Units
The 140th Wing is a composite organization, composed of diverse units.
- 140th Operations Group
- 120th Fighter Squadron (FS), Operates the F-16 Fighting Falcon is a dual-purpose fighter squadron with pilots qualified to perform air-to-air and air-to-ground missions, including Offensive Counter-Air (OCA), Defensive Counter-Air (DCA), OCA Interdiction, Close Air Support (CAS), and Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) missions.
- 200th Airlift Squadron (AS) Operates the C-21A Learget. It rovides secure priority airlift for the highest level of military and civilian leaders throughout the world.
- 140th Mission Support Group
- 140th Medical Group
- 140th Maintenance Group
- 137th Space Warning Squadron (SWS), A Geographically Separated Unit at Greeley, Colorado. The squadron is composed of more than 300 Airmen and is the United State Air Force's only strategic, survivable, mobile ground system that provides immediate, worldwide missile warning, space launch, and nuclear detection to National Command Authority. They are able to survive and operate through all phases of trans/post nuclear attack.
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