1st Fighter Wing

1st Fighter Wing
Formation of 1st Fighter Wing F-22 Raptors
Active	1947–1952; 1956–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Fighter: air dominance
Size	36 Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
Part of	Air Combat Command Fifteenth Air Force
Garrison/HQ	Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
Motto(s)	Aut Vincere Aut Mori Latin "Conquer or Die"
Engagements	World War I World War II Persian Gulf War
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation (3 awards) Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (6 awards)
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel William J. Creeden [1]
Vice Commander	Colonel Richard B. Foster
Command Chief	Chief Master Sergeant Christopher M. Gradel
Notable commanders	Larry D. Welch Richard B. Myers John T. Chain, Jr. William R. Looney III Gregory S. Martin
Insignia
1st Fighter Wing emblem (Approved 22 May 1957)[2]

The 1st Fighter Wing (1 FW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Fifteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Langley Air Force Base, VA. where it is a tenant unit, being supported by the 633d Air Base Wing.

Its 1st Operations Group (1 OG) is a successor organization of the 1st Fighter Group, one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by the Army before World War II. The 1 OG is the oldest major air combat unit in the United States Air Force, its origins formed on 5 May 1918.

The wing was initially part of Tactical Air Command being formed at March Field, California in 1947 and was one of the first wings to be equipped with the North American F-86 Sabre in February 1949. Briefly a part of Strategic Air Command in 1949, it was reassigned to Air Defense Command in 1950 and provided air defense of the Upper Midwest of the United States until being reassigned to Tactical Air Command in 1970. The 1 FW was the first operational wing equipped with the F-15A/B Eagle in 1976, and in 2005, was the first operational wing equipped with the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor air superiority fighter.