen and Airwomen
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)
Air Base	AFRC Building, Villamor Air Base, Pasay City
Nickname	1st Air Wing Reserve 1st RRAW RATSG
Patron	St. Therese of the Child Jesus
Motto	Your Force Provider of Choice in the National Capital Region
Decorations	Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation Badge
Commanders
Current commander	BGEN ELIHU A IBAÑEZ (RES) AFP[1]
Notable commanders	COL CONSUELO B ESTEPA MNSA (GSC) RES PAF BGEN ELIHU A IBAÑEZ (RES) AFP COL REYNALDO C GARCIA RES (GSC) PAF† COL ROQUE B ABLAN JR RES (GSC) PAF

The 1st Air Force Wing Reserve (1AFWR),^[1] formerly called the 1st Ready Reserve Air Wing (1RRAW) is a combat-support unit under the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), Philippine Air Force, and is based in Villamor Air Base in Pasay City. Its headquarters is co-located inside the AFRC building at Villamor Air Base. The wing covers all Air Force reserve units in the National Capital Region.

The unit's sister Air Force Reserve Wings in Luzon are the 2nd AFW(R) that is based in Clark Air Base and covers the entire area of Central Luzon up to the whole of Northern Luzon, and the 3rd AFW(R) housed inside Fernando Air Base in Batangas and covers the whole Southern Luzon from Cavite towards the Bicol Region.

Mission

The mission of the 1st AFW(R) is:^[2]

• Provide command guidance and direction to all units under its command.
• Provide adequate staff control and supervision to all of its subordinate units.
• Prepare plans for the direction of the unit and possible deployment.
• Provide reliable and timely intelligence information to all friendly units and air assets.
• Determines personnel and materiel requirements for its mobilization plan.

Units

The following are the units of the 1st Air Force Wing (Ready Reserve):^[1]

Base Units

• Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron^[3]

Line Units

• 11th Air Force Group (Ready Reserve) – Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela, Quezon City, Marikina
• 12th Air Force Group (Ready Reserve) – Manila, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasig, Taguig, Pateros
• 13th Air Force Group (Ready Reserve) – Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Bacoor, Imus

Lineage of Commanders

The following are the previous and current commander(s) of the 1AFW(R):^[4]

• COL ROQUE B ABLAN JR RES (GSC) PAF
• COL ALEJANDRO T ESCANO RES (GSC) PAF
• COL ANDREW O NOCON RES (GSC) PAF
• COL REYNALDO C GARCIA RES (GSC) PAF†
• COL CONSUELO B ESTEPA RES (GSC) MNSA PAF
• BGEN ELIHU A YBAÑEZ (RES) AFP

Awards and Decorations

Campaign Streamers

Award Streamer	Streamer Name	Operation	Date Awarded	Reference
	Presidential Unit Citation Badge	SAR/DRR Ops, TS Ketsana & TS Parma	4 February 2010	General Orders No. 112, GHQ-AFP, dtd 04 Feb '10
	Presidential Unit Citation Badge	General Elections, Philippines	1 July 2010	General Orders No. 641, GHQ-AFP, dtd 1 July '10

Badges

Military Badge	Badge Name	Operation	Date Awarded	Reference
	AFP Election Duty Badge	General Elections, Philippines	21 May 2010	General Orders No. 513, GHQ-AFP, dtd 21 May '10

See also

• Air Force Reserve Command
• 11th Air Force Group (Ready Reserve)
• 12th Air Force Group (Ready Reserve)

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Official Page of the 1st AFW(R)
• Training Director, Philippine Air Force BCMT Manual, 2003, OA8.