The 195th Wing is a unit of the

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, stationed at

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, California. If mobilized, the

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would be assigned to

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. It comprises seven subordinate units at five locations throughout the state. The 195th controls all non-flying, non-kinetic operations for the California Air National Guard. The wing was activated as the headquarters for

space, cyber, and intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance units. From 1970 through 1974, the wing flew

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aircraft from Van Nuys Air National Guard Base as the 195th Tactical Airlift Group. Today the

's mission is to train, deploy and employ its airmen and assets to deliver integrated space, cyber, and intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance capabilities to the

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s and the Governor of California.

Organization

* 195th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, 1 September 2015 – present :: 149th Intelligence Squadron (

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, California)If no location is given, the unit is located with wing headquarters at Beale Air Force Base. :: 222d Intelligence Support Squadron :: 234th Intelligence Squadron * 195th Operations Group, 1 September 2015 – present ( Van Nuys, California) :: 147th Combat Communications Squadron :: 148th Space Operations Squadron (

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, California) :: 216th Space Control Squadron (

, California) - the federal mission of the 216th is to provide combat space superiority effects to the Commander, Combined Force Space Component Command and Space Operations Command under U.S. Space Force, and theater combatant commanders. The unit’s space operators deploy globally to conduct mobile and transportable space superiority and evaluate and operate new counter-space technologies. :: 261st Cyber Operations Squadron (Van Nuys, California)

History

Airlift group

The 195th Tactical Airlift Group was formed as the headquarters for the 195th Tactical Airlift Squadron in 1971 Van Nuys Air National Guard Base and was initially equipped with the

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. In 1973, the group upgraded to the C-130B model of the Hercules. As the

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wound down, the demand for airlift decreased and the 146th Tactical Airlift Wing was reduced in size by inactivating the 195th Group and its components on 30 September 1974. The group's personnel, equipment and aircraft were reassigned to other units of the 146th Wing.

Composite wing

In August 2015, the

announced that it was forming a new wing to manage its

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, space, cyber and combat communications missions. The core of the new wing would be the

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, which would be inactivated when the wing stood up. Preparations for establishing the wing went back as far as 2001, when the 162d Group added units whose mission complemented its core combat communications mission.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 195th Tactical Airlift Group and allotted to the Air National Guard on 30 December 1969 : Activated on 15 May 1971 : Federally recognized on 7 October 1971 : Inactivated on 30 September 1974 * Redesignated 195th Wing and activated on 1 September 2015.

Assignments

* 146th Air Transport Wing (later 146th Military Airlift Wing), by 1962 – 14 April 1970 * 146th Tactical Airlift Wing, 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974 * California Air National Guard, 1 September 2015 – present

Components

; Groups * 195th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, 1 September 2015 – present * 195th Operations Group, 1 September 2015 – present ; Squadrons * 195th Air Transport Squadron (later 195th Military Airlift Squadron, 195th Tactical Airlift Squadron), by November 1962 – 14 April 1970, 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974 * 195th Combat Support Squadron, 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974 * 195th Supply Squadron, 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974 ; Flights * 195th Aerial Port Flight, 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974 * 195th Civil Engineering Flight, 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974 * 195th Communications Flight, 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974 * 195th Comptroller Flight, 1 September 2015 – present * 195th Force Support Flight, 1 September 2015 – present ; Medical * 195th Tactical Dispensary (later 195th Tactical Clinic), 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974

Stations

* Van Nuys Air National Guard Base, November 1962 – 14 April 1970 * Van Nuys Air National Guard Base, 15 May 1971 – 30 September 1974 * Beale Air Force Base, 1 September 2015 – present

Aircraft

, 1971-1974

References

; Notes ; Citations

Bibliography and further reading

External links

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