The United States Air Force Warfare Center (USAFWC) at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, reports directly to Air Combat Command. The center was founded on September 1, 1966, as the U.S. Air Force Tactical Fighter Weapons Center. It was renamed the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center in 2005.[1]
United States Air Force Warfare Center
Emblem of the United States Air Force Warfare Center
A flight of Aggressor F-15 Eagles and F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in formation over the Nevada Test and Training RangeThe first F-22A assigned to the USAFWCUSAF Thunderbirds, part of the United States Air Force Warfare CenterAn HH-60G Pave Hawk retrieves a pararescueman as an A-10 Thunderbolt II provides cover fire during a firepower demonstration on the Nellis bombing range.
The USAF Warfare Center manages advanced pilot training and integrates many of the Air Force's test and evaluation requirements. It was established in 1966 as the USAF Tactical Fighter Weapons Center which concentrated on the development of forces and weapons systems that were specifically geared to tactical air operations in conventional (non-nuclear) war and contingencies. It continued to perform this mission for nearly thirty years, undergoing several name changes in the 1990s. In 1991, the center became the USAF Fighter Weapons Center, and then the USAF Weapons and Tactics Center in 1992.[1]
The USAF Warfare Center uses the lands and airspace of the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) – which occupies about three million acres (12,000 km2) of land, the largest such range in the United States, and another five-million-acre (20,000 km2) military operating area which is shared with civilian aircraft. The center also uses Eglin AFB, FL, range, which adds even greater depth to the center's capabilities, providing over water and additional electronic expertise to the center.[1]
The USAF Warfare Center oversees operations of the 57th Wing, the NTTR, and the 99th Air Base Wings at Nellis AFB, Nevada; the 53rd Wing at Eglin AFB, Florida (with Geographically Separated Units at Tyndall AFB, Florida and Holloman AFB, New Mexico); and the 505th Command and Control Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida.[1]
The 53d Wing serves as the focal point for the combat air forces in electronic combat, armament and avionics, chemical defense, reconnaissance, command and control, and aircrew training devices.
The 57th Wing is responsible for a variety of activities, such as Red Flag, which provides realistic training in a combined air, ground and electronic threat environment for U.S. and allied forces. It is also the parent unit for both the USAF Weapons School (USAFWS) and the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron, the latter better known as the United States Air Force Thunderbirds.
The 505 CCW is dedicated to improving warfighter readiness through integrated training, tactics, and testing for operational-level command and control of air, space, and cyber power. It hosts the Air Force's only Air Operations Center Formal Training Unit (FTU).[1]
Historyedit
By the mid-1960s, USAF aircraft and aircrew losses in the Vietnam War had convinced Tactical Air Command (TAC) of the need to improve technical and operational skills for the widening conflict. TAC established the Tactical Fighter Weapons Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada in 1966 for the expressed purpose of improving fighter operations and tactics. Nellis AFB had been referred to as the "Home of the Fighter Pilot" since the Korean War period of the early 1950s, and had a long history of conducting postgraduate fighter training and operational testing and evaluation of fighter weapons systems. Additionally, the Nellis Range, largest in the free world, readily complemented the new center's mission.
Lineageedit
Established as the USAF Tactical Fighter Weapons Center in 1966
Redesignated: USAF Fighter Weapons Center in 1991
Redesignated: USAF Weapons and Tactics Center in 1992
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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources United States Air Force Warfare Center news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message The United States Air Force Warfare Center USAFWC at Nellis Air Force Base Nevada reports directly to Air Combat Command The center was founded on September 1 1966 as the U S Air Force Tactical Fighter Weapons Center It was renamed the U S Air Force Warfare Center in 2005 1 United States Air Force Warfare CenterEmblem of the United States Air Force Warfare CenterActive1966 presentCountryUnited StatesBranchUnited States Air ForceRoleWarfare TrainingPart ofAir Combat CommandGarrison HQNellis AFB NevadaWebsitewww wbr nellis wbr af wbr mil wbr Units wbr USAFWC wbr CommandersCommanderMaj Gen Case CunninghamVice CommanderMaj Gen Curtis R BassCommand Chief Master SergeantCCMSgt Emilio Hernandez A flight of Aggressor F 15 Eagles and F 16 Fighting Falcons fly in formation over the Nevada Test and Training RangeThe first F 22A assigned to the USAFWCUSAF Thunderbirds part of the United States Air Force Warfare CenterAn HH 60G Pave Hawk retrieves a pararescueman as an A 10 Thunderbolt II provides cover fire during a firepower demonstration on the Nellis bombing range Contents 1 Overview 2 Units 3 History 3 1 Lineage 3 2 Assignments 3 3 Units assigned 3 4 Aircraft flown 4 List of commanders 5 ReferencesOverview editThe USAF Warfare Center manages advanced pilot training and integrates many of the Air Force s test and evaluation requirements It was established in 1966 as the USAF Tactical Fighter Weapons Center which concentrated on the development of forces and weapons systems that were specifically geared to tactical air operations in conventional non nuclear war and contingencies It continued to perform this mission for nearly thirty years undergoing several name changes in the 1990s In 1991 the center became the USAF Fighter Weapons Center and then the USAF Weapons and Tactics Center in 1992 1 The USAF Warfare Center uses the lands and airspace of the Nevada Test and Training Range NTTR which occupies about three million acres 12 000 km2 of land the largest such range in the United States and another five million acre 20 000 km2 military operating area which is shared with civilian aircraft The center also uses Eglin AFB FL range which adds even greater depth to the center s capabilities providing over water and additional electronic expertise to the center 1 The USAF Warfare Center oversees operations of the 57th Wing the NTTR and the 99th Air Base Wings at Nellis AFB Nevada the 53rd Wing at Eglin AFB Florida with Geographically Separated Units at Tyndall AFB Florida and Holloman AFB New Mexico and the 505th Command and Control Wing at Hurlburt Field Florida 1 Units edit53d Wing 53 WG The 53d Wing serves as the focal point for the combat air forces in electronic combat armament and avionics chemical defense reconnaissance command and control and aircrew training devices 57th Wing 57 WG The 57th Wing is responsible for a variety of activities such as Red Flag which provides realistic training in a combined air ground and electronic threat environment for U S and allied forces It is also the parent unit for both the USAF Weapons School USAFWS and the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron the latter better known as the United States Air Force Thunderbirds Nevada Test and Training Range NTTR Previously known as the 98th Range Wing 98 RANW the military organization known as NTTR provides command and control of the actual Nevada Test and Training Range facility located north and northwest of Nellis AFB The 25th Space Range Squadron SRS operates and maintains the Space Test and Training Range and is a subordinate unit the NTTR 99th Air Base Wing 99 ABW The 99th Air Base Wing is the host wing at Nellis AFB and manages the day to day operations of the base 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing 350 SWW 505th Command and Control Wing 505 CCW The 505 CCW is dedicated to improving warfighter readiness through integrated training tactics and testing for operational level command and control of air space and cyber power It hosts the Air Force s only Air Operations Center Formal Training Unit FTU 1 History editBy the mid 1960s USAF aircraft and aircrew losses in the Vietnam War had convinced Tactical Air Command TAC of the need to improve technical and operational skills for the widening conflict TAC established the Tactical Fighter Weapons Center at Nellis Air Force Base Nevada in 1966 for the expressed purpose of improving fighter operations and tactics Nellis AFB had been referred to as the Home of the Fighter Pilot since the Korean War period of the early 1950s and had a long history of conducting postgraduate fighter training and operational testing and evaluation of fighter weapons systems Additionally the Nellis Range largest in the free world readily complemented the new center s mission Lineage edit Established as the USAF Tactical Fighter Weapons Center in 1966Redesignated USAF Fighter Weapons Center in 1991 Redesignated USAF Weapons and Tactics Center in 1992 Redesignated USAF Warfare Center in 2005 Assignments edit Tactical Air Command 1966 1992 Air Combat Command 1992 presentUnits assigned edit Operational units assigned to the USAFWC have been 2 Wing 4545th Fighter Warfare Wing 1966 22 August 1969 57th Fighter Weapons Wing later 57th Tactical Training Wing 57th Fighter Wing 57th Wing 22 August 1969 present 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing presentGroups 57th Fighter 1 November 1991 present 57th Test 1 November 1991 1 October 1996 4440th Tactical Fighter Training Red Flag Attached 1 October 1979 28 February 1980 Assigned 1 March 1980 1 November 19914443d Tactical Training 26 January 1990 1 November 1991Squadrons 64th Fighter Weapons later 64th Tactical Fighter Training Aggressor 64th Aggressor 15 October 1972 5 October 1990 65th Fighter Weapons later 65th Tactical Fighter Training Aggressor 65th Aggressor 15 October 1969 7 April 1989 66th Fighter Weapons 15 October 1969 30 December 1981 414th Fighter Weapons 15 October 1969 30 December 1981 422d Fighter Weapons later 422d Test and Evaluation 15 October 1969 1 November 1991 431st Fighter Weapons later 431st Test and Evaluation 1 October 1980 1 November 1991 433d Fighter Weapons 1 October 1976 30 December 1981 4460th Helicopter 1 November 1983 1 June 1985 4477th Test and Evaluation Flight later 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 April 1977 15 July 1990 USAF Air Demonstration Squadron 15 February 1974 presentAircraft flown edit A 7 Corsair II 1969 1975 F 4 Phantom II 1969 1985 1992 2016F 4G Wild Weasel 1992 1995 QF 4 and QRF 4 Phantom II Drone 1993 2016F 100 Super Sabre 1969 1972QF 100 Super Sabre Drone 1983 1993F 105 Thunderchief 1969 1975 QF 106 Delta Dart Drone 1991 1996 General Dynamics F 111 1969 1995 T 38 Talon 1972 1990 Northrop F 5 1975 1989 UH 1 Iroquois 1981 1985 B 1 Lancer 1993 1999 B 52 Stratofortress 1993 1999 MQ 1 Predator 1995 2018 F 22 Raptor 2004 present F 35 Lightning II 2014 present F 15 Eagle 1976 presentF 15E Strike Eagle 1992 presentA 10 Thunderbolt II 1977 present F 16 Fighting Falcon 1980 present MQ 9 Reaper 2007 present source 2 List of commanders editNo Commander 3 TermPortrait Name Took office Left office Duration1 nbsp Major GeneralRalph G Taylor Jr September 1 1966December 15 19693 years 82 days2 nbsp Brigadier GeneralHomer K HansenNovember 22 1969July 23 19711 year 243 days3 nbsp Major GeneralWilliam S ChairsellJuly 23 1971June 29 19731 year 341 days4 nbsp Major GeneralGordon F BloodJune 29 1973February 10 19751 year 226 days5 nbsp Major GeneralJames A Knight Jr February 10 1975June 12 19772 years 122 days6 nbsp Major GeneralJames R HildrethJune 12 1977March 30 19791 year 291 days7 nbsp Major GeneralRobert E KelleyMarch 30 1979June 3 19812 years 65 days8 nbsp Major GeneralJack I GregoryJune 3 1981May 11 19831 year 342 days9 nbsp Major GeneralEugene H FischerMay 11 1983July 13 19852 years 63 days10 nbsp Major GeneralPeter T KempfJuly 13 1985June 21 19882 years 344 days11 nbsp Major GeneralJoseph W AshyJune 21 1988July 19 19891 year 28 days12 nbsp Major GeneralBilly G McCoyJuly 19 1989June 5 19922 years 322 days13 nbsp Major GeneralThomas R GriffithJune 5 1992July 21 19942 years 46 days14 nbsp Major GeneralRichard C BethuremJuly 21 1994April 4 19961 year 258 days15 nbsp Major GeneralMarvin R EsmondApril 4 1996July 7 19982 years 94 days16 nbsp Major GeneralGlen W Moorhead IIIJuly 7 1998January 31 20001 year 208 days17 nbsp Major GeneralLawrence D JohnstonJanuary 31 2000June 25 20022 years 145 days18 nbsp Major GeneralStephen G WoodJune 25 2002October 4 20042 years 101 days19 nbsp Major GeneralStephen M GoldfeinOctober 4 2004October 6 20062 years 2 days20 nbsp Major GeneralR Michael WordenOctober 6 2006February 8 20081 year 125 days21 nbsp Major GeneralStephen L HoogFebruary 8 2008May 18 20091 year 99 days22 nbsp Major GeneralStanley T Kresge 4 May 18 2009November 20101 year 167 days22 nbsp Major GeneralJames W Hyatt 5 November 2010July 20 20121 year 262 days23 nbsp Major GeneralJeffrey G Lofgren 6 July 20 2012January 20141 year 165 days24 nbsp Major GeneralJay B SilveriaFebruary 21 2014March 20162 years 9 days25 nbsp Major GeneralGlen D VanHerckMarch 2016July 13 20171 year 134 days26 nbsp Major GeneralPeter E Gersten 7 July 13 2017June 2 20191 year 324 days nbsp Brigadier GeneralDavid W SnoddyActingJune 2 2019July 12 201940 days27 nbsp Major GeneralCharles Corcoran 8 July 12 2019June 18 20211 year 341 days28 nbsp Major GeneralCase Cunningham 9 June 18 2021Incumbent2 years 296 daysReferences edit nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency a b c d e U S Air Force Warfare Center Fact Sheet Archived from the original on September 5 2015 Retrieved March 24 2014 a b U S Air Force Historical Research Agency 57th Wing Archived from the original on May 7 2011 Retrieved October 2 2008 USAF Warfare Center ACC Lieutenant General Stanley T Kresge Major General James W Hyatt Lieutenant General Jeffrey G Lofgren MAJOR GENERAL PETER e GERSTEN gt U S Air Force gt Biography Display Archived from the original on 24 February 2019 Retrieved 25 September 2020 Charles S Corcoran MAJOR GENERAL CASE A CUNNINGHAM Retrieved 20 June 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United States Air Force Warfare Center amp oldid 1217045840, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
