195th Wing
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| dates = 1962–1970; 1970–1974; 2015–present
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| allegiance = California Air National Guard
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| garrison = Beale Air Force Base
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The 195th Wing is a unit of the California Air National Guard, stationed at Beale Air Force Base, California. If mobilized, the wing would be assigned to Air Force Space Command. It comprises seven subordinate units at five locations throughout the state. The 195th controls all non-flying, non-kinetic operations for the California Air National Guard.{{cite web |url= https://www.beale.af.mil/Information/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/777103/195th-wing-california-air-national-guard/ |last1=|first1=|title=195th Wing - California Air National Guard|date=19 May 2016|publisher=9th Wing Public Affairs|access-date=1 August 2016}} The wing was activated as the headquarters for California Air National Guard space, cyber, and intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance units.
From 1970 through 1974, the wing flew Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft from Van Nuys Air National Guard Base as the 195th Tactical Airlift Group.
Today the wing's mission is to train, deploy and employ its airmen and assets to deliver integrated space, cyber, and intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance capabilities to the Combatant Commands and the Governor of California.
Organization
:: 149th Intelligence Squadron (Mather Field, California)If no location is given, the unit is located with wing headquarters at Beale Air Force Base.
:: 222d Intelligence Support Squadron
:: 234th Intelligence Squadron
- 195th Operations Group, 1 September 2015 – present (Van Nuys, California)
:: 147th Combat Communications Squadron
:: 148th Space Operations Squadron (Vandenberg Air Force Base, California)
:: 216th Space Control Squadron (Vandenberg Air Force Base, California) - the federal mission of the 216th is to provide combat space superiority effects to the Commander, Combined Force Space Component Command and Space Operations Command under U.S. Space Force, and theater combatant commanders.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article/2145197/cal-guard-space-operators-support-covid-19-food-bank-mission|title=Cal Guard Space Operators support COVID-19 food bank mission}} The unit’s space operators deploy globally to conduct mobile and transportable space superiority and evaluate and operate new counter-space technologies.
:: 261st Cyber Operations Squadron (Van Nuys, California)
History
=Airlift group=
The 195th Tactical Airlift Group was formed as the headquarters for the 195th Tactical Airlift Squadron in 1971 Van Nuys Air National Guard Base and was initially equipped with the Lockheed C-130A Hercules. In 1973, the group upgraded to the C-130B model of the Hercules. As the Vietnam War wound down, the demand for airlift decreased and the 146th Tactical Airlift Wing was reduced in size by inactivating the 195th Group and its components on 30 September 1974. The group's personnel, equipment and aircraft were reassigned to other units of the 146th Wing.
=Composite wing=
In August 2015, the California Air National Guard announced that it was forming a new wing to manage its military intelligence, space, cyber and combat communications missions. The core of the new wing would be the 162d Combat Communications Group, which would be inactivated when the wing stood up.{{cite web |url= http://www.hstoday.us/index.php?id=95&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=40902&cHash=71c23e260d0b1cdfe6968777b748887b |author= |title=California Guard Forms 195th Wing To Take On Space, Cyber, Intelligence, Communications Missions|date=17 August 2015|publisher=Homeland Security Today|accessdate=1 August 2016}} Preparations for establishing the wing went back as far as 2001, when the 162d Group added units whose mission complemented its core combat communications mission.
Lineage
=Assignments=
=Components=
; Groups
- 195th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, 1 September 2015 – present
- 195th Operations Group, 1 September 2015 – present
; Squadrons
- 195th Air Transport Squadron (later 195th Military Airlift Squadron, 195th Tactical Airlift Squadron), by November 1962 – 14 April 1970, 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974
- 195th Combat Support Squadron, 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974
- 195th Supply Squadron, 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974
; Flights
- 195th Aerial Port Flight, 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974
- 195th Civil Engineering Flight, 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974
- 195th Communications Flight, 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974
- 195th Comptroller Flight, 1 September 2015 – present
- 195th Force Support Flight, 1 September 2015 – present
; Medical
- 195th Tactical Dispensary (later 195th Tactical Clinic), 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974
=Stations=
- Van Nuys Air National Guard Base, November 1962 – 14 April 1970
- Van Nuys Air National Guard Base, 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974
- Beale Air Force Base, 1 September 2015 – present
=Aircraft=
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules, 1971-1974
See also
References
; Notes
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; Citations
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=Bibliography and further reading=
- {{cite book
|last1=Rosenfeld
|first1=Susan
|last2=Gross
|first2=Charles J.
|title=Air National Guard at 60: A History
|url=http://www.ang.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080527-040.pdf
|accessdate=20 September 2015
|year=2007
|publisher=Air National Guard History Office
|location=Bolling AFB, DC
|isbn=
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213175615/http://www.ang.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080527-040.pdf
|archivedate=13 February 2016
}}
External links
- {{cite web |url= https://www.dvidshub.net/news/181918/california-air-national-guard-activates-195th-wing |last1=Sweeney|first1=Capt Jason |title=California Air National Guard activates 195th Wing|date=|publisher=Defense video Imagery Distribution System|accessdate=1 August 2016}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.ang.af.mil/News/story/id/123468328/|last1=Willims|first1=Maj Bryan|title=ANG's 90th wing activated in California|date=4 February 2016|publisher=Air National Guard Public Affairs|access-date=1 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205095017/http://www.ang.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123468328|archive-date=2016-02-05|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web |url= http://www.mar-prod.com/plantsvny/AVNY.htm |last1=Reynosa|first1=Mark A.|title=Van Nuys Airport Army Air Force Base Unit and Air National Guard Site|date=5 January 2005|publisher=mar-prod.coms|accessdate=1 August 2016}}
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