187th Fighter Wing

187th Fighter Wing
F-35 Lighting II fighters of 187 FW in formation with an F-16 Fighting Falcon and a P-51 Mustang celebrating the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen on 9 February 2024
Active15 October 1962
Country United States
Allegiance Alabama
Branch  Air National Guard
TypeWing
RoleFighter
Part ofAlabama Air National Guard
Garrison/HQDannelly Field, Alabama
Tail Code"AL"
EngagementsBerlin Crisis, Operation Iraqi Freedom
Commanders
Wing CommanderColonel Brian E. Vaughn[1]
Insignia
187th Fighter Wing emblem

The 187th Fighter Wing (187 FW) is a unit of the Alabama Air National Guard, assigned to Dannelly Field, Alabama. If activated to federal service in the United States Air Force, the 187 FW is operationally gained by the Air Combat Command (ACC).

Its mission is to provide the nation with a superior F-16C+ Block 30 Aviation Package, RC-26B Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance platform, and Expeditionary Combat Support functions organized, trained, and equipped for rapid worldwide deployment, domestic relief, and law enforcement operations.

  1. ^ "187th Fighter Wing leader". 187fw.ang.af.mil. Retrieved 6 July 2023.