475th Air Base Wing

475th Air Base Wing
F-4 Phantom of the 356 TFS at Misawa Japan, 1968[note 1] 1968
Active1948–1949; 1968–1971; 1971–1992
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleBase support
Motto(s)In Proelio Gaudete Latin Be Joyful in Battle[1]
DecorationsAir Force Outstanding Unit Award[2]
Insignia
Patch with 475th Air Base Wing emblem
475th Tactical Fighter Wing emblem[note 2]

The 475th Air Base Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last duty station was at Yokota Air Base, Japan, where it was inactivated on 1 April 1992.

A non-flying wing, the wing's mission at Yokota was to perform host unit missions. The wing had no numbered flying squadrons, although it did operate a few T-39 Sabreliner aircraft and UH-1 Huey helicopters. It was absorbed by the 374th Airlift Wing under the "one base-one wing" organizational concept.


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  1. ^ Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 348–349
  2. ^ Ravenstain, pp. 264–265