23D WING
23D Wing Mission: Attack, Rescue, Prevail to Win Today's Fight
The 23d Wing's mission is to optimally organize, train, equip and deploy precision attack, personnel recovery, and combat support to win today's fight. We will exemplify the selflessness of our heritage, with the courage to create our own legacy of excellence.
Vision: Out Front - The Pacesetting Wing
The 23d Wing organizes, trains and employs combat-ready A-10C, HC-130J, HH-60G, Guardian Angel Weapons System and personnel consisting of approximately 5,500 military and civilian personnel including geographically separated units in Nevada, Florida, and Arizona. The 23d Wing is comprised of six groups – five located at Moody AFB, Georgia and one at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.
Priorities:
- Deploy Skilled Warriors
- Develop Courageous Leaders
- Care for Airmen & Families
- Additionally, a 'Plus One' priority of Prepare for the Future
93D AIR GROUND OPERATIONS WING
The 93d Air Ground Operations Wing activated in 2008 and became the first wing to provide highly-trained ground combat forces capable of integrating air and space power into the ground scheme of fire and maneuver. The wing members conduct offensive and defensive ground combat operations worldwide to protect expeditionary aerospace forces with an airborne capability. At a moment's notice, they: 1.) Provide worldwide deployable, "first-in," fully integrated, multi-disciplined capabilities, 2.) Provide the joint force commander airborne, air-mobile, air-land and over-land insertion capability and 3.) Remain the joint expert on integration of air power and combat weather support to ground forces. They provide Joint Force Commanders with expertise on the integration of air power and extend the Theater Air Control System for the Joint Forces Air Component Commander. They also provide highly trained forces capable of employing air power activities in close coordination with land operations, including combat weather support to land forces. All this is to rapidly deploy and conduct offensive and defensive ground combat operations worldwide to protect expeditionary forces anywhere, anytime. The 93d AGOW is comprised of three operational groups, 17 squadrons, 10 detachments, 12 operating locations at 20 locations with 18 host Air Force Base's owned by 7 MAJCOMs.