- Florida Air National Guard
The Florida Air National Guard consists of multiple units located across the state of Florida.
The principal unit of the Florida Air National Guard is the
125th Fighter Wing (125 FW) and its operational flying unit, the159th Fighter Squadron . Operationally gained by theAir Combat Command (ACC), the 125 FW primarily operates the C and D models of theF-15 Eagle , as well as a singleC-130 Hercules andC-26 Metroliner. The wing is based at Jacksonville Air National Guard Base atJacksonville International Airport with an additional alert operating location for the wing's Detachment 1 atHomestead Air Reserve Base south of Miami.At
Tyndall AFB , Florida, the Florida Air National Guard's 601st Air Operations Center (601 AOC) operates the AN/USQ-163 "Falconer " Air Operations Center weapons system for1st Air Force (1 AF) of theAir Combat Command (ACC). Air National Guard pilots are also assigned as augmentee instructor pilots to the active duty Air Force's325th Fighter Wing (325 FW) of theAir Education and Training Command (AETC). The 325 FW is the Formal Training Unit (FTU) for the A, B, C and D models of theF-15 Eagle and the A model of theF-22 Raptor .At
Camp Blanding , south of Jacksonville and Orange Park, is the Florida ANG's 202ndRED HORSE Squadron, a civil engineering unit.At
Patrick AFB , the Florida ANG's 114th Range Operations Squadron (14 ROPS) directly supports the45th Space Wing (45 SW) of theAir Force Space Command (AFSPC) at both Patrick AFB andCape Canaveral Air Force Station .At
MacDill AFB , the Florida ANG's 290th Joint Communications Support (290 JCSS) supportsAir Combat Command (ACC) as well asU.S. Joint Forces Command 's (USJFCOM) Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE). The squadron is capable of airborne insertion of equipment and personnel via air drop fromC-130 ,C-17 , C-5 or multiple rotary-wing aircraft such as theUH-60 andHH-60 . Approximately 33% of the 290 JCSS personnel are airborne qualified and are on active parachute jump status.Headquarters for the Florida Air National Guard is colocated with the Headquarters for the
Florida Army National Guard and Headquarters,Florida National Guard , at the State Arsenal inSt. Augustine, Florida .
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