138th Fighter Wing

138th Fighter Wing
Oklahoma ANG F-16C block 42, #89-2138 and #89-2145 in the clouds
Active	1957-Present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Oklahoma
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Wing
Role	Attack
Part of	Oklahoma Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Tulsa Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma
Motto(s)	"Strength through Preparedness"
Tail Code	Red tailband with white 'Tulsa' stencilling inside; Full color indian head; "OK"
Insignia
138th Fighter Wing emblem

The 138th Fighter Wing (138th FW) is a unit of the Oklahoma Air National Guard, stationed at the Tulsa International Airport, Tulsa, Oklahoma. If activated to federal service, the 138th FW is gained by the United States Air Force, Air Combat Command.

The 138th Fighter Wing is an Oklahoma National Guard unit stationed at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

As an Air National Guard unit operationally gained by the Air Combat Command, the 138th FW flies the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

The federal mission of the 138th FW is to maintain combat forces ready for mobilization, deployment, and employment as needed to support national security objectives.

The state mission of the 138th FW is to support the Governor of Oklahoma with units organized, equipped, and trained in the protection of life and property, and the preservation of peace, order, and public safety.

The 138th Fighter Wing consists of the following units:

In 1957 the Oklahoma Air National Guard was given a fighter-interceptor mission in Air Defense Command (ADC), and on 1 August, the 125th Fighter-Bomber Squadron was authorized to expand to a group level. The 138th Fighter-Interceptor Group was authorized and extended federal recognition by the National Guard Bureau. The 125th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron becoming the group's flying unit. Other support squadrons assigned into the group were the 138th Headquarters, 138th Material Squadron (Maintenance), 138th Combat Support Squadron, and the 138th USAF Dispensary.

With the Fighter-Interceptor mission assignment, the 125th also assumed ADC runway alert program on full 24-hour basis - with armed jet fighters ready to "scramble" at a moment's notice. This event brought the group into the daily combat operational program of the USAF, placing us on "the end of the runway" alongside regular USAF-Air Defense Fighter Squadrons. The obsolescent F-80 day fighters were upgraded to the all-weather/day/night F-86D Sabre Interceptor by the end of the year. In June 1959 the squadron traded their F-86Ds for the upgraded F-86L Sabre Interceptor with uprated afterburning engines and new electronics.