36th Wing
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| 36th Wing | |
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 36th Wing Insignia |
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| Active | February 1, 1940 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Type | Combat support |
| Part of | Pacific Air Forces |
| Garrison/HQ | Andersen Air Force Base |
| Nickname | The Fightin’ 36th |
| Motto | “Prepared to Prevail” |
The United States Air Force's 36th Wing is the host wing for Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. It provides day-to-day mission support to more than 9,000 military, civilian, dependent and retired personnel and 15 associate units on the base.
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[edit] Subordinate units
- 36th Operations Group
- 36th Maintenance Group
- 36th Mission Support Group
- 36th Contingency Response Group
- 36th Medical Group
[edit] Mission
The 36th Wing's and Andersen Air Force Base's official mission statement is "Provide a U.S.-based lethal warfighting platform for the employment, deployment, reception, and throughput of air and space forces in the Asia-Pacific Region."
More simply, the 36th Wing has three major missions: Operate Andersen AFB via its subordinate 36th Mission Support and 36th Medical Groups; Provide power projection through an attached, rotational bomber force via its subordinate 36th Operations and 36th Maintenance Groups; and provide rapid air base opening and initial air base operation ability via its subordinate 36th Contingency Response Group.
Assisting the 36th Wing in accomplishing this mission is the 734th Air Mobility Squadron, which operates Andersen's air cargo terminal on behalf of Air Mobility Command.
[edit] History
[edit] 1994 to present
The 36th Air Base Wing was activated at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on Sept. 30, 1994. In September 1996, the wing provided around-the-clock forward-deployment support to Air Combat Command B-52s during their Operation Desert Strike missions over Iraq, and began hosting more than 6,600 Kurdish evacuees during the 8-month humanitarian assistance mission, Joint Task Force Pacific Haven.
In 2004, the 36th Air Base Wing was redesignated the 36th Air Expeditionary Wing. In March of 2006, the wing was redesignated the 36th Wing. In February 2007, the 36th Operations Group was reactivated as a permanent subordinate unit to the 36th Wing, replacing the temporary 36th Expeditionary Operations Group.
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