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102d Fighter Group

102d Intelligence Wing
101st Fighter Squadron F-47N Thunderbolts Logan Airport 1949.jpg
101st Fighter Squadron F-47N Thunderbolts Logan Airport 1946 Republic P-47N-25-RE Thunderbolt 44-89347 in foreground
Active 15 October 1942 – Present
Country  United States
Allegiance  Massachusetts
Branch US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg  Air National Guard
Type Wing
Role Ground-based distributed radar installation
Size 950 members:
80 officers
745 enlisted personnel
Part of Massachusetts Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ Otis Air National Guard Base, Mashpee, Massachusetts
Nickname(s) "Eagle Keepers"
"Bear Chasers"
Motto(s) "Omnis Vir Tigris"
Everyone A Tiger
Equipment Distributed Common Ground Systems
Air Operations Center
Engagements World War II
Cold War
Operation Noble Eagle
Decorations Outstanding Unit ribbon.svg Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Personnel Center Awards Search (Post-1991)
Commanders
Commander Colonel Virginia I. Doonan
Vice Commander Colonel Christopher M. Faux
Command Chief Chief Master Sergeant Karen Pignataro Cozza
Insignia
102d Intelligence Wing emblem A standard shield, surrounded on the edge by a diminished yellow border. The upper part of the shield is blue, with one gray aircraft with a white trail pointing out from the left side. The plane is flying over the northeastern portion of the western hemisphere, which is colored in green and light blue. On the front of the gray aircraft with a white outline is a cockpit, with the jet firing three rockets. The three rockets trail white smoke and are aimed the same direction as the aircraft. Under the nose of the plane are two black aircraft coming out of clouds and rising up towards the jet. Attached to the shield is a white scroll edged with the same color border as the shield, surrounding the inscribed "102D INTELLIGENCE WING" in blue

The United States Air Force's 102d Intelligence Wing (102 IW), of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, is a military intelligence unit located at Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. Its primary subordinate operational unit is the 101st Intelligence Squadron. According to the Air Force, the history of the 102d begins with the 318th Fighter Group, which was active during World War II. After the war, the 318th was inactivated, and eventually the 102d Fighter Wing was formed, which had a direct lineage link. In 1946, the 102d was activated at Logan International Airport where it stayed until 1968, when it moved to Otis Air Force Base. Beginning in 1946, the wing began regular patrols of the Northeastern United States which took place in conjunction with Air Force active duty units. In 1968, the 102d was moved to Otis, where it continued its regular patrols until 1973.

During the time that the wing had a flying mission, the wing deployed to many locations around the globe to assist in missions for the Air Force. In 1961, the wing deployed to France during the Berlin Crisis. Twenty eight years later, the wing deployed to Panama during Operation Coronet Nighthawk. It also participated in Operation Northern Watch, helping to patrol the No-Fly Zone north of the 36th parallel in Iraq. During the 11 September attacks, the 102d Fighter Wing deployed the first Air Force aircraft toward New York City, but they arrived too late to stop the attacks.

Over the years, the wing has controlled many other Air National Guard units. Following the inactivation of the 67th Fighter Wing in November 1950, the wing was put in charge of a few fighter units on the Atlantic Coast. In 1976, the wing even became responsible for the 147th Fighter Interceptor Group, located in Texas.


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