TM & © Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. AdultSwim.com is part of Turner Entertainment Digital which is part of the Turner.

Wing - Wikipedia. The 2. 3d Wing is a front- line United States Air Force. Air Combat Command wing currently assigned to Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.

Mission[edit]The mission of the 2. Wing is to organize, train and employ combat- ready Fairchild Republic A- 1. Thunderbolt II, HC- 1. HH- 6. 0, as well as pararescuemen and force protection assets.

It consists of approximately 6,1. GSU) at Nellis AFB, Nevada, Davis- Monthan AFB, Arizona, Mac.

Welcome to the United States Air Force. Learn about great opportunities for enlisted airmen, officers and health care professionals. Download the official 433rd Airlift Wing App today. The free app is available for both iPhone and Android users. Highlights include wing news, unit training assembly. The official homepage of the 1st Tactical Studies Group (Airborne). This site contains unclassified, non-sensitive information. This site features information for the. Fact-based story about a 1975 cover-up of a shooting by two white members of the Boston Tactical Unit. While on stakeout on a suspected getaway car used in a armed.

A United States Air Force Tactical Air Control Party, commonly abbreviated TACP, refers to an individual or team of United States Air Force personnel with AFSC 1C4X1.

Dill AFB, Florida and the Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida. Aircraft from the 2. Wing conducted a surge exercise May 2. Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The exercise demonstrated the wing's ability to rapidly deploy combat ready forces across the globe. The 2. 3rd Wing maintains and operates A- 1. C Thunderbolt IIs, HH- 6.

• Ultralife innovation powering communications. a-320 Family 20-Watt manportable tactical amplifiers Ultralife’s family of 20-watt amplifiers continues to grow.
• · critical issues in policing series guiding principles on use of force sanctit of life proportionalit ut to interene eescalation officer safet istance coer tie.
• A news aggregator for RPG games both old and new.

G Pave Hawks, and HC- 1. J Combat King II aircraft for precision attack, personnel recovery and combat support worldwide. The 2. 3d Wing consists of the following groups: 3.

Rescue Squadron. 41st Rescue Squadron. Rescue Squadron. 34. Operations Support Squadron.

Fighter Squadron. Fighter Squadron. Operations Support Squadron. Rescue Squadron (Davis- Monthan AFB)5.

Rescue Squadron (D- M AFB)7. Rescue Squadron (D- M AFB)5. Operations Support Squadron (D- M AFB)5. Rescue Squadron (Nellis AFB)6. Rescue Squadron (Nellis AFB)2. Mission Support Group.

Medical Group. 23d Maintenance Group. History[edit]Postwar era[edit]The 2. Fighter Wing was activated on 1. August 1. 94. 8 at Northwest Guam Air Force Base, Guam as part of the Wing- Base organization plan, which prescribed a standard organizational setup for all USAF bases worldwide. The plan called for the creation of a wing headquarters that established policy and supervised four functional groups: an operational group, an air base group, a maintenance and supply group, and a medical group.

The 2. 3d Fighter Group was assigned as the operational group under the new 2. Fighter Wing. The wing was assigned to Twentieth Air Force. The 2. 3d's mission on Guam was to provide air defense of the island. The 2. 3d Fighter Group was assigned the 7. Fighter Squadrons, being equipped with Republic F- 4. Thunderbolts. The 2. Fighter Wing was reassigned to Howard Air Force Base, Panama Canal Zone, in April 1.

Lockheed RF- 8. 0 Shooting Stars. The 2. 3d Fighter Wing conducted air defense of the Canal Zone under the Caribbean Air Command until it was again inactivated on 2. September 1. 94. 9. Air Defense Command[edit]. Fighter- Interceptor Wing North American F- 8. A- 5- NA Sabre 4. Presque Isle AFB, Maine, 1.

Wing Commander's aircraft)Reactivated on 1. January 1. 95. 1, at Presque Isle Air Force Base, Maine, the wing was redesignated the 2.

Fighter- Interceptor Wing with the 7. Fighter- Interceptor Squadrons assigned, as part of the Air Defense Command (ADC). Equipped with North American F- 8. Sabre, North American F- 5. Mustang, Northrop F- 8.

D Scorpion and F- 8. Shooting Star aircraft, its mission was to provide air defense for the northeastern United States during the Korean War and conduct basic training for about 5. Air Force recruits. The 2. 3d was inactivated 6 February 1. Fighter- Interceptor Group.

The Wing's equipment and personnel were transferred to the 4. Defense Wing, which had been organized at Presque Isle on 1 February 1. Tactical Air Command[edit]Mc. Connell Air Force Base[edit]Following its longest period of inactivation, the group was organized as the 2. Tactical Fighter Wing on 8 February 1.

Mc. Connell Air Force Base, Kansas, under Tactical Air Command and Twelfth Air Force. The 2. 3 TFW was activated to replace the 3. Tactical Fighter Wing at Mc. Connell after its deployment to Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. Watch Down In The Valley Dailymotion.

Squadrons of the 2. TFW were. F- 1. 05. Ds of the 5. 62d Tactical Fighter Squadron, deployed from Mc. Connel AFB, KS to Southeast Asia (Thailand), 1. F- 1. 05. F- 1- RE Thunderchief, AF Serial No. Tactical Fighter Squadron, Mc.

Connel AFB, Kansas - 1. This aircraft was later converted to the F- 1. G "Wild Weasel" configuration. It was hit by flak over North Vietnam on 1. September 1. 97. 2 and crashed at sea. Squadron markings on the natural metal / silver lacquered aircraft included the following: 5. TFS - black/yellow checkerboarding on rudder; 5.

TFS - a red, white and black "sharkmouth" on the nose of the aircraft; 5. Squadron red and white stripes on the rudder, wingtips and stabilizers with a white band on the top of the vertical fin. When Southeast Asian camouflaged, the squadrons carried the following tail codes: 5. TFS "MD"; 5. 62 TFS "ME"; 5. TFS "MF", and later the 4.

TFTS "MG". Flying the Republic Aviation F- 1. D/G "Thunderchief" aircraft, the mission of the 2. TFW at Mc. Connell was to provide training for Thud pilots prior to their deployment to Southeast Asia. The 5. 60th acted as a combat training squadron, while the other three squadrons began rotational TDY deployments to Southeast Asia beginning in November 1.

In February 1. 96. TFW deployed three squadrons (the 5. Southeast Asia for combat, these units were initially under the control of the 2d Air Division. Later, the 6. 44. TFW (P) was activated at Takhli RTAFB in July 1. It was during this five- month tour that the 5.

TFS lost 1. 0 of its 1. F- 1. 05's deployed and was awarded two Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards with Combat "V" for Valor.

In addition to the deployments to Thailand, detachments of the 5. TFS also deployed to Da Nang Air Base RVN for operations within the borders of the Republic of Vietnam. On 1 August 1. 96. Combat Crew Training squadron was added to the 2. Tactical Fighter Squadron was inactivated on 2. September 1. 96. 8. The wing maintained proficiency in tactical fighter operations, and later also functioned as an F- 1.

Air National Guard units in their conversion to the F- 1. Thunderchief left first- line service. For the dual role it played from June 1. June 1. 97. 1 as both an operational and a training unit, the wing received the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award in March 1. Two of its squadrons, the 5. Vietnam during 1.

V" added, the 5. 63rd receiving two such awards in a five- month period. For its participation in Linebacker I and Linebacker II during 1. Wild Weasels) received the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V". During combat operations in Southeast Asia, the 5. TFS lost three aircraft, while the 5. TFS lost eleven aircraft. On 1 July 1. 97. 2 the 2.

TFW was transferred to England Air Force Base Louisiana and the 5. TFS were assigned to the 3. TFW at George Air Force Base California. England Air Force Base[edit]. Ling- Temco- Vought A- 7. D- 1. 1- CV Corsair II, AF Serial No.

Tactical Fighter Squadron, taken in May 1. A- 7. D attack aircraft were assigned to the 2. TFW from 1. 97. 2 through 1. The 2. 3d Tactical Fighter Wing moved "on paper" without people or equipment to England Air Force Base, Louisiana, 1 July 1. Tactical Fighter Wing. Assigned to the Ninth Air Force, the wing activated all three of its original World War II fighter units — the 7.

Tactical Fighter Squadrons for the first time since 1. Ling- Temco- Vought A- 7. D Corsair II aircraft. Squadron markings were a blue tail stripe, later adding white stars and a "7. TFS; s white outlined black tail stripe, later changed to black and white checkered for the 7. TFS, and a red tail stripe with white stars and a "7.

TFS. All 2. 3 TFW aircraft carried the "EL" tail code at England. On 5 July 1. 97. 3, the 7. TFS deployed to Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, on temporary duty with the 3. Tactical Fighter Wing (Deployed) from Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina.