111th Attack Wing: Difference between revisions

111th Fighter Wing
111th Fighter Wing emblem
Active	since 1946
Country	United States
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Wing
Role	Attack
Part of	Pennsylvania Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania

The 111th Fighter Wing (111 FW) is a non-flying unit of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, stationed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Command.

The inactivated 103d Fighter Squadron, formerly assigned to the Wing's 111th Operations Group, was a descendant organization of the 103d Observation Squadron, formed on 27 June 1924. It was one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.

The 111th Fighter Wing provides protection of life, property, and the preservation of peace and order when tasked to do so by state or federal authorities. The Wing also provides operational and support units, as well as qualified personnel, to support wartime tasking and contingency commitments of any nature.

The wing's 103d Fighter Squadron was inactivated in 2010 and the Air Force Reserve 913th Airlift Wing was inactivated in 2007 as a result of BRAC 2005. The DoD is planning to close Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, the home station of the 111 FW, at some point in the future.

• 117th Bombardment Squadron, 17 January 1947-1 November 1952

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• 111th Fighter Wing - Willow Grove JRB