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[[Image:061202-F-9370B-117.jpg|thumb|Member of the 146th Airlift Wing prepare to send off aircraft 1862 and 1833 December 2 from Channel Island Air National Guard Station, Calif. Wing Airmen flew their last two C-130E model Hercules for the final time. The aircraft were delivered to the Air Force in the early 1960s and came to the 146th in 1974.]]
[[Image:031027-F-3677G-077.jpg|thumb|A C-130 is reloaded with [[Phos-Chek]] [[fire retardant]] to be dropped on the Simi [[wildfire|Fire]] in Southern California on 28 October 2007]]
The '''146th Airlift Wing (146 AW)''' is a unit of the [[California Air National Guard]], stationed at [[Channel Islands Air National Guard Station]], Oxnard, California. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the [[United States Air Force]] [[Air Mobility Command]].
The '''146th Airlift Wing (146 AW)''' is a unit of the [[California Air National Guard]], stationed at [[Channel Islands Air National Guard Station]], Oxnard, California. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the [[United States Air Force]] [[Air Mobility Command]].
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MAFFS II was used for the first time on a fire in July 2010,<ref>http://wildfiretoday.com/2010/07/16/new-maffs-ii-used-for-first-time-on-a-fire/</ref> using the latest generation [[Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules]] aircraft.<ref>http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2010/07/071610-Fires.aspx</ref> The 146th Airlift Wing was the first to transition to the MAFFS 2 system in 2008, and it remains the only unit flying the new system on the C-130J aircraft<ref>http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2010/07/071610-Fires.aspx</ref>
MAFFS II was used for the first time on a fire in July 2010,<ref>http://wildfiretoday.com/2010/07/16/new-maffs-ii-used-for-first-time-on-a-fire/</ref> using the latest generation [[Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules]] aircraft.<ref>http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2010/07/071610-Fires.aspx</ref> The 146th Airlift Wing was the first to transition to the MAFFS 2 system in 2008, and it remains the only unit flying the new system on the C-130J aircraft<ref>http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2010/07/071610-Fires.aspx</ref>

==Units==


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 15:01, 19 September 2012

146th Airlift Wing
146th Airlift Wing emblem
Active(1943–present)
CountryUnited States
BranchAir National Guard
TypeAirlift Wing
RoleTactical Airlift, Fire Suppression, Med-Evac
Part ofMississippi Air National Guard
Garrison/HQChannel Islands Air National Guard Station, Oxnard, California.
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Paul J. Hargrove
Member of the 146th Airlift Wing prepare to send off aircraft 1862 and 1833 December 2 from Channel Island Air National Guard Station, Calif. Wing Airmen flew their last two C-130E model Hercules for the final time. The aircraft were delivered to the Air Force in the early 1960s and came to the 146th in 1974.
A C-130 is reloaded with Phos-Chek fire retardant to be dropped on the Simi Fire in Southern California on 28 October 2007

The 146th Airlift Wing (146 AW) is a unit of the California Air National Guard, stationed at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Oxnard, California. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.

The 115th Airlift Squadron assigned to the Wings 143d Operations Group, is a descendant organization of the 115th Observation Squadron, established on 16 June 1924. It is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II. It is the oldest unit in the California Air National Guard, having almost 90 years of service to the state and nation.

Mission

The 146th AW's primary mission is to provide global military airlift capability to a full spectrum of state and federal agencies. Flying the Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, the 146th has provided humanitarian relief in the aftermath of hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and other disasters, in California, the United States and internationally.

The 146th is one of four C-130 ANG units whose contribution to the United States' aerial fire fighting capability includes equipment and techniques for efficient, effective suppression of large wildland fires from the air. Since 1974, using the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) units supplied by the US Forest Service and mounted in four C-130s, the wing’s aerial fire fighting crews have been credited with saving many lives and countless millions of dollars worth of structures, forests, and brush land in California and other states and countries.

MAFFS II was used for the first time on a fire in July 2010,[1] using the latest generation Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.[2] The 146th Airlift Wing was the first to transition to the MAFFS 2 system in 2008, and it remains the only unit flying the new system on the C-130J aircraft[3]

Units

History

Lineage

  • Constituted as 373d Fighter Group on 25 May 1943
Activated on 15 August 1943
Inactivated on 7 November 1945
  • Re-designated 146th Fighter Group. Allotted to California ANG on 24 May 1946.
Extended federal recognition on 16 September 1946
Status changed from Group to Wing, 1 October 1950
Re-designated: 146th Composite Wing on 1 October 1950
Re-designated: 146th Fighter Wing on Feb 1951
Federalized and placed on active duty, 1 March 1951
Re-designated: 146th Fighter-Bomber Wing on 1 June 1951.
Released from active duty and returned to California state control, 11 December 1952
Re-designated: 146th Fighter Wing, 1 January 1953
Re-designated: 146th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 1 July 1955
Re-designated: 146th Air Transport Wing, 1 July 1960
Re-designated: 146th Military Airlift Wing, 8 January 1966
Re-designated: 146th Tactical Airlift Wing, 1 April 1970
Re-designated: 146th Airlift Wing, 16 March 1992

Assignments

Attached to: New York Fighter Wing, 23 October 1943 – 15 March 1944
Attached to: XIX Tactical Air Command, 4 April 1944
  • Second Air Force, 4 August 1945
  • First Air Force, 20 August – 7 November 1945
  • 62d Fighter Wing, 16 September 1946
  • California Air National Guard, 1 October 1950
Gained by: Fourth Air Force, Continental Air Command
  • Tactical Air Command, 1 March 1951
  • California Air National Guard, 11 December 1952
Gained by: Tactical Air Command
Gained by: Air Defense Command, 1 July 1955
Gained by: Military Air Transport Service, 1 July 1960
Gained by: Military Airlift Command, 8 January 1966
Gained by: Tactical Air Command, 1 April 1970
Gained by: Air Combat Command, 1 June 1992
Gained by: Air Mobility Command, 1 April 1997

Components

  • 146th Operations Group, 16 March 1992-Present
  • 115th Bombardment (later Fighter; Fighter-Interceptor; Air Transport; Military Airlift; Tactial Airlift; Airlift), 16 September 1946-1 April 1951; 1 November 1952-16 March 1992
Assigned to 146 OG effective 16 March 1992
  • 195th Fighter (later Fighter-Interceptor; Air Transport; Military Airlift; Tactical Airlift) Squadron, 16 September 1946-1 March 1951; 1 January 1953-30 September 1974
  • 186th Fighter Squadron, 1 April 1951-15 November 1952 (Montana ANG)
  • 190th Fighter Squadron, 1 April 1951-15 November 1952 (Idaho ANG)

Stations

Aircraft

Decorations

In popular culture

  • Scenes of the 1965 episode "Ed the Pilot" of the television show Mister Ed were shot at Van Nuys Airport in front of the hangar of the 146th Air Transportation Wing.
  • C-97G 53-0356 of the 146th Air Transportation Wing, California Air National Guard can be see in the television show Mission Impossible in the 1967 Episode entitled "The Diamond" at 37 mins. The boarding ramp, when lowered, displays the numbers 1 4 6 followed by a 146th ATW wing emblem with a large X over it.
  • The Bionic Woman episode "The Vega Influence" was shot around the hanger for the 146th Tactical Airlift Wing in 1976.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. ^ http://wildfiretoday.com/2010/07/16/new-maffs-ii-used-for-first-time-on-a-fire/
  2. ^ http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2010/07/071610-Fires.aspx
  3. ^ http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2010/07/071610-Fires.aspx
  4. ^ Air Force Personnel Center Awards Search (Post-1991)
  • Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
  • Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
  • Van Nuys Airport Army Air Force Base Unit and Air National Guard Site
  • Rogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. ISBN 1-85780-197-0

External links

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