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33d Fighter Wing

33d Fighter Wing
US and British F-35s in flight near Eglin AFB in 2014.jpg
RAF, USAF, USMC and USN F-35s in May 2014
Active 1947–1952; 1956–1957; 1965–present
Country United States
Branch Air Force
Part of Air Education and Training Command
Garrison/HQ Eglin Air Force Base
Nickname(s) Nomads
Motto(s) Fire From the Clouds
Engagements Southwest Asia
Decorations Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Andrew J. Toth
Notable
commanders
Carrol Chandler
John P. Jumper
William R. Looney III
Gregory S. Martin
Insignia
33d Fighter Wing emblem (approved 5 October 1965) 33d Fighter Wing.png

The 33d Fighter Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Education and Training Command's Nineteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida where it is a tenant unit.

The 33 FW is an AETC training unit. Its main mission is to train United States Air Force, United States Marine Corps, and United States Navy pilots and maintainers on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. The wing will reach full strength in 2014, with more than 2,000 military personnel and 260 contractors. Annual capacity is planned for 2,150 pilot and maintenance students. A minimum of 59 F-35A, F-35B, and F-35C aircraft supporting Air Force training in the F-35A, Marine training in the F-35B, and Navy and Marine training in the F-35C, as well as international partner training in the various versions of the aircraft.

The 33d Fighter Wing, known as the "Nomads" for its constant travel throughout the world, has a long, distinguished history. The unit was first activated at Roswell Army Air Field, New Mexico on 15 October 1947, but is entitled, by temporary bestowal, to the honors earned of the 33d Pursuit Group that served in multiple theaters during World War II. Throughout the years, the wing has participated in numerous operations worldwide. Beginning in 1979, the wing began operating the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. In the 1980s, the unit took part in Operation Urgent Fury, the rescue of American medical students from Grenada. In the 1990s, the wing joined coalition forces for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, scoring 16 aerial kills, the most of any single unit.


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