The 75th Air Base Wing (75 ABW) is a

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of the

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based out of

Hill Air Force Base Hill Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force (USAF) base located in Davis County, Utah, just south of the city of Ogden, and bordering the Cities of Layton, Clearfield, Riverdale, Roy, and Sunset with its largest border immediately adja ...

, Ogden Utah. It provides base operating support for the Ogden Air Logistics Complex, the 388th,

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, 84th Combat Sustainment Wing, 309th Maintenance Wing, 526th ICBM Systems Wing, 508th Aircraft Sustainment Wing and 25 associate units. Until the fall of 1942, the 75th Observation Group aided ground units with their training by flying

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adjustment,

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, and dive bombing missions. The 75th participated in the 1942

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. It functioned primarily as a replacement training unit from 1943–1944, and also conducted a Ground Liaison Officer course from January–April 1944. The 75th was inactivated in May 1944. The 75th was reactivated as a wing in May 1966. It performed RF-4C replacement training from February 1967 – August 1970, and tactical reconnaissance from July 1966 – July 1971. On inactivation in 1971, the 75th's resources passed to the

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. The 75th was reactivated in 1994 to provide services and support for the Ogden Air Logistics Center and its tenant organizations at Hill Air Force Base.

Lineage

75th Tactical Reconnaissance Group * Constituted as the 75 Observation Group on 5 February 1942 : Activated on 2 March 1942 : Redesignated as 75 Reconnaissance Group on 2 April 1943 : Redesignated as 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Group on 11 August 1943 : Disbanded on 1 May 1944 * Reconstituted on 17 May 1966 : Consolidated with the 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing as the 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing on 31 Jan 1984 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing : Constitured as the 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing and activated on 17 May 1966 (not organized) : Organized on 1 July 1966 : Inactivated on 15 July 1971 : Consolidated with the 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Group on 31 January 1984 * Redesignated 75 Air Base Wing on 16 September 1994 : Activated on 1 October 1994

Assignments

* Air Force Combat Command, 2 March 1942 * II Air Support Command, 12 March 1942 * III Ground Air Support (later, III Air Support; III Reconnaissance) Command, c. 24 May 1942 * I Tactical Air Division, 18 April 1944 – 1 May 1944 *

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, 17 May 1966 (not organized) * 835th Air Division, 1 July 1966 *

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, 24 December 1969 – 15 July 1971 * Ogden Air Logistics Center (later Ogden Air Logistics Complex), 1 October 1994 (attached to Air Force Sustainment Center after 12 Jul 2012) * Air Force Sustainment Center, 1 October 2012 – Present

Components

* 4th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 18 November 1966 – 15 July 1971 * 9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 1 September 1969 – 15 July 1971 * 14th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 1 April 1967 – 6 November 1967 (detached after 25 October 1967) * 21st Observation (later, 21 Reconnaissance; 21 Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron: 12 March 1942 – 1 May 1944 * 30th Observation (later, 30 Reconnaissance; 30 Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron: 12 March 1942 – 1 May 1944 * 91st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 1 July 1967 – 15 July 1971 * 124th Observation (later, 124 Reconnaissance; 124 Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron: 12 March 1942 – 1 May 1944 (detached 3 July 1942 – 4 January 1943) * 127th Observation (later, 127 Liaison) Squadron: 12 March 1942 – 11 August 1943.

Current subordinate organizations

75th Operations Support Squadron (75 OSS) 75th Civil Engineering Group (75 CEG) *75th Civil Engineering Squadron (75 CES) *775th Civil Engineering Squadron (775 CES) 75th Comptroller Squadron (75 CPTS) 75th Mission Support Group (75 MSG) *75th Contracting Squadron (75 CONS) *75th Communications and Information Directorate (75 SC) *75th Logistics Readiness Squadron (75 LRS) *75th Force Support Squadron (75 FSS) *75th Security Forces Squadron (75 SFS) 75th Medical Group (75 MDG) *75th Operational Medicine Readiness Squadron (75 OMRS) *75th Dental Squadron (75 DS) *75th Healthcare Operations Squadron (75 HCOS)

Stations

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, Texas, 2 March 1942 * Birmingham Army Airfield, Alabama, 9 March 1942 * William Northern Field, Tennessee, 12 November 1942 *

Key Field Meridian Regional Airport is a joint civil-military public use airport located at Key Field, a joint-use public/military airfield. It is located southwest of Meridian, a city in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States. The Meridian Airp ...

, Mississippi, 17 August 1943 – 1 May 1944 *

Bergstrom Air Force Base Bergstrom Air Force Base was located seven miles southeast of Austin, Texas. In its later years, it was a major base for the United States Air Force (USAF) RF-4C Phantom reconnaissance fighter fleet. History Bergstrom was originally act ...

, Texas, 1 July 1966 – 15 July 1971 *

, Utah, 1 October 1994 – present

Aircraft

A-20 Havoc The Douglas A-20 Havoc (company designation DB-7) is an American light bomber, attack aircraft, Intruder (air combat), night intruder, night fighter, and reconnaissance aircraft of World War II. Designed to meet an Army Air Corps requirement for ...

(1942–1943) *

B-25 Mitchell The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served ...

(1942–1943) * L-1 Vigilant (1942–1943) *L-4 (1942–1943) * O-38 (1942–1943) * O-46 (1942–1943) * O-47 (1942–1943) * O-52 Owl (1942–1943) *

P-39 Airacobra The Bell P-39 Airacobra is a fighter produced by Bell Aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. It was one of the principal American fighters in service when the United States entered combat. The P-39 was used by th ...

(1943–1944) *

P-40 Warhawk The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter-bomber that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry ...

(1943–1944) *

P-51 Mustang The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter aircraft, fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in 1940 by a team headed ...

(1943–1944) * RF-4 (1966–1971)

Operations

* World War II

References

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External links

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