181st Fighter Wing

181st Intelligence Wing
RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
Active	1962 – present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Indiana
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Wing
Role	Intelligence analysis and information protection
Part of	Indiana Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Terre Haute Air National Guard Base, Indiana
Insignia
181st Intelligence Wing emblem

The 181st Intelligence Wing (181 IW) is a unit of the Indiana Air National Guard, stationed at Terre Haute Air National Guard Base, Indiana. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency.

The Wing's 113th Air Support Operations Squadron is a descendant organization of the World War I 113th Aero Squadron, established on 26 August 1917. It was reformed on 1 August 1921, as the 113th 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 181st Intelligence Wing is one of six Air National Guard Wings that work with the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency; being equipped with the AN/GSQ-272 Sentinel Distributed Common Ground System.

The 181st Intelligence Wing monitors near real-time video feed from MQ-1 Predators, RQ-4 Global Hawks and other unmanned aerial vehicles hovering in the skies over any military area of operation worldwide. The airmen process, exploit, and disseminate the video feed, providing actionable intelligence to the ground commanders and war-fighting forces.

The 181st Intelligence Wing consists of the following units:

On 1 October 1962, the Indiana Air National Guard 113th Tactical Fighter Squadron was authorized to expand to a group level, and the 181st Tactical Fighter Group was established by the National Guard Bureau. The 113th TFS becoming the group's flying squadron. Other squadrons assigned into the group were the 181st Headquarters, 181st Material Squadron (Maintenance), 181st Combat Support Squadron, and the 181st USAF Dispensary. The 113th TFS was temporarily equipped with RF-84F Thunderstreaks photo-reconnaissance aircraft to allow its pilots to maintain proficiency. In 1964, the squadron received F-84F Thunderstreak tactical fighter-bombers.