20th Fighter Wing

20th Fighter Wing
78th Fighter Squadron F-16C Block 50P 92-3920
Active1947–1948; 1948–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleFighter
Part ofAir Combat Command
Garrison/HQShaw Air Force Base, South Carolina
Motto(s)Victory by Valor[1]
Engagements1991 Gulf War[1]
DecorationsAir Force Outstanding Unit Award[1]
Commanders
Current
commander
Col. Kristoffer R. Smith
Deputy CommanderCol. Kevin D. Hicok
Command ChiefCCM Christopher D. Griste
Notable
commanders
Merrill McPeak[1]
Insignia
20th Fighter Wing emblem[note 1][1]

The 20th Fighter Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force and the host unit at Shaw Air Force Base South Carolina. The wing is assigned to Air Combat Command's Fifteenth Air Force.

The wing's mission is to provide, project, and sustain combat-ready aircraft in conventional and anti-radiation suppression of enemy air defenses, strategic attack, counter-air, air interdiction, joint maritime operations and combat search-and-rescue missions.

  1. ^ a b c d e Robertson, Patsy (13 February 2008). "Factsheet 20 Fighter Wing (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 12 May 2017.


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