Components
The Idaho Air National Guard consists of the following major unit:
- 124th Fighter Wing
- Established 13 October 1946 (as: 190th Fighter Squadron); operates: A-10 Thunderbolt II
- Stationed at: Gowen Field Air National Guard Base, Boise
- Gained by: Air Combat Command
- The wing's mission is to maintain highly trained, well-equipped, and motivated military forces in order to provide combat-ready A/OA-10 aircraft and support elements in response to wartime and peacetime tasking under state or federal authority.
Support Unit Functions and Capabilities:
- 124th Air Support Operations Squadron
- Mission is to provide forward air controllers in support of front line Army maneuver units to coordinate and control close air support missions of the Air Force and joint forces in support of the ground battle.
- 266th Range Squadron
- The mission of the 266th Range Squadron is to provide tactical aircrews from both the active duty Air Force - from the 366th Air Expeditionary Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho - and the Idaho Air National Guard - from the 124th Wing, Gowen Field, with the most realistic electronic combat training threat environment available.
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