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The75th Air Base Wing (75 ABW ) is awing of theUnited States Air Force which administersHill Air Force Base ,Ogden Utah. It provides services for the Ogden Air Logistics Complex, the388th ,419th Fighter Wing ,84th Combat Sustainment Wing ,309th Maintenance Wing ,526th ICBM Systems Wing ,508th Aircraft Sustainment Wing and 25 associate units.
The wing's predecessor was the 75th Observation Group. Until the fall of 1942, the group aided ground units with their training by flyingreconnaissance ,artillery adjustment,strafing , anddive bombing missions. The 75th participated in the 1942Louisiana Maneuvers . It functioned primarily as a replacement training unit from 1943–1944, and also conducted aGround Liaison Officer course from January–April 1944. The 75th was inactivated in May 1944.
The 75th was reactivated as a wing in May 1966. It performed RF-4C replacement training from February 1967 – August 1970, andtactical reconnaissance from July 1966 – July 1971. On inactivation in 1971, the 75th's resources passed to the67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing .
The 75th was reactivated in 1994 to provide services and support for the Ogden Air Logistics Center and its tenant organizations at Hill Air Force Base.
75th Tactical Reconnaissance Group
Constituted as the75 Observation Group on 5 February 1942 Activated on 2 March 1942 Redesignated as75 Reconnaissance Group on 2 April 1943 Redesignated as75 Tactical Reconnaissance Group on 11 August 1943 Disbanded on 1 May 1944 Reconstituted on 17 May 1966 Consolidated with the75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing as the75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing on 31 Jan 1984 75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
Constitured as the75 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing and activated on 17 May 1966 (not organized) Organized on 1 July 1966 Inactivated on 15 July 1971 Consolidated with the75 Tactical Reconnaissance Group on 31 January 1984 Redesignated75 Air Base Wing on 16 September 1994 Activated on 1 October 1994 Air Force Combat Command, 2 March 1942 II Air Support Command, 12 March 1942 III Ground Air Support (later, III Air Support; III Reconnaissance) Command, c. 24 May 1942 I Tactical Air Division, 18 April 1944 – 1 May 1944 Tactical Air Command , 17 May 1966 (not organized)835th Air Division , 1 July 1966Twelfth Air Force , 24 December 1969 – 15 July 1971Ogden Air Logistics Center (later Ogden Air Logistics Complex), 1 October 1994 (attached to Air Force Sustainment Center after 12 Jul 2012)Air Force Sustainment Center, 1 October 2012 – Present Current subordinate organizations [ edit ] 75th Operations Support Squadron (75 OSS)
75th Civil Engineering Group (75 CEG)
75th Civil Engineering Squadron (75 CES) 775th Civil Engineering Squadron (775 CES) 75th Comptroller Squadron (75 CPTS)
75th Mission Support Group (75 MSG)
75th Contracting Squadron (75 CONS) 75th Communications and Information Directorate (75 SC) 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron (75 LRS) 75th Force Support Squadron (75 FSS) 75th Security Forces Squadron (75 SFS) 75th Medical Group (75 MDG)
75th Operational Medicine Readiness Squadron (75 OMRS) 75th Dental Squadron (75 DS) 75th Healthcare Operations Squadron (75 HCOS)
Ellington Field , Texas, 2 March 1942Birmingham Army Airfield , Alabama, 9 March 1942William Northern Field , Tennessee, 12 November 1942Key Field , Mississippi, 17 August 1943 – 1 May 1944Bergstrom Air Force Base , Texas, 1 July 1966 – 15 July 1971Hill Air Force Base , Utah, 1 October 1994 – present This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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