Capital Airport Air National Guard Station is a facility on land leased from the Springfield Airport Authority (SAA), located on the grounds of

Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport is a civil-military airport in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States, three miles (6 km) northwest of downtown Springfield. It is owned by the Springfield Airport Authority (SAA). The airport is includ ...

Overview

It is home to the

183d Fighter Wing The 183rd Wing is a unit of the Illinois Air National Guard, stationed at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, Springfield, Illinois. If activated to federal service, the wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Command. Overview ...

(183 FW), an

Illinois Air National Guard The Illinois Air National Guard (IL ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Illinois, United States of America. It is, along with the Illinois Army National Guard, an element of the Illinois National Guard. As state militia units, the units ...

unit operationally gained by the Air Combat Command (ACC) and State Headquarters, Illinois Air National Guard. Historically a fighter unit, the 183 FW consists of 321 full-time and 800 part-time military personnel (total strength 1,321). The 183 FW was directed to divest itself of its fighter aircraft pursuant to a

Base Realignment and Closure Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) is a process by a United States federal government commission to increase United States Department of Defense efficiency by coordinating the realignment and closure of military installations following the end ...

(BRAC) 2005 decision and in October 2008, the last of the 170th Fighter Squadron's fifteen

F-16C/D Fighting Falcon A large number of variants of the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon have been produced by General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, and various licensed manufacturers. The details of the F-16 variants, along with major modification programs and der ...

aircraft departed Capital Airport AGS for redistribution to other Air National Guard fighter wings. The 183 FW remains in place at Capital Airport AGS minus a flying mission while the

U.S. Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Sign ...

, the Air Combat Command and the Air National Guard determine a new role and mission set for the wing. The Illinois Air National Guard State Headquarters, Expeditionary Combat Support (ECS) elements of the 183 FW, the 217th Engineering Installation Squadron, and the F110 engine Centralized Intermediate Repair Facility (CIRF) also remain in place at Capital Airport AGS.Capital Municipal Airport (MAP) Air Guard Station
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official site {{coord, 39.847, -89.668, type:landmark_region:US-IL, display=title Installations of the United States Air National Guard Buildings and structures in Sangamon County, Illinois Springfield, Illinois