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The 57th Wing (57 WG) is an operational unit of the United States Air Force (USAF) Warfare Center, stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
The 57 WG's mission is to provide well trained and well equipped combat forces ready to deploy into a combat arena to conduct integrated combat operations.




Mission


The 57 WG is home to advanced air combat training. The wing provides training for composite strike forces which include every type of aircraft in the USAF inventory. Training is conducted in conjunction with air and ground units of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and air forces from US allied nations. The crews do not come to learn how to fly, but instead learn how to be combat aviators.




Units


The wing was reorganized in 2005 to reflect its current structure.

57th Operations Group (57 OG) (tail code: WA [the code for the 57th Wing])
The 57th OG consists of Aggressor squadrons that replicate adversary threat tactics while training combat air forces aircrews.
64th Aggressor Squadron: 15 Sep 2005 – present
65th Aggressor Squadron: 9 June 2022 – present
57th Adversary Tactics Support Squadron
57th Information Aggressor Squadron
507th Air Defense Aggressor Squadron
547th Intelligence Squadron
USAF Weapons School
Composed of 16 squadrons, the U.S. Air Force Weapons School teaches graduate-level instructor courses that provide advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers of the combat air forces.
USAF Air Demonstration Squadron - The Thunderbirds
"America's Ambassadors in Blue," the Thunderbirds have performed for more than 300 million people in all 50 states and 60 countries around the world.
57th Maintenance Group
USAF's most diverse maintenance group with over 2,200 Airmen, civilians and contractors in 3 squadrons, 8 Aircraft Maintenance Units, 13 flying hour programs and Air Combat Command's largest A-76 backshop service provider contract worth over $230M. Provides sortie generation, munitions and on- and off-equipment maintenance for 132 assigned A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-15 Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-35A Lightning II and F-22A Raptor aircraft to support the test, tactics and training missions.
United States Air Force Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Operations School
Provides graduate-level instruction to maintenance and munitions officers and senior non-commissioned officers to perform as expert field level logistics leaders.
The Thunderbirds and the USAF Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Operations School report directly to the 57th Wing commander.




History


See 57th Operations Group for complete lineage and timeline information.
See 57th Adversary Tactics Group and USAF Weapons School for the flying components of the 57th Wing.
See USAF Air Demonstration Squadron for the United States Air Force Thunderbirds.
Established on 15 March 1948, the 57th Fighter Wing replaced 57th Fighter Wing (Provisional) in April 1948. It operated Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, and several satellite bases, and provided air defense of Alaska, April 1948-December 1950. In addition, the wing provided intra-theater troop carrier and airlift support, 1948–1950, using several attached troop carrier squadrons. In January 1951, it was replaced by 39th Air Depot Wing.
The 57th moved to Nevada and replaced the 4525th Fighter Weapons Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, in October 1969. At Nellis, it trained tactical fighter aircrews, conducted operational tests and evaluations, demonstrated tactical fighter weapon systems, and developed fighter tactics and from February 1970 to October 1979 and operated Nellis AFB for all base tenants. The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron (the "Thunderbirds") was assigned to the wing in February 1974 and has remained an integral part of the wing to present. The 57th assumed operational control of "Red Flag" exercises in October 1979; developing realistic combat training operations featuring adversary tactics, dissimilar air combat training, and electronic warfare. It incorporated intelligence training after March 1980. In 1990 the aggressor mission transferred to 4440th TFTG and later to the 414th CTS. The wing added instruction in hunter/killer counter electronic warfare tactics until 1996.




= Modern era

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From 1992–1999, the wing operated detachments at Cannon AFB, New Mexico, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, and Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, that flew and tested the F-111 Aardvark, B-1B Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress respectively. It added the 66th Rescue Squadron, equipped with HH-60 helicopters, on 1 February 1993, while the squadron was deployed in Southwest Asia. From 1991 to present, the 57th provided combat aircrew capabilities, operating the USAF Weapons and the USAF Combat Rescue Schools, developing techniques and procedures and conducting operational test and evaluation on all major aircraft in the AF inventory.
With the reactivation of the 432d Wing at Creech Air Force Base on 1 May 2007, the elements that comprised the 57th Operations Group, were transferred to the 432nd Wing.
The 57th Adversary Tactics Group, which was established in 2005, merged into the 57th Operations Group on 31 March 2020.




= Lineage

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Established as 57th Fighter Wing c. 15 March 1948*
Organized on 20 April 1948
Redesignated 57th Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 20 January 1950
Inactivated on 1 January 1951
Redesignated 57th Fighter Weapons Wing on 22 August 1969
Activated on 15 October 1969 by redesignation of 4525th Fighter Weapons Wing
Redesignated: 57th Tactical Training Wing on 1 April 1977
Redesignated: 57th Fighter Weapons Wing on 1 March 1980
Redesignated: 57th Fighter Wing on 1 October 1991
Redesignated: 57th Wing on 15 June 1993.
*Note: The 57th Fighter Wing (Provisional) was established on 16 April 1947 at Fort Richardson, Alaska, as one of the "Base-Wing" concept provisional Table of Distribution (T/D) organizations. The provisional wing was inactivated and replaced by the 57th Fighter Wing in March 1948 (exact date unknown).




= Assignments

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Alaskan Air Command, 20 April 1948 – 1 January 1951
USAF Tactical Fighter Weapons (later, USAF Fighter Weapons; USAF Weapons and Tactics; Air Warfare) Center, 15 October 1969–present




= Components

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Groups

57th Fighter (later, 57th Fighter-Interceptor; 57th Operations)
20 April 1948 – 1 January 1951 (detached 10 December 1950 – 1 January 1951)
1 November 1991 –
57th Adversary Tactics Group, 1 July 2005–present
57th Test Group: 1 November 1991 – 1 October 1996
4440th Tactical Fighter Training Group (Red Flag)
Attached 1 October 1979 – 28 February 1980
Assigned 1 March 1980 – 1 November 1991
4443d Tactical Training Group: 26 January 1990 – 1 November 1991.
Squadrons

4th Troop Carrier Squadron: attached 2 Dec 1948-28 Feb 1949 and 14 Aug-14 Nov 1949
7th Troop Carrier Squadron: attached 28 Feb-1 Jun 1949
8th Troop Carrier Squadron: attached 1 Sep-2 Dec 1948 and 1 Jun-15 Aug 1949
37th Troop Carrier Squadron: attached 4 Jul-1 Sep 1948
54th Troop Carrier Squadron: attached c. 20 Apr-c. 1 Jul 1948 and 20 Sep 1949 – 31 Dec 1950
64th Fighter Weapons (later, 64th Tactical Fighter Training Aggressor; 64th Aggressor) Squadron: 15 Oct 1972 – 5 Oct 1990.
65th Fighter Weapons (later, 65th Tactical Fighter Training Aggressor; 65th Aggressor) Squadron: 15 Oct 1969 – 7 Apr 1989
66th Fighter Weapons Squadron: 15 Oct 1969 – 30 Dec 1981
414th Fighter Weapons Squadron: 15 Oct 1969 – 30 Dec 1981
422d Fighter Weapons (later, 422d Test and Evaluation) Squadron: 15 Oct 1969 – 1 Nov 1991
431st Fighter Weapons (later, 431st Test and Evaluation) Squadron: 1 Oct 1980 – 1 Nov 1991
433d Fighter Weapons Squadron: 1 Oct 1976 – 30 Dec 1981
509th Weapons Squadron: 2006 – present. Located at Fairchild AFB WA.
4460th Helicopter Squadron: 1 Nov 1983 – 1 Jun 1985
4477th Test and Evaluation Flight (later, 4477 Test and Evaluation Squadron) Squadron: 1 Apr 1977 – 15 Jul 1990.
USAF Air Demonstration Squadron: 15 Feb 1974 – present
Schools

USAF Fighter Weapons (later, USAF Weapons) School: 30 December 1981 – present
USAF Combat Rescue School: 2 July 1993 – 15 July 1995.




= Stations

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Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, 20 April 1948 – 1 January 1951
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, 15 October 1969–present




= Aircraft operated

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List of commanders



Brig Gen Joel T. Hall

Brig Gen Joseph W. Ashy, May 1984
Brig Gen Stephen L. Hoog
Brig Gen Russell J. Handy, 18 January 2008
Brig Gen Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy, 16 July 2010
Brig Gen Charles L. Moore Jr., 26 March 2012
Brig Gen Christopher M. Short, 28 February 2014
Brig Gen Jeannie Leavitt, 15 April 2016
Brig Gen Robert Novotny, 8 June 2018
Brig Gen Michael Drowley, 7 August 2020
Brig Gen Richard Goodman, 30 June 2022




References



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

Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
Rogers, Brian (2005). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. Hinkley, England: Midland Publications. ISBN 1-85780-197-0.




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