115th Fighter Wing

115th Fighter Wing
F-16s from the 176th FS on a routine training mission in the skies over Wisconsin
Active	1950–1952, 1952–1958, 1961–present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Wisconsin
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Wing
Role	Fighter
Part of	Wisconsin Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Truax Field Air National Guard Base, Madison, Wisconsin
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Jeffrey Wiegand
Insignia
115th Fighter Wing emblem
Tail Code	WI Red stripe with "Wisconsin" in white letters

The 115th Fighter Wing is a unit of the Wisconsin Air National Guard, which is stationed at Truax Field Air National Guard Base, Madison, Wisconsin. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Command.

As an Air National Guard unit, it is normally under the command of the Governor, but has a federal role as well. Currently the wing has personnel and/or aircraft assigned to Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Jump Start and regularly serves with the Air Expeditionary Force in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The 115th Fighter Wing consists of the following units:

The wing was first activated as the 128th Fighter Wing in November 1950, when the Air National Guard converted its units to the Wing Base organization, which placed operational and support units under a single wing. Four months later, the wing was federalized in the second wave of Air National Guard callups for the Korean War, and assigned to Air Defense Command. It moved to Truax Field near Madison, Wisconsin where both the 126th and 176th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron flew air defense training missions until being inactivated in February 1952. The wing returned to Wisconsin state control and to its station near Milwaukee in November.

The wing trained for its air defense mission until 1958. It was again activated in April 1961, remaining in the air defense mission, although its original group at the same station assumed the air refueling mission. In June 1971, the squadron again moved from General Mitchel Field to Truxa Field, where the 115th Fighter-Interceptor Group was located.