343d Fighter Wing

343d Wing
18th Squadron F-16s taxi at Eielson Air Force Base
Active	1942–1946, 1955–1959, 1978–1979, 1981–1993
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Engagements	Aleutian Islands Campaign
Insignia
343d Wing emblem
343d Fighter Group emblem (Approved 3 February 1956)

The 343d Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Pacific Air Forces at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, where it was inactivated on 20 August 1993. The unit was formed at Eielson as the 343d Composite Wing and activated in October 1981 to replace the 5010th Combat Support Group. It operated both fighter and forward air control aircraft. In 1991, it also became the administrator for periodic Exercise Cope Thunder operations, which moved to Alaska from the Philippines after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo resulted in the evacuation of units from Clark Air Base When the wing was inactivated, it was replaced at Eielson by the 354th Fighter Wing.