926th Wing

926th Wing
A Tech Sergeant from the 926th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron explains the intricacies of an F-22 Raptor to the Air Force Reserve Command Chief during his visit to the 926th Group
Active	1963–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Wing
Role	Composite
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ	Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
Insignia
926th Wing emblem (Approved 22 November 1982)
Aircraft flown
Attack	A-10 Thunderbolt II
Fighter	F-22 Raptor F-16 Fighting Falcon F-15 Eagle
Reconnaissance	MQ-9 Reaper MQ-1 Predator

The 926th 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 Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

The unit is a composite organization consisting of two Operations Groups, the 726th and 926th, gained by Air Combat Command and Air Force Space Command, with Geographic Separated Units at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado.

The 926th Wing is an associate unit to the United States Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis AFB. The unit provides reservists to the USAFWC as sustained expertise integrated at the operational and tactical levels of warfare. It continuously conducts combat operations, operational test and evaluation, tactics development, and advanced training to warfighters.

The 926th Wing's 726 Operations Group supports the U.S. Air Force's first Unmanned Aircraft Systems wing, the 432d Wing, equipped with more than 100 MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft, in its mission to train pilots, sensor operators and other unmanned aircraft crewmembers, and conduct combat surveillance and attack operations worldwide.

The 926th Wing consists of two Operations Groups and thirteen squadrons located at Nellis and Creech AFBs and at other geographically separated locations:

After May 1959, the reserve flying force consisted of 45 troop carrier squadrons assigned to 15 troop carrier wings. The squadrons were not all located with their parent wings, but were spread over thirty-five Air Force, Navy and civilian airfields under what was called the Detached Squadron Concept. The concept offered several advantages. Communities were more likely to accept the smaller squadrons than the large wings and the location of separate squadrons in smaller population centers would facilitate recruiting and manning. However, under this concept, all support organizations were located with the wing headquarters. Although this was not a problem when the entire wing was called to active service, mobilizing a single flying squadron and elements to support it proved difficult. This weakness was demonstrated in the partial mobilization of reserve units during the Berlin Crisis of 1961. To resolve this, at the start of 1962, Continental Air Command, (ConAC) determined to reorganize its reserve wings by establishing groups with support elements for each of its troop carrier squadrons. This reorganization would facilitate mobilization of elements of wings in various combinations when needed.