482nd Fighter Wing

482nd Fighter Wing
F-16C Fighting Falcon of the 482nd Fighter Wing
Active	1952; 1952–1957; 1981–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Wing
Role	Fighter
Size	1,600 personnel
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ	Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
482nd Fighter52 Wing emblem (approved 1989)
Tail code	FM
Aircraft flown
Fighter	F-16C Fighting Falcon

The 482nd Fighter Wing is an Air Reserve Component of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the Tenth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, stationed at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida. If mobilized, the Wing is gained by the Air Combat Command.

The wing maintains and operates Homestead Air Reserve Base, located near the southern end of the Florida peninsula, about 25 miles south of Miami. It is a combat unit which provides General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft, along with mission ready pilots and support personnel, for short-notice worldwide deployment. The wing has approximately 1,600 members, including more than 1,200 reservists, of which 260 are full-time reservists, in addition to 325 full-time civilians.

In addition to its flying mission, the 482d also provides the United States Department of Defense with an air base, with ready access to a strategic staging location on the rim of the Caribbean Basin. Contingency and training operations for both the United States Northern Command and United States Southern Command can be mounted from Homestead.

All the wing's units are stationed at Homestead ARB, except for the 414th Fighter Group and its subordinate units.

The wing was first activated in the reserves with Curtiss C-46 Commandos in June 1952 at Miami International Airport, Florida. The wing replaced the 906th Reserve Training Wing when reserve flying operations resumed under the supervision of the 2585th Air Force Reserve Training Center following the mobilization of the 435th Troop Carrier Wing for the Korean War. In December, the 435th was released from active duty and assumed the mission, personnel and equipment of the 482d, which was inactivated.