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
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