189th Airlift Wing

189th Airlift Wing
A 189th Airlift Wing C-130H whilst deployed to Balad AB, Iraq
Active1962 – present
Country United States
Allegiance Arkansas
Branch  Air National Guard
TypeWing
RoleTraining/Worldwide Airlift
Part ofArkansas Air National Guard
Garrison/HQLittle Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas
Motto(s)Ducimus "We Lead"
Tail CodeRed tail stripe "Arkansas" in white
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Patric D. Coggin (November 2022 - Present)
Insignia
189th Airlift Wing emblem

The 189th Airlift Wing (189 AW) is a unit of the Arkansas Air National Guard, stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. If activated to federal service, it is gained by the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command.

The 154th Training Squadron, assigned to the Wings 189th Operations Group, is a descendant organization of the World War I 154th Aero Squadron, established on 8 December 1917. It was reformed on 24 October 1925, as the 154th 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.