Florida Air National Guard - Components

Components

The Florida Air National Guard consists of the following major units:

• 125th Fighter Wing

Established 9 February 1947 (as: 159th Fighter Squadron); operates: F-15C/D Eagle

Stationed at: Jacksonville Air National Guard Base, Jacksonville

Gained by: Air Combat Command

Provides air defense as part of the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) / North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) in time of war or national emergency for the defense of the North American continent. I

125th Fighter Wing Detachment 1

Stationed at: Homestead Air Reserve Base, Homestead

Provides the Continental NORAD Region (CONR) commander rapid response to invasions of the sovereign airspace of the United States and respond with appropriate defense measures

• 325th Fighter Wing Associate Unit

Stationed at: Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City

The 325th Fighter Wing Associate Unit (325 FW AU) is the premier Air National Guard (ANG) fighter associate unit, training active-duty and ANG personnel for the F-15 and F-22 Air Dominance Role.

Support Unit Functions and Capabilities:

• 601st Air and Space Operations Group. Tyndall AFB

Provides operational-level Command and Control (C2) of air and space forces as the focal point for planning, directing, and assessing air and space operations within CONUS NORAD Region (CONR) and USNORTHCOM

• Weather Readiness Training Center, Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Starke

Trains and provides personnel to the Air National Guard weather flight

• 114th Range Operations Squadron, Patrick AFB, Coca Beach

Provides survivable and reliable satellite voice and data communications for command control and logistics in support of United States Air Force, Air Combat Command, and NATO communications requirements; and to support range operation taking for the STS, Atlas, Delta, and Titan launches

• 202d REDHORSE Squadron, Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Starke

Provides a highly mobile, rapidly deployable civil engineering response force; and to perform heavy damage repair for recovery of critical air force facilities and utility systems following enemy attack or natural disaster

• 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron, MacDilll AFB, Tampa

Provides Unified Commands, Services, Defense Agencies and non-Defense Agencies, tactical communications systems to support United States national security objectives during time of crisis, war and natural disaster recovery

• 159th Weather Flight, Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Starke

Trains wartime ready, professional teams to provide the highest quality meteorological services to varying national, state and local missions