673d Air Base Wing

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673d Air Base Wing
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Active2010–present
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
RoleInstallation support
SizeOver 5000 military and civilian
Part of Pacific Air Command
Garrison/HQ Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
Motto(s)Cavete Ursum Arcticum Latin Beware the Arctic Bear [1]
Decorations Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Commanders
Current
commander		Col. David Wilson [2]
Command Chief Master SergeantCMSgt Daniel Guzman [2]
Insignia
673d Air Base Wing emblem (Approved 22 March 2010) [3] 673d Air Base Wing.png

The 673d Air Base Wing is the support unit for Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a combination of the United States Air Force's Elmendorf Air Force Base and the United States Army's Fort Richardson. The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission called for the combination of the two installations. The wing replaced the 673d Air Base Wing (Provisional), which had been formed in January 2009, primarily from elements of the 3d Mission Support Group. [4]

Contents

The wing supports three Air Force wings, an Army brigade, and 55 other tenant units. It provides medical care to over 35,000 service members, dependents, Veterans Administration patients and retirees throughout Alaska (including 20% of the population of Anchorage, Alaska). The wing maintains $12.4 Billion in infrastructure encompassing more than 73,000 acres, and more than 1,500 vehicles. [1]

Components

The 673d Wing comprises the 673d Comptroller Squadron, [5] and four groups:

With their assigned squadrons, the groups assist the wing with operation and maintenance of the joint base for "air sovereignty, combat training, force staging, and throughput operations in support of worldwide contingencies." [1]

History

On 24 July 2010, the 673d Air Base Wing activated as the host wing combining installation management functions of Elmendorf Air Force Base's 3rd Wing and United States Army Garrison Fort Richardson.

Although the wing was newly established, many of its components traced their histories to earlier organizations. The number assigned to the wing was selected because of its use by the wing's 673d Mission Support Group, which had served in Alaska from 1958 to 1995. [1] The 673d Mission Support Group had previously been designated the 5073d Air Base Group and had served at the then-Shemya Air Force Base on Shemya Island from 15 October 1974 – 27 January 1992. [9]

In turn, the group traced its history to the 5021st Air Base Squadron, 1 March 1951; re-designated: 5040th Air Base Squadron, 15 July 1958; redesignated 5073d Air Base Squadron, 1 October 1962; and redesignated 5073d Air Base Group, 15 October 1974 – 27 January 1992. [10]

On 27 January 1992 the 5073rd Air Base Group located at Shemya AFB was re-designated as the 673d Air Base Group (673 ABG), subordinate to the Eleventh Air Force of Pacific Air Forces. The 673d and the base were subsequently reassigned from Eleventh Air Force to the 11th Air Control Wing.

Lineage

Activated on 24 June 2010 [3]

Assignments

Components

Stations

Awards

Award streamerAwardDatesNotes
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 24 June 2010 – 31 October 2011 [12]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 October 2012 – 30 September 2013 [12]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Biographies".
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  4. ↑ "Biography, Col. Jeffery A. (Jeff) Vinger" (PDF). North Winds. Anchorage Post, Society of Military Engineers. 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Bailey, Carl E. (25 April 2011). "673 Comptroller Squadron (PACAF)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  6. 1 2 Robertson 2011a.
  7. 1 2 3 "Units: 673d Air Base Wing". Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "About the 673d Medical Group". Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  9. 1 2 Robertson 2011b.
  10. ↑ Mueller 1989, p. 535.
  11. 1 2 3 Research Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Air Force Organization Change Status Report, June 2010, Maxwell AFB, AL
  12. 1 2 "Air Force Personnel Services: Unit Awards". Air Force Personnel Center. Retrieved 23 February 2016. (search)
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