36th Wing, US Air Force

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36TH WING, US AIR FORCE

History: Established as 36 Fighter Wing on 17 June 1948. Activated on 2 July 1948. Redesignated as: 36 Fighter-Bomber Wing on 20 January 1950; 36 Fighter-Day Wing on 9 August 1954; 36 Tactical Fighter Wing on 8 July 1958; 36 Fighter Wing on 1 October 1991. Inactivated on 1 October 1994. Redesignated as 36 Air Base Wing, and activated, on 1 October 1994. Redesignated as 36 Wing on 15 March 2006. Wing headquarters activated in the Canal Zone but was not manned because of pending movement to Europe. From mid-August 1948 tactical operations included air defense, tactical exercises and maneuvers, photographic reconnaissance (1948–1949), tactical missile operations (1955–1956 and 1965–1969), and tactical electronic warfare operations (1969–1971). Formed the Skyblazers aerial demonstration team in May 1949 and controlled it until August 1952, and again from October 1956 to January 1962. In addition to its primary installation (Bitburg AB, Germany), the wing controlled Oberpfaffenhofen AB, Germany, December 1949–February 1950, and Spangdahlem AB, Germany, September 1969–December 1971. Assumed logistical responsibility for Ground Launched Cruise Missile base closure at Florennes, Belgium in 1989, arranging and accompanying Soviet Inspection Team visits to insure compliance with Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty. Deployed 53 Fighter Squadron, additional pilots and aircraft from the 22 and 525 Fighter Squadrons, and support personnel to Southwest Asia, December 1990– July 1991, to assist in UN operations to liberate Kuwait. Wing pilots were credited with seventeen enemy combat aircraft destroyed. Maintained Andersen AFB manpower, facilities, and equipment to support airlift and strategic and tactical staging operations, 1 October 1994-.


Coat of arms (crest) of the 36th Wing, US Air Force
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Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 19 June 1940 for 36 Group and on 17 July 1952 for 36 Wing, but CSAF approved version never registered.

Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/


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