This move reflected an effort to concentrate all fighter forces deployed within the continental United States to strengthen the air defense of the North American continent. ConAC assumed jurisdiction over both TAC and the Air Defense Command (ADC). In December 1948 Twelfth Air Force was assigned from Tactical Air Command to Continental Air Command (ConAC), established on 1 December 1948. It was assigned to Twelfth Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC). The 1st Fighter Wing was activated at March Field California on 15 August 1947.
History For additional lineage and history, see 1st Fighter Group Origins ħ1st Fighter Squadron Lockheed P-80s at March AFB, CA, c.
The 1 FW was the first operational wing equipped with the F-15A/B Eagle in 1976, and in 2005, was the first operational wing equipped with the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor air superiority fighter. Briefly a part of Strategic Air Command in 1949, it was reassigned to Air Defense Command in 1950 and provided air defense of the Upper Midwest of the United States until being reassigned to Tactical Air Command in 1970.
The wing was initially part of Tactical Air Command being formed at March Field, California in 1947 and was one of the first wings to be equipped with the North American F-86 Sabre in February 1949. The 1 OG is the oldest major air combat unit in the United States Air Force, its origins formed on. Its 1st Operations Group (1 OG) is a successor organization of the 1st Fighter Group, one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by the Army before World War II. where it is a tenant unit, being supported by the 633d Air Base Wing. It is stationed at Langley Air Force Base, VA. The 1st Fighter Wing (1 FW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Fifteenth Air Force.
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