{{short description|Active wing of the United States Air Force}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = 11th Wing [[File:Air Force District of Washington.png|60px|center]] | image = 11th Wing.png | image_size = 175px | alt = | caption = [[Emblems of the United States Air Force|Wing emblem]] | dates ={{hlist|1940–1948|1948–1952|1978 – present}} | country={{USA}} | branch = {{air force|USA}} | type = [[Wing (military unit)#United States Air Force & Civil Air Patrol|Air base wing]] | role =Base support | size = | command_structure = [[Air Force District of Washington]] | garrison = [[Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling]] | garrison_label = Base | nickname = {{hlist|Grey Geese (World War II)|The Chief's Own (1995–2020)}} | motto ={{langnf|la|Progresso sine Timore aut Praejudicio|Progress without Fear or Prejudice}}<ref group=note>This motto was replaced by the nickname in July 1995. Robertson, Factsheet 11 Wing</ref> | colors = <!-- or | colours = --> | colors_label = <!-- or | colours_label = --> | march = | mascot = | anniversaries = | equipment = | equipment_label = | battles = | battles_label = | decorations = *[[Air Force Outstanding Unit Award]] *[[Distinguished Unit Citation]] *[[Organizational Excellence Award]] *[[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Navy Presidential Unit Citation]] | battle_honours = | battle_honours_label = | flying_hours = | website = {{Official website|https://www.jbab.jb.mil/Units-Agencies/11th-Wing/}} <!-- Commanders --> | commander1 = [[Colonel]] Ryan A. F. Crowley<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jbab.jb.mil/About/Leadership/Display/Article/3464364/colonel-ryan-a-f-crowley-11th-wing-commander/ | title= Ryan A. F. Crowley, 11th Wing Commander }}</ref> | commander1_label = | commander2 = [[Colonel]] James A. Hudnell | commander2_label = Deputy Commander | commander3 = [[Command Chief Master Sergeant]] Anthony Thompson Jr | commander3_label = Command Chief Master Sergeant | notable_commanders = <!-- Insignia --> | identification_symbol = | identification_symbol_label = | identification_symbol_2 = | identification_symbol_2_label = <!-- Aircraft --> | aircraft_attack = | aircraft_bomber = | aircraft_electronic = | aircraft_fighter = | aircraft_helicopter = | aircraft_recon = | aircraft_trainer = | aircraft_transport = | aircraft_tanker = | aircraft_general = }} The '''11th Wing''' is a [[United States Air Force]] unit assigned to the [[Air Force District of Washington]]. It is the host unit at [[Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling]] in Washington, D.C., on from June 2020. It previously was stationed at [[Joint Base Andrews]], Maryland where it was the host unit. The 11th Wing was one of the largest wings in the Air Force. It is known as "The Chief's Own", a motto that reflects its previous status as a Direct Reporting Unit.
The 11th Wing traces its roots back to the '''11th Observation Group''' which was established on 1 October 1933, but not activated. The [[group (military aviation unit)|group]] was redesignated as the '''11 Bombardment Group''' (Medium) on 1 January 1938, although not activated until 1 February 1940. Later that year it became a heavy [[bomber|bombardment]] unit. The group fought in combat in the [[Asiatic-Pacific Theater|Pacific Theater of Operations]] with [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]]es and [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]]s. The 11th Bombardment Group earned a [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)#Navy and Marine Corps|Navy Presidential Unit Citation]] for its actions in the South Pacific from 31 July to 30 November 1942. It participated in the Central Pacific; Air Offensive, Japan; Guadalcanal; Northern Solomons; Eastern Mandates; Western Pacific; Ryukyus and the China Offensive before its inactivation in 1948.
In 1978 the group was reactivated as the '''11th Strategic Group''', managing forward deployed [[Strategic Air Command]] (SAC) aircraft at [[RAF Fairford]], England until 1990.
The '''11th Bombardment Wing''' served with [[Strategic Air Command]] (SAC) during the [[Cold War]], flying [[Convair B-36 Peacemaker]]s, [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress]]es [[Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter]]s and [[Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker]]s. It also had [[SM-65 Atlas]] missiles assigned during the early 1960s. In 1968 the wing became the '''11th Air Refueling Wing''', retaining only its tankers until it was inactivated in 1969. In 1982 the [[wing (military aviation unit)|wing]] was consolidated with the '''11th Strategic Group'''.
The consolidated unit has served in its current mission since 1994, first as the '''11th Support Wing''' and then as the '''11th Wing'''.
The commander of the 11th Wing is Colonel Ryan Crowley. Its Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Christy L. Peterson.
==History== ===World War II=== The '''11th Wing''' was first constituted as the '''11th Observation Group''' 1 October 1933, and redesignated as the '''11 Bombardment Group''' (Medium) on 1 January 1938, but was not activated until 1 February 1940. In November, it became a [[USAAF bombardment group|heavy bombardment group]], acquiring its first 21 [[B-17 Flying Fortress]] in May 1941. Nine were sent to the Philippines in September 1941 and many of the remainder were destroyed in the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941.
The 11th Bombardment Group was assigned to the [[Seventh Air Force]] in February 1942 and trained with the [[B-18 Bolo]]. Its aircraft flew patrols and search missions off Hawaii after the Japanese attack.[[File:B-17Fs 26BS 11BG 1942.jpg|thumb|B-17Fs of the 26th BS, 11th BG, over the South Pacific, 1942.|left]]
The group, now fully equipped with new B-17s, moved to the [[Santo-Pekoa International Airport|Pekoa Airfield]], [[Espiritu Santo]], [[New Hebrides]] in July 1942 and became part of [[Thirteenth Air Force]]. From July to November 1942 it struck airfields, supply dumps, ships, docks, troop positions, and other objectives in the [[Asiatic-Pacific Theater|South Pacific]], and received a [[Distinguished Unit Citation]] for those operations. It continued to attack Japanese airfields, installations, and shipping in the [[Solomon Islands]], until late in March 1943.
The group returned to Hawaii where it was again assigned to Seventh Air Force and trained with [[B-24 Liberator]]s. Combat operations resumed in November 1943 with the participation in the Allied offensive through the Gilberts, Marshalls, and Marianas, while operating from [[Funafuti International Airport|Funafuti]], [[Tarawa]], and [[Kwajalein]]. In October 1944 the Group moved to Guam and attacked shipping and airfields in the Volcano and [[Bonin Islands]]. In July 1945 the 11th BG moved to [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] to take part in the final phases of the air offensive against Japan, bombing railways, airfields, and harbor facilities on Kyushu and striking airfields in China.
After the war, the unit flew reconnaissance and surveillance missions over China. Its aircraft also ferried liberated prisoners of war from Okinawa to Luzon. The Group remained in the theater as part of [[Pacific Air Forces|Far East Air Forces]] but had no personnel assigned after mid-December 1945 when the group was transferred to the Philippines.
The group was redesignated '''11th Bombardment Group''', Very Heavy in April 1946 and transferred to Guam in May 1946, remanned, and equipped with the [[B-29 Superfortress]]. Training and operations were terminated in October 1946 and the group inactivated on 20 October 1948.
===Strategic Air Command=== [[File:11th Bombardment Wing Convair B-36J-5-CF Peacemaker 52-2225.jpg|thumb|11th Bombardment Wing Convair B-36J-5-CF Peacemaker 52-2225 showing "Six turnin', four burnin", 1955]] [[File:SAC Fairchild Trophy 11th Bombardment Wing Convair B-36J-5-CF Peacemaker 52-2225.jpg|thumb|1956 SAC Fairchild Trophy Winner, "Best Bomb Wing in SAC", 11th Bombardment Wing crew in front of Convair B-36J]] On 1 December 1948 the 11th Bomb Group was reactivated at [[Carswell Air Force Base]]. Texas and assigned to [[Eighth Air Force]], but attached to the [[7th Bombardment Wing]].<ref name=11WGfacts>{{cite web|url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432399/11-wing-usaf/ |last1=Robertson |first1=Patsy |title=Factsheet 11 Wing (USAF) |date=April 25, 2011 |publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency |access-date=June 3, 2013}}</ref> Carswell shared flight line facilities with the Convair Aircraft Company. The 7th was the first wing to receive the [[Convair B-36 Peacemaker]].<ref>Knaack, p. 21</ref> 11th Bomb Group B-36s appeared in the movie "Strategic Air Command" with James Stewart who was also attached to the unit in the 1950s as a reserve commander. The 7th wing's personnel began training the new 11th group people in the new B-36 and the 11th soon began receiving them.
On 16 February 1951 the '''11th Bombardment Wing''' was activated and the group was assigned to it, although all group resources were transferred to the wing until the group was inactivated in June 1952. In December 1951, six wing B-36s flew nonstop from Carswell to [[Sidi Slimane Air Base]], Morocco in the first flight of B-36 aircraft to Africa.<ref>Knaack, p. 32</ref>
By September 1952, the B-36s assigned to the 11th Wing and its companion at Carswell, the [[7th Bombardment Wing]], comprised two-thirds of SAC's intercontinental bomber force.<ref name=CarswellDisaster>{{cite web |url= https://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/2016/October%202016/1016b36.pdf |last1=McGowan|first1=Sam|title=The Carswell B-36 Disaster|date=October 2016|volume=99 |issue=10|publisher=Air Force Magazine|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref>
On 1 September 1952, what was then thought to be a tornado rolled across the Carswell flight line, with winds over 90 miles per hour recorded at the control tower. By the time it had passed "the flight line was a tangle of airplanes, equipment and pieces of buildings."<ref name=CarswellDisaster/> None of the 82 bombers on the base escaped damage, and SAC declared the entire [[19th Air Division]] non-operational. Maintenance personnel of the 11th Wing went on an 84-hour weekly work schedule and began work to restore the least damaged aircraft to operational status. More heavily damaged aircraft were worked on by personnel from the [[San Antonio Air Materiel Area]], where the depot for the B-36 was located. The planes that had been most heavily damaged were towed across the field to the [[Convair]] plant where they had been manufactured. Within a month, 51 of the base's Peacemakers had been returned to service and the wing was again declared operational. By May 1953, all but two of the planes had been returned to service.<ref group=note>One plane was written off, another was bailed to Convair to be used for experiments with nuclear power. McGowan, p. 65.</ref>
The wing deployed to [[Nouasseur Air Base]], French Morocco from 4 May until 2 July 1955. The Wing won the SAC Bombing Competition and the Fairchild Trophy in 1954, 1956 and 1960. 7–11 must have been considered a lucky combination, because the two wings continued to share Carswell Air Force Base until 13 December 1957, when the 11th moved to [[Altus Air Force Base]], Oklahoma and began receiving [[B-52 Stratofortress]]es. The wing added air refueling to its mission in December 1957. Its [[96th Air Refueling Squadron]] flew [[KC-97 Stratofreighter]]s during 1957 and 1958. The Wing gained the 1100th Wing Detachment, (HQ USAF) in 1957 at Bolling AFB Washington DC the same year.
The Wing gained the [[577th Strategic Missile Squadron]] on 1 June 1961 and on 1 April 1962 its new Atlas missiles became fully operational. To reflect that its mission included both aircraft and missiles, the wing was redesigned the '''11th Strategic Aerospace Wing'''. The wing phased out its Atlas missiles in January 1965.
The wing also flew [[KC-135]] jet tankers. The [[918th Air Refueling Squadron|918th]] and [[921st Air Refueling Squadron]]s were assigned to the wing from October to December 1960. The central location of Altus AFB led to the expansion of the wing's refueling capability. On 25 June 1965 the [[11th Air Refueling Squadron]] was assigned to the wing. In 1968, the wing began phasing out its B-52s. This was completed by mid year. On 2 July 1968, the wing was redesignated the '''11th Air Refueling Wing'''. The wing's new designation was short lived, for it was inactivated on 25 March 1969.
On 15 November 1978 the '''11th Bombardment Group''' was reactivated as the '''11th Strategic Group''' at [[RAF Fairford]], England. It was not manned until the following February and did not start receiving aircraft until September 1978. It soon began air refueling support for all USAF operations, deployments and redeployments, as well as participating in [[NATO]] exercises.
Operations staff and maintenance personnel were permanently assigned, but aircraft, aircrews and crew chiefs were assigned on a temporary duty basis to the 11th Strategic Group for the European Tanker Task Force on a rotational basis. Aircraft and crews operated out of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Keflavik, Iceland; Zaragosa, Spain; Lajes Field, Azores; Sigonella NAS, Italy; and Hellenikon, Greece. In 1982, the wing and group were consolidated into a single unit, retaining the '''11th Strategic Group''' designation. The group was inactivated on 7 August 1990.
=== From the 1990s === The 11th existed once again on paper as the 11th Support Wing on 2 June 1994 and fully activated on 15 July 1994 as a [[Direct Reporting Unit]] (DRU) to the [[Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force|Vice Chief of Staff]] at [[Bolling Air Force Base]], [[Washington, DC]]. The 11th Wing's new mission consisted of serving as the single manager for all Air Force activities supporting Headquarters Air Force and other Air Force units in the [[Washington Metropolitan Area|National Capital Region]] and at geographically separated units worldwide. As a mark of its service rather than a function, the 11th Wing's motto changed, with the approval of General Ronald Fogleman, to "The Chief's Own" on 6 February 1996. Within hours of the [[11 September attacks]], Headquarters Air Force relocated to [[Bolling Air Force Base]] without any break in operations.<ref name="andrews" />
Just after a decade after its redesignation as the 11th Wing on 1 March 1995, the wing's worldwide support mission shifted to the [[Air Force District of Washington]] (AFDW) on 1 January 2005. The 11th Wing, through its recently activated 811th Force Support Squadron, continues to support AFDW's mission with its administrative management over approximately 40,000 Air Force military and civilian members in 250 locations.<ref name="andrews">[https://archive.today/20121212223616/http://www.andrews.af.mil/library/factsheets/11thwinghistory.asp Factsheet: Andrews Air Force Base History ''United States Air Force'']</ref>
In 2010, the 11th Wing relocated to [[Joint Base Andrews]] Maryland, where it took on the roles as host unit for the installation and the parent organization of the [[1st Helicopter Squadron]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.andrews.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123214693 |title=Mission, movement, manning – installation members stand at ready for 11 WG merger ''United States Air Force'' |access-date=6 December 2010 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718181626/http://www.andrews.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123214693 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.andrews.af.mil/photos/slideshow.asp?id={4D970F66-8B42-46DA-9ACA-0AB3D9DC098C} Slideshow: 11th Wing becomes the host wing at JBA ''United States Air Force'']</ref>
In the late 2010s the Wing's units include the 11th Comptroller Squadron, 11th Mission Support Group, 11th Operations Group with [[The United States Air Force Band]], the [[United States Air Force Honor Guard]], and Arlington Chaplaincy; the [[811th Operations Group]] with the [[1st Helicopter Squadron]] and [[811th Operations Support Squadron]]; the [[11th Security Forces Group]] with the 11th Security Forces Squadron, the 811th Security Forces Squadron, and the 11th Security Forces Support Squadron; and the [[11th Medical Group (United States)|11th Medical Group]], the former [[79th Medical Wing]]'s personnel, equipment, and facilities which were merged into the 11th Wing in late 2017. The 11th Wing operated out of several locations around the National Capital Region, including [[Arlington National Cemetery]], [[Bolling Air Force Base]], and [[The Pentagon]]. The wing also provides [[United States Air Force]] ceremonial, music, protocol and funeral support for the region surrounding [[Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling]].
In June 2020 the Air Force and the Navy reached an agreement to transfer responsibility for [[Joint Base Anacostia Bolling]] from the Navy to the Air Force, based on the predominance of Air Force "mission sets" on the station. In connection with this transfer, the 11th Wing returned to its former station and returned responsibility for Andrews to the [[316th Wing]].<ref name=AFcontrol>{{cite web |url= https://news.yahoo.com/air-force-takes-control-joint-135841432.html |last1=Pawlyk|first1=Oriana|title=Air Force Takes Control of Joint DC Base|date=June 28, 2020|publisher=Yahoo! News|access-date=April 1, 2020}}</ref>
==Lineage== '''11th Wing''' * Constituted as the '''11th Observation Group''' on 1 October 1933 : Redesignated '''11th Bombardment Group''' (Medium) on 1 January 1938 : Activated on 1 February 1940 : Redesignated '''11th Bombardment Group''' (Heavy) on 1 December 1940 : Redesignated '''11th Bombardment Group''', Heavy on 3 August 1944 : Redesignated '''11th Bombardment Group''', Very Heavy on 30 April 1946 : Inactivated on 20 October 1948 * Redesignated '''11th Bombardment Group''', Heavy and activated, on 1 December 1948 : Inactivated on 16 June 1952 * Redesignated '''11th Strategic Group''' on 25 October 1978 : Activated on 15 November 1978 * Consolidated with the '''11th Bombardment Wing''' on 31 March 1982 : Inactivated on 7 August 1990 * Redesignated '''11th Support Wing''' on 2 June 1994 : Activated on 15 July 1994 : Redesignated '''11th Wing''' on 1 March 1995<ref name=11WGfacts/>
'''11th Air Refueling Wing''' * Constituted as the '''11th Bombardment Wing''', Heavy on 18 November 1948. : Activated on 16 February 1951 : Redesignated '''11th Strategic Aerospace Wing''' on 1 April 1962 : Redesignated '''11th Air Refueling Wing''' on 2 July 1968 : Inactivated on 25 March 1969 * Consolidated with the '''11th Strategic Group''' on 31 March 1982 as the '''11th Strategic Group'''<ref name=11WGfacts/>
===Assignments=== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-break|width=50%}} '''11th Group''' * 18th (later, 18th Bombardment) Wing, 1 February 1940 * VII Bomber Command, 29 January 1942 * XIII Bomber Command, c. 5 January 1943 * VII Bomber Command, 8 April 1943 * [[Far East Air Forces]], 23 November 1945 * [[Twentieth Air Force]], 15 May 1946 – 20 October 1948 * [[Eighth Air Force]], 1 December 1948 (attached to 7th Bombardment Wing), 1 December 1948 – 15 February 1951 : 11th Bombardment Wing, 16 February 1951 – 16 June 1952 : [[7th Air Division]], 15 November 1978 to consolidation<ref name=11WGfacts/> {{Col-break|width=50%}}
'''11th Wing''' * [[Eighth Air Force]] : 19th Air Division, 16 February 1951 (attached to [[5th Air Division]], 4 May – 2 July 1955) * [[Second Air Force]], 13 December 1957 : [[816th Strategic Aerospace Division|816th Air (later, 816th Strategic Aerospace) Division]], 1 July 1958 : [[819th Strategic Aerospace Division]], 1 July 1965 : 19th Air Division, 2 July 1966 – 25 March 1969<ref name=11WGfacts/>
'''Consolidated Unit''' :: [[7th Air Division]], from consolidation in 1982 – 7 August 1990 * [[Air Force District of Washington]], 7 July 2005 – present<ref name=11WGfacts/> {{Col-end}}
===Components=== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-break|width=50%}} '''11th Group''' : '''Squadrons''' : [[14th Bombardment Squadron]]: 1 February 1940 – 2 December 1941 (detached c. 16 September – 2 December 1941) : [[26th Bombardment Squadron]]: 1 February 1940 – 20 October 1948; 1 December 1948 – 16 June 1952 (detached 16 February 1951 – 16 June 1952) : [[42d Bombardment Squadron]]: 1 February 1940 – 20 October 1948; 1 December 1948 – 16 June 1952 (detached 16 February 1951 – 16 June 1952) : [[5th Reconnaissance Squadron (Very Long Range, Photographic)|50th Reconnaissance (later, 431st Bombardment)]]: attached 1 February 1940 – 24 February 1942 :: Assigned 25 February 1942 – 29 April 1946 : [[98th Bombardment Squadron]]: 16 December 1941 – 20 October 1948; 1 December 1948 – 16 June 1952 (detached 16 February 1951 – 16 June 1952) : [[373d Bombardment Squadron]]: 11 October 1945 – 7 January 1946
{{Col-break|width=50%}} '''11th Wing''' : '''Group''' : 11th Bombardment Group: 16 February 1951 – 16 June 1952
: '''Squadrons''' : [[11th Air Refueling Squadron]]: 25 June 1965 – 25 March 1969 : [[26th Bombardment Squadron]]: attached 16 February 1951 – 15 June 1952, assigned 16 June 1952 – 2 July 1968 : [[42d Bombardment Squadron]]: attached 16 February 1951 – 15 June 1952, assigned 16 June 1952 – 1 June 1960 : [[96th Air Refueling Squadron]]: 3 December 1957 – 1 October 1960; 15 December 1960 – 25 June 1965 : [[98th Bombardment Squadron]]: attached 16 February 1951 – 15 June 1952, assigned 16 June 1952 – 10 December 1957 : [[577th Strategic Missile Squadron]]: 1 June 1961 – 25 March 1965 : 918th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 October – 15 December 1960 : 921st Air Refueling Squadron: 1 October – 15 December 1960. {{Col-end}}
'''Consolidated Unit''' : '''Squadrons''' : 34th Strategic Squadron: 1 October 1986 – 7 August 1990 : 42d Strategic Squadron: 1 January 1989 – 7 August 1990.
===Aircraft and Missiles=== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-break|width=50%}} * [[B-18 Bolo]], 1940–1942 * [[B-17 Flying Fortress]], 1941–1943 * [[B-24 Liberator]], 1943–1945 * [[B-29 Superfortress]], 1946 * [[B-36 Peacemaker]], 1949–1957 * [[U-3A Blue Canoe]], 1958–1960 {{Col-break|width=50%}} * [[KC-97 Stratofreighter]], 1957–1958 * [[B-52 Stratofortress]], 1958–1968 * [[KC-135 Stratotanker]], 1958–1969; 1979–1990 * [[SM-65 Atlas]], 1961–1965 * [[KC-10 Extender]], 1984–1990<ref name=11WGfacts/> {{Col-end}}
===Stations=== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-break|width=50%}} * [[Hickam Field]], Territory of Hawaii, 1 February 1940 * [[Santo-Pekoa International Airport|Pekoa Airfield]], [[Espiritu Santo]], New Hebrides, 22 July 1942 * Hickam Field, Territory of Hawaii, 8 April 1943 * [[Funafuti International Airport|Funafuti Airfield]], [[Nanumea]], Gilbert Islands, 9 November 1943 * [[Tarawa]], Gilbert Islands : [[Hawkins Field (Tarawa)|Hawkins Field]], 14–28 January 1944 : [[Bonriki International Airport|Bairiki (Mullinix) Airfield]], 28 January – 5 April 1944 * [[Bucholz Army Airfield|Kwajalein Airfield]], Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 5 April 1944 * [[Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport|Agana Airfield]], [[Guam]], Marianas Islands, 25 October 1944 {{Col-break|width=50%}} * [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]], Ryukyu Islands, July 1945 * [[Fort William McKinley]], Luzon, Philippine Islands, 11 December 1945 * [[Northwest Field (Guam)|Northwest AAB (later, Harmon Field)]], Guam, 15 May 1946 – 20 October 1948 * Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, 1 December 1948 - 13 December 1957 * Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 13 December 1957 – 25 March 1969 * [[RAF Fairford]], England, 15 November 1978 – 7 August 1990 * [[Bolling Air Force Base]], District of Columbia, 15 July 1994 * [[Andrews Air Force Base]], Maryland, 1 October 2010<ref>Station information through April 2011 in Robertson, 11 Wing factsheet.</ref> * [[Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling]], District of Columbia, 12 June 2020 – present<ref name=AFcontrol/> {{Col-end}}
==See also==
* [[List of B-52 Units of the United States Air Force]] * [[List of wings of the United States Air Force]] {{Clear}}
==References== ===Notes=== ; Explanatory notes {{Reflist|group=note}}
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==Attribution== {{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
==External links== {{commons category}} * {{Official website|https://www.jbab.jb.mil/Units-Agencies/11th-Wing/}}
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