147th Attack Wing | |
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Founded | 1957 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Texas |
Branch | Air National Guard |
Type | Wing |
Role | ISR/Attack |
Part of | Texas Air National Guard |
Garrison/HQ | Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Houston, Texas |
Tail Code | Blue stripe with white star "TEXAS" |
Commanders | |
147 ATKW Commander | Colonel Travis Walters |
147 ATKW Command Chief | Command Chief Master Sergeant Trang "Rose" Maxie |
Insignia | |
147th Attack Wing emblem | |
Aircraft flown | |
Attack | MQ-9 Reaper |
Reconnaissance | RC-26B |
The 147th Attack Wing (147 ATKW) is a unit of the Texas Air National Guard, stationed at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Houston, Texas. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Command.
The 111th Attack Squadron, assigned to the Wing's 167th Operations Group, is a descendant organization of the World War I 111th Aero Squadron, established on 14 August 1917. It was reformed on 29 June 1923, as the 111th Observation Squadron, and is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.