180th Fighter Wing

180th Fighter Wing
U.S. Air Force F-16 Falcon from the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio ANG goes through prefight checks before taxiing down the runway for take off
Active	1962-Present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Ohio
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Wing
Part of	Ohio Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Toledo Air National Guard Base, Ohio
Motto(s)	We Citizens Serve Voluntarily
Tail Code	"OH" Ohio
Commanders
Current commander	Col. Kevin V. Doyle (7 Aug 2016-Present)
Insignia
180th Fighter Wing emblem

The 180th Fighter Wing (180 FW) is a unit of the Ohio Air National Guard, stationed at Toledo Air National Guard Base, Ohio. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Command.

The 112th Fighter Squadron, assigned to the Wings 180th Operations Group, is a descendant organization of the World War I 112th Aero Squadron, established on 18 August 1917. It was reformed on 20 June 1927, as the 112th Observation Squadron, and is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.

The mission of the 180th Fighter Wing is to train, organize, and equip expeditionary war fighters to deploy, fight, and win worldwide, with minimum response time, in cases of national emergency or war.

180 FW unit supports state and local contingencies when directed by the Governor of Ohio.

The 180th Fighter Wing consists of the following units:

On 15 October 1962, the Ohio Air National Guard 112th Tactical Fighter Squadron was authorized to expand to a group level, and the 180th Tactical Fighter Group was established by the National Guard Bureau. The 112th TFS becoming the group's flying squadron. Other squadrons assigned into the group were the 180th Headquarters, 180th Material Squadron (Maintenance), 180th Combat Support Squadron, and the 180th USAF Dispensary.

Upon activation, the 180th TFG was assigned to the Ohio ANG 121st Tactical Fighter Wing at Lockbourne Air Force Base.

The Group performed normal peacetime training throughout the 1960s. Individual squadron members volunteered for duty during the Vietnam War, however the unit was not federalized in 1968 as the F-84F Thunderjets flown by the 112th TFS were not considered front line combat aircraft. In 1971, the squadron retired its Thunderstreaks and converted to the F-100 Super Sabre as a result of the American draw-down from the Vietnam War. In 1975, the 112th began a NATO commitment, deploying five F-100s to Ramstein Air Base, West Germany 9–25 October 1975 for Operation Cornet Razor.