The United States Air Force's 88th Air Base Wing is a base support unit located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The wing has been stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB, known familiarly as 'Wright-Patt', since its activation in 1994 by redesignation of the 645th Air Base Wing. The wing however traces its history directly to the activation of the 4000th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Command) in 1944, and from 1944 to 1994 endured six redesigations.
The wing's mission c. 2012 is to operate the airfield, maintain all infrastructure and provide security, communications, medical, legal, personnel, contracting, finance, transportation, air traffic control, weather forecasting, public affairs, recreation and chaplain services for more than 60 associate units on Wright-Patterson AFB.
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