149th Fighter Wing

149th Fighter Wing
TSgt. Gerardo Guevara waits for his F-16 to shut down their engines before conducting his post flight checks at Hickam AFB, Hawaii on September 8, 2006. Six F-16s from the Texas Air National Guard 149th FW came to Hickam to participate in Exercise Sentry Aloha
Active	1961–present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Texas
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Wing
Role	Fighter Training
Part of	Texas Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Kelly Field Annex, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas
Tail Code	Texas Flag tail stripe "SA"
Insignia
149th Fighter Wing emblem

The 149th Fighter Wing (149 FW) is a unit of the Texas Air National Guard, stationed at Kelly Field Annex, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command.

The wing traces its history to the establishment of the 149th Fighter-Interceptor Group in 1961, through the wing itself only was established in 1995. It is a F-16 flying training unit that includes a support group with a worldwide mobility commitment. The cornerstone of the 149th’s flying mission is the 182nd Fighter Squadron, whose role is to take pilots, either experienced aircrew or recent graduates from USAF undergraduate pilot training, and qualify them to fly the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

The 149th Fighter Wing consists of the following units:

In addition, the 149th has five geographically separated units:

In August 1961, as part of an Air Defense Command re-organization, the 182d Fighter Interceptor Squadron's assignment to 136th Air Defense Wing was terminated with 136th being transferred to Tactical Air Command. As a result, the 182d was authorized to expand to a group level, and the 149th Fighter-Interceptor Group was established by the National Guard Bureau. The 182d Fighter Interceptor Squadron became the group's flying squadron. Other squadrons assigned into the group were the 149th Headquarters, 149th Material Squadron (Maintenance), 149th Combat Support Squadron, and the 149th USAF Dispensary. The 149th was directly assigned to the Texas Air National Guard, being operationally gained by the Air Defense Command 33d Air Division.

Equipped with the F-102 Delta Dagger interceptor, as with many other ANG squadrons the 182d temporally operated two TF-102 twin-seat trainers for ANG F-102 pilots while remaining on runway alert status. Also, the squadron operated T-33A Shooting Star jet trainers and a Convair VT-29 transport for courier duties.