Description
Computer made/mounted on velcro 3.0 inch-77mm
183rd WING
Lineage. Designated 183 Tactical Fighter Group and allotted to the Air National Guard on 11 Sep 1962. Extended federal recognition and activated on 15 Oct 1962. Redesignated 183 Fighter Group on 15 Mar 1992; 183 Fighter Wing on 11 Oct 1995; Redesignated 183 Wing on 4 Mar 2017-.
Assignments. Illinois Air National Guard, 15 Oct 1962-. Gained by: Tactical Air Command, 15 Oct 1962; Gained by: Air Combat Command, 1 Jun 1992-.
Components. Groups. 183 Operations Group, 15 Mar 1992-; 183 Medical Group, 15 Mar 1992-; 183 Mission Support Group, 15 Mar 1992-. Squadrons. 170 Tactical Fighter (later Fighter), 15 Oct 1962-1 Mar 1994. 183d Maintenance Squadron, 15 Mar 1992-30 Sep 2008.
Stations. Capital Airport (later Capital Airport ANGS), IL, 15 Oct 1962-.
Aircraft. F-84F, 1962-1971; F-4, 1972-1989; RF-4C, 1973-1975; F-16, 1989-2008.
Operations. Fighter operations, 1962-2008. Conducted numerous overseas deployments, including six to Southwest Asia, two to Denmark, one to Panama, one to Curaçao, and one to Thailand. Supported Operation Enduring Freedom in 2002, Operation Noble Eagle, 2002-2008, Operation Southern Watch, 2002-2003 and Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2004. Augments Component Numbered Air Force (C-NAF) in both the Air and Space Operations Centers (AOC) and the Air Force Forces staff (AFFOR), A1 to A9.