301st Fighter Wing
301st Fighter Wing
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F-16s of the 457th Fighter Squadron
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| Active | 1944–1949; 1972–present |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Type | Wing |
| Role | Fighter |
| Part of | Air Force Reserve Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas |
| Engagements | Asiatic-Pacific Theater |
| Decorations | Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |
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| 301st Fighter Wing emblem (approved 17 December 1978) |  |
| Tail stripe | Texas flag tail stripe "TX" "Texas Longhorns" |
| Tail code | TX |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Fighter | F-16C/D Fighting Falcon |
The 301st Fighter Wing (301 FW) is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the Tenth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, stationed at Carswell Field, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas. If mobilized, the Wing is gained by the Air Combat Command.
The mission of the unit is to maintain a state of readiness to deploy people and their assigned fighter aircraft (the F-16) wherever needed when notified of recall to active duty. Wing people assigned to the 301st Fighter Wing repeatedly demonstrate their flying expertise and professionalism in Air Combat Command, Air Force Reserve Command and NATO exercises designed to emphasize that to retain the country’s combat ready posture it must train as it plans to fight.
The wing comes under 10th Air Force, one of the three numbered Air Forces of the Air Force Reserve. If mobilized, the wing would come under Air Combat Command’s 12th Air Force.
Day-to-day activities of the wing are managed by full-time air reserve technicians and department of the Air Force civilians. Ready reservist assigned to the wing are required to attend unit training assemblies which are scheduled for one weekend each month, plus serve 15 days active duty each year to fulfill their reserve commitment. Since reserve pilots are required to maintain the same degree of readiness as their active duty counterparts, flying activities are scheduled Tuesday through Saturday of each week throughout the year.
The 301st Fighter Wing Commander is Colonel Gregory C. Jones.
Wing attached units
The unit's origins begin during World War II, when it was part of Twentieth Air Force. The 301st Fighter Wing's P-47N aircraft flew very long range (VLR) escort missions of B-29 Superfortress bombardment groups against Japan.
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