105th Airlift Wing

105th Airlift Wing
The first C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 105th Airlift Wing lands at Stewart AGB on 11 July 2011.
Active	1 May 1956–Present
Country	United States
Allegiance	New York
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Wing
Role	Strategic Airlift
Part of	New York Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh, New York
Tail Code	"Stewart" Black tail stripe
Insignia
105th Airlift Wing emblem

The 105th Airlift Wing (105 AW) is a unit of the New York Air National Guard, stationed at Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh, New York. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command. It provides highly skilled people and operationally ready equipment necessary to meet U.S. inter-theater airlift and expeditionary combat support commitments.

Multiple groups, squadrons and flights carry out the unit's mission by providing administrative and logistical support, including airlift operations, combat control, pararescue, maintenance, supply, transportation, contracting, communications, civil engineering, personnel, base services, security forces and medical functions.

The 105th Airlift Wing consists of the following major units:

Established by the USAF and allotted to New York ANG in 1956. Received federal recognition by the National Guard Bureau and activated on 1 May 1956 as the 105th Fighter Group (Air Defense). The group was assigned to the NY ANG 107th Air Defense Wing and stationed at Westchester County Airport, White Plains, New York.

Its primary mission was the air defense of New York City and Long Island. It was assigned the 137th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron as operational unit, equipped with F-94B Starfires.

A major change to the 107th Air Defense Wing in 1958 was the transition from an Air Defense Command (ADC) mission to Tactical Air Command (TAC) and a tactical fighter mission, the 105th being re-designated as a Tactical Fighter Group and the 137th also being re-designated. The new assignment involved a change in the group's training mission to include high-altitude interception, air-to-ground rocketry, ground strafing and tactical bombing. The 137th TFS retained their F-86H Sabres.

The 105th Tactical Fighter Group was inactivated on 1 February 1961 with the 137th being transferred to the 106th Aeromedical Transport Group on 1 February 1961 and was re-designated as the 137th Aeromedical Transport Squadron under the Military Air Transport Service (MATS). The 137th converted to flying the C-119 Flying Boxcar. The squadron airlifted critically injured and sick personnel until late 1963.