103d Airlift Wing

103d Airlift Wing

The 103d Airlift Wing (103 AW) is a unit of the Connecticut Air National Guard, stationed at Bradley Air National Guard Base, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.

The 118th Airlift Squadron assigned to the Wings 103th Operations Group, is a descendant organization of the World War I 118th Aero Squadron, established on 31 August 1917. It was reformed on 1 November 1923, as the 118th Observation Squadron, and is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.

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