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TheNew York Fighter Wing is an inactiveUnited States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with theI Fighter Command, stationed atMitchel Field,New York It was inactivated on 10 April 1944.

The wing was aWorld War II air defense organization, reporting toFirst Air Force, responsible for the air defense of theNew York City metropolitan area. The wing was also a training organization for fighter groups and personnel, with assigned groups subsequently deploying to overseas theaters.

• Constituted asNew York Air Defense Wing on 6 August 1942

Activated on 11 August 1942

RedesignatedNew York Fighter Wing in July 1943

Inactivated on 10 April 1944, personnel reassigned to 164th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Fighter Control).

Disbanded on 8 October 1948.

• I Fighter Command, 11 August 1942 – 10 April 1944

• Mitchel Field,New York, 11 August 1942 – April 1946

• Roslyn Air National Guard Station 164th AAFBU.

 This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

• Military units and formations established in 1942
• Fighter wings of the United States Army Air Forces

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