150th Special Operations Wing

February 2024 February 2024 February 2026 February 2026 150th Special Operations Wing 60px|center HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter operated by the 56th Rescue Squadron.jpg 300 HH-60G Pave Hawk as operated by the group 1960–present New Mexico 25px  Air National Guard Wing Special operations New Mexico Air National Guard Kirtland Air Force Base Colonel Angela Black (interim commander)https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/08/17/2-commanders-removed-from-posts-in-new-mexico-air-national-guard/ militarytimes.com/news 2 commanders removed from posts in New Mexico Air National Guard August 17, 2026 August 17, 2026 |125px 150th Special Operations Wing emblem The 150th Special Operations Wing is a unit of the New Mexico Air National Guard, stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base. The wing traces its history back to the expansion of the 150th Tactical Fighter Group into the 150th Fighter Wing in 1995. In 2013, the Wing affiliated with the 58th Special Operations Wing to become the 150th Special Operations Wing, tasked with providing training for Air Force Special Operations Command units. History The group was mobilized for the Vietnam War on 26 January 1968. Although its 188th Tactical Fighter Squadron deployed to Tuy Hoa Air Base, the group remained in the United States until it was returned to state control on 4 June 1969 The group began converting from the A-7D Corsair II to the F-16 Fighting Falcon at the beginning of the 1990s. On 16March 1992, the 150th Tactical Fighter Group was redesignated the 150th Fighter Group. Its last A-7 was flown from Kirtland to Davis–Monthan Air Force Base for decommissioning on 28September.http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/001/122/213.xml Abstract, History 150 Fighter Group, 1 January 1989–31 December 1992 Air Force History Index 29 September 2017 In October 1995 the 150th expanded into the 150th Fighter Wing. On 1December 2013 the 150th Wing was redesignated the 150th Special Operations Wing and integrated with the 58th Special Operations Wing. The wing assumed the mission of special operations training.https://www.150sow.ang.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/870396/history-of-the-new-mexico-air-national-guard-1947-present/ History of the New Mexico Air National Guard – 1947–Present 22 January 2016 150th Special Operations Wing en-US 28 September 2017 Lineage Established as the 150th Fighter Group (Air Defense) and allotted to New Mexico ANG on 24 June 1960 Received federal recognition and activated c. 1 July 1960 Redesignated 150th Tactical Fighter Group, 1 April 1964 Redesignated 150th Fighter Group, 16 March 1992 Redesignated 150th Fighter Wing, 1 October 1995 Redesignated 150th Special Operations Wing, 1 December 2013https://www.kirtland.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/817860/150th-fighter-wing-becomes-150th-special-operations-wing/ 150th Fighter Wing becomes 150th Special Operations Wing 4 December 2013 28 September 2017 New Mexico National Guard Public Affairs en-US Components Groups 150th Maintenance Group 150th Operations Group 150th Mission Support Group - included 150th Security Forces Squadron. Previously commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Alea Nadeem. Nadeem served as commander of the squadron and later as a congressional budget and appropriations liaison to the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, assigned to the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller at the Pentagon.NCLS 2025: examining Warfighters to Win https://www.usafa.edu/ncls-2025-examining-warrior-ethos/ United States Air Force Academy February 21, 2024 She additionally served as a policy advisor on the National Security Council staff at the White House. 150th Medical Group Squadrons 188th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (later 188th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 188th Fighter Squadron, now 188th Rescue Squadron), c. 1 July 1960 – c. 1 March 1994, and periods afterwards. 250th Intelligence Squadron, 2013 – present 210th RED HORSE Squadron, 2013 – present References 30em Further reading A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 – 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado (includes dates of federal mobilization of 150th Group) Rogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. 1-85780-197-0 External links 150th SOW Facebook page 150th Special Operations Wing official website https://web.archive.org/web/20101001022006/http://www.peopleforpearce.com/content/last-two-f-16s-depart-new-mexico%E2%80%99s-150th-fighter-wing On 1 December 2013, the 150th Fighter Wing became the 150th Special Operations Wing. Kirtland AFB Fact Sheet GlobalSecurity.org USAFPatches.com Kirtland AFB Biographies-Colonel Joe A. Martinez II Category:Special operations wings of the United States Air Force Category:Military units and formations in New Mexico