76th Maintenance Wing

76th Maintenance Wing
Active 5 February 1942 — present
Country United States
Branch Air Force
Type Maintenance Support
Part of Air Force Material Command
Garrison/HQ Tinker Air Force Base
Decorations AFOUA
Commanders
Current
commander
Lieutenant General Bruce Litchfield

The 76th Maintenance Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

Subordinate Organizations

History

The Wing furnished administrative and logistical support for the San Antonio Air Materiel Area (later, San Antonio Air Logistics Center) and numerous tenant organizations on the base. It became host wing of Kelly Air Force Base on 17 August 1959. The wing has frequently supported humanitarian and disaster relief missions and deployed personnel in support of operations in Southwest Asia in 1990 and 1991.

Former emblem as the 76th Air Base Wing

Lineage

Redesignated 2851st Air Base Group on 16 October 1964
Redesignated 651st Support Group on 1 October 1992
Redesignated 651st Air Base Group on 1 October 1993
Redesignated 76th Air Base Wing on 1 October 1994
Inactivated on 30 May 2001
Activated on 18 February 2005
Inactivated on 1 October 2012

Assignments

Stations

References

     This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

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