Components
The Rhode Island National Guard consists of the following major unit:
- 143d Airlift Wing
- Established 21 August 1939 (as: 152d Observation Squadron); operates: C-130J Hercules
- Stationed at: Quonset Point Air National Guard Station
- Gained by: Air Mobility Command
- The 143d Airlift Wing provides worldwide combat airlift and combat support forces to the nation, and to provide resources to protect life, property and public safety for Rhode Island and the local community.
Support Unit Functions and Capabilities:
- 281st Combat Communications Group
- The 281 Combat Communications Group (CCG) (gained by: Air Force Space Command (AFSC)) contains three Combat Communications Squadrons (CBCSs) and two Engineering and Installation Squadrons (EISs). The CBCSs install, operate, and maintain combat ready equipment and personnel packages, commonly called Unit Type Codes (UTCs), to provide deployable communications and information (C&I) capability in support of the Air Force Joint Forces Air Component Commander (JFACC) and the Air Force Forces (AFFOR) Commander.
- 102d Information Warfare Squadron
- The 102d Information Warfare Squadron is an Air Combat Command (ACC) gained unit which provides Computer Network Defense (CND) services.
- 282d Combat Communications Squadron
- The CBCSs install, operate, and maintain combat ready equipment and personnel packages, commonly called Unit Type Codes, to provide deployable communications and information. The EISs engineer, install, remove and relocate Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. The 281st CCG is aligned with the United States Central Command's Air Component - United States Central Area Air Forces (USCENTAF). These services include secure and non-secure Defense Switch-ing Network telephone services, unclassified and classified Internet, email services, video teleconferencing, and text messaging services. The group is responsible for establishing these stateside based telecommunications services in the forward deployed theater of operation.
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