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113th Wing [113th WG]

Units

Base

  • Andrews AFB, MD

Official Homepage

The mission of the 113th Wing is to provide the Air Force with fighter, airlift and support units capable of worldwide employment.

The 113th Wing is composed of the 121 Fighter Squadron, the 201 Air Lift Squadron, the 121 Weather Squadron, and the 231 Combat Communications Squadron.

The DC Air National Guard has called Andrews AFB home since the unit's post-war reorganization in 1946. We draw our members from throughout the District of Columbia metropolitan area, as well as from more distant points in Maryland, Virginia, and neighboring states.

The unit has about 1,400 people, most of whom spend one weekend each month at Andrews for scheduled training. A smaller, full-time contingent maintains the day-to-day operations as a framework that supports the full-time flying training mission.

The wing flies the F16-C and F16-D Fighting Falcon jet fighters, after conversion from the F4-D in January 1990. The F16 is the ninth different type of fighter in the wing's 44-year history.