122d Fighter Wing

122d Fighter Wing
An Indiana Air National Guard Airmen with the 122d Fighter Wing at Fort Wayne Air National Guard Station prepares a Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, “Warthog” for flight
Active	1942–present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Indiana
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Wing
Role	Close Air Support
Part of	Indiana Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Fort Wayne Air National Guard Station, Indiana
Tail code	"IN" Indiana
Commanders
Current commander	Col. Patrick R. Renwick
Insignia
122d Fighter Wing emblem

The 122d Fighter Wing (122 FW sometimes 122d) is a unit of the Indiana Air National Guard, stationed at Fort Wayne Air National Guard Station, Fort Wayne, Indiana. If activated to federal service, the wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Command.

Units

• 163rd Operations Group (Tail code formerly "FW" (F-16), now "IN" (A-10))

163rd Fighter Squadron, Transitioning from F-16C Falcons to A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft

• 122nd Maintenance Group
• 122nd Mission Support Group
• 122nd Medical Group

History

Ten original members of the 358th Fighter Group pose in front of the U.S. Air Force 122d Fighter Wing's heritage jet at their final reunion, which was hosted by the 122d Fighter Wing in Terre Haute AGB, Indiana in October 2008. The 358th FG, the "Orange Tails", was activated in January 1943. During the Second World War this unit was awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations and the Croix de Guerre.

Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt Serial No. 44-33240 of the 356th Fighter Squadron

The 358th Fighter Group trained in the Mid-Atlantic United States with P-40 Warhawks, 1943. While in training also used for air defense of Philadelphia area. Moved to England during September and October 1943, they were equipped with P-47 Thunderbolts and began operations on 20 December 1943 and served in combat with Eighth and later, Ninth Air Forces until V-E Day.

In 2005 the wing introduced the reconnaissance Theater Airborne Reconnaissance System, becoming one of the first units to fly with it.

In 2008, after having flown for 17 years with the block 25 aircraft, at which point the aircraft were nearing the end of their planned operational lifespans. More modern is quite relative since the aircraft they received were Block 30 F-16C/Ds manufactured between 1987 and 1989. These models were mainly coming from the Michigan Air National Guard 107th Fighter Squadron which was transitioning to the A-10 Thunderbolt II at the time. With the upgrade to the Block 30 aircraft, the tail code of the 163rd was changed from "FW" (Fort Wayne) to "IN" (Indiana) in 2009 when the 181st Fighter Wing at Hulman Field became a non-flying unit. However, only a few of the F-16s were re-coded.

In 2009 – the year the unit honored its predecessor unit – the 358th FG – with an heritage jet – it was decided that the squadron was to retire their 20-year-old F-16s and become an A-10 Thunderbolt II squadron. The conversion happened in 2010.

Lineage

World War II 358th Fighter Group emblem

2006 Operation Iraqi Freedom patch

• Constituted as 358th Fighter Group on 20 December 1942

Activated on 1 January 1943

Inactivated on 7 November 1945

• Re-designated: 122nd Fighter Group and allocated to Indiana ANG on 24 May 1946

Extended federal recognition on 9 December 1946

Federalized and ordered to active service on: 10 February 1951

• Established as 122nd Fighter-Interceptor Wing, extended federal recognition and activated on 10 February 1951

Group re-designated as 122nd Fighter-Interceptor Group and assigned as subordinate unit

Inactivated on 7 February 1952

Released from active duty and returned to Indiana state control, 1 November 1952

• Re-activated on 1 November 1952

Re-designated: 122nd Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 July 1954

Group re-designated 122nd Tactical Fighter Group

Re-designated: 122nd Tactical Fighter Wing (Special Delivery), 1 July 1959

Group re-designated 122nd Tactical Fighter Group (Special Delivery)

Federalized and ordered to active service on: 1 October 1961

Operated as: 7122nd Tactical Wing (Special Delivery), 1 October 1961-31 August 1962

Released from active duty and returned to Indiana state control, 31 August 1962

122nd Tactical Fighter Group inactivated 30 June 1974.

Re-designated: 122nd Fighter Wing, 16 March 1992-Present

Group re-activated and re-designated 122nd Operations Group

Assignments

• I Fighter Command, 1 January–September 1943

Attached to: Philadelphia Fighter Wing, 28 April–September 1943

• IX Fighter Command

Attached to: VIII Fighter Command, 20 October 1943

• 71st Fighter Wing

Attached to: IX Tactical Air Command, 1 August 1944

• 70th Fighter Wing

Attached to: IX Tactical Air Command, 1 October 1944

• XIX Tactical Air Command, 16 January–July 1945
• Second Air Force, 3 August – 7 November 1945
• 66th Fighter Wing, 9 December 1946
• 55th Fighter Wing, 7 December 1947
• Indiana Air National Guard, 31 October 1950

Gained by: Tenth Air Force, Continental Air Command

• Eastern Air Defense Force, Air Defense Command, 10 February 1951
• Central Air Defense Force, Air Defense Command, 1 December 1951 – 7 February 1952
• Indiana Air National Guard, 1 November 1952

Gained by: Eastern Air Defense Force, Air Defense Command

Gained by: Tactical Air Command, 1 July 1954

• Ninth Air Force, 1 October 1961

Attached to Seventeenth Air Force, 1 October 1961-31 August 1962

• Indiana Air National Guard, 1 September 1962

Gained by: Tactical Air Command

Gained by: Air Combat Command, 1 June 1992-Present

Components

• 122nd Fighter-Interceptor (later Tactical Fighter) Group, 10 February 1951 – 30 June 1974

Re-designated: 163rd Operations Group, 16 March 1992-Present

• 112th Fighter (later Fighter-Interceptor, Tactical Fighter) Squadron, 9 December 1946 – 30 September 1962 (Ohio ANG)
• 113th Fighter (later Fighter-Interceptor, Tactical Fighter) Squadron, 9 December 1946 – 30 September 1962 (GSU at Terre Haute, IN)
• 163rd Fighter (later Fighter-Interceptor, Tactical Fighter, Fighter) Squadron, 9 December 1946 – Present
• 365th Fighter Squadron: 1 January 1943 – 7 November 1945
• 366th Fighter Squadron: 1 January 1943 – 7 November 1945
• 367th Fighter Squadron: 1 January 1943 – 7 November 1945

Stations

Aircraft

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

External links

• Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).
• 163rd Fighter Squadron @ F-16.net

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