88th Air Base Wing

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88th Air Base Wing
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88th Air Base Wing Change of Command 14 July 2008
Active1944-present
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
RoleBase support
Part of Air Force Materiel Command
Garrison/HQ Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Motto(s)Strength Through Support (1993-present)
Decorations Air Force Outstanding Unit Award [1]
Commanders
Current
commander		 Colonel Patrick G. Miller [2]
Insignia
88th Air Base Wing emblem (approved 18 November 1993) [1] 88th Air Base Wing.png

The United States Air Force's 88th Air Base Wing is a base support unit located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The wing has been stationed at Wright-Patterson, known familiarly as 'Wright-Patt', since its activation in 1944 as the 4000th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Command) in 1944, and from 1944 to 1994 undergone six redesignations.

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Circa 2012, the wing's mission was operate the airfield, maintain all infrastructure and provide security, communications, medical, legal, personnel, contracting, finance, transportation, air traffic control, weather forecasting, public affairs, recreation and chaplain services for more than 60 associate units on Wright-Patterson AFB.[ citation needed ]

History

The unit was organized by Air Service Command to provide custodial and support functions for Wright Field. The mission of both the unit and the AAF Technical Base expanded by early 1946, gaining full support responsibility for Patterson Field. The 2750th became host wing for Wright-Patterson AFB in October 1949, exercising command jurisdiction over the base, and providing services to Headquarters of Air Force Logistics Command and numerous tenant units. It frequently supported regional humanitarian missions, such as the Xenia tornado relief in April 1974. It provided logistical support and served as a port of embarkation during contingency deployments, most notably the Vietnam War in 1965–1973, as well as to the Middle East in 1990–1991.

It deployed personnel to Saudi Arabia for 'Operation Desert Shield'/Desert Storm in August 1990-May 1991. After 1 July 1992 it provided logistic and administrative support for Headquarters, Air Force Materiel Command and the Aeronautical Systems Center, now known as the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, as well as on-base and off-base tenant units in a five-state area and managed base facilities and resources. It provided airfield operations, security, services, engineering, and logistical support to the Balkans Proximity Peace Talks (better known as the 'Dayton Agreement') conducted at the base in late 1995.

Inactivation of the 88th Communications Group

In an inactivation ceremony on 29 April 2022, the 88th Communications Group was inactivated. The inactivation ceremony presided by then 88th Air Base Wing Commander Colonel Patrick Miller. The 88th Communications Squadron was reallocated under the 88th Mission Support Group, while the 88th Operations Support Squadron was reallocated directly under the 88th Air Base Wing. [3]

Lineage

Redesignated 645th Air Base Wing on 1 October 1992
Redesignated 88th Air Base Wing on 1 October 1994 [1]

Assignments

Components

Groups

  • 88th Communications Group (see 2046th Communications Group)
  • 88th Maintenance Group (see 2750th Logistics and Operations Group)
  • 88th Medical Group, 20 October 2004 – present
  • 88th Mission Support Group (see 645th Support Group)
  • 645th Communications-Computer Support Group (see 2046th Communications Group)
  • 645th Logistics and Operations Group (see 2750th Logistic and Operations Group)
  • 645th Support Group (later 88th Support Group, 88th Mission Support Group), 1 October 1992 – present
  • 2046th Communications Group (later 2046 Communications-Computer Systems Group, 645 Communications-Computer Systems Group, 88th Communications Group), c. 1 September 1990 – present
  • 2750th Logistics and Operations Group (later 645th Logistics and Operations Group, 88th Logistics and Operations Group, 88 Logistics Gp, 88th Maintenance Group), c. 1990-c. 2012

Squadrons

  • 88th Operations Support Squadron
  • 88th Comptroller Squadron
  • 88th Logistics Readiness Squadron home of the world famous Installation Deployment Readiness Cell (IDRC)
  • 88th Force Support Squadron
  • 88th Communications Squadron
  • 88th Security Forces Squadron

Flight

Stations

Aircraft & Missiles Operated

Present Unit Emblems

Past Unit Emblems

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References

Notes

Explanatory notes
  1. ↑ Merged with Patterson Field on 13 January 1948. From 9 December 1947 until the merger, Wright Field, Patterson Field, Dayton Army Air Field and Clinton County Army Air Field were administratively merged as the Air Force Technical Base. Mueller, p. 605.
Citations
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Haulman, Daniel L. (22 June 2017). "Factsheet 88 Air Base Wing (AFMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Wright Patterson AFB Biographies: Colonel Patrick G. Miller". 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs. June 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "88th Communications Group inactivated".

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