114th Fighter Wing

114th Fighter Wing
114th Fighter Wing Block 40 F-16 Fighting Falcons at Joe Foss Field AGS
Active	1956-Present
Country	United States
Allegiance	South Dakota
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Wing
Role	Air Defense, Attack
Part of	South Dakota Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Joe Foss Field Air National Guard Station, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Nickname(s)	"Lobos"
Tail Code	Grey Tail Stripe "Lobos" included with the serial number at the bottom of the tail and 'SOUTH DAKOTA' is written in large letters on the tail base. Front of a timber wolf running across tail.
Insignia
114th Fighter Wing emblem

The 114th Fighter Wing (114 FW) is a unit of the South Dakota Air National Guard, stationed at Joe Foss Field Air National Guard Station, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Command.

114th Fighter Wing is an Air Combat Command gained F-16C/D Fighting Falcon wing which deploys worldwide and executes directed tactical fighter sorties to destroy enemy forces, supplies, equipment, communications systems and installations with conventional munitions.

The 114th FW consists of the following units:

On 16 April 1956, the South Dakota Air National Guard 175th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was authorized to expand to a group level, and the 114th Fighter-Interceptor Group was established by the National Guard Bureau. The 175th FIS becoming the group's flying squadron. Other squadrons assigned into the group were the 114th Headquarters, 114th Material Squadron (Maintenance), 114th Combat Support Squadron, and the 114th USAF Dispensary.

During the 1950s and 1960s, the unit was upgraded by ADC as newer interceptors became available to the Air National Guard. F-89 Scorpions were received in 1958 and F-102A Delta Dagger supersonic aircraft in 1960.

In 1970, Aerospace Defense Command was reducing the CONUS interceptor force, as the chances of a bomber attack by the Soviet Union seemed remote in the age of Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM). The Group was transferred to Tactical Air Command (TAC) on 23 May 1970 and was re-designated as the 114th Tactical Fighter Group. The 175th Tactical Fighter Squadron began receiving F-100 Super Sabre tactical fighters that were being withdrawn from service in the Vietnam War.