419th Fighter Wing
| 419th Fighter Wing | |
|---|---|
419th Fighter Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon | |
| Active | 1949–1951; 1982–present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Type | Wing |
| Role | Fighter |
| Size | approximately 1,400 personnel |
| Part of | Air Force Reserve Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Hill Air Force Base, Utah |
| Tail Code | Black Tail Stripe/Yellow Diamonds "HI" |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | Colonel Ronald J. Sloma |
| Deputy Commander | Colonel Bradley K. Klemesrud |
| Command Chief | Chief Master Sgt. Eric C. Engel |
| Insignia | |
| 419th Fighter Wing emblem | |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Fighter | F-35 Lightning II |
The 419th Fighter Wing is an Air Reserve Component unit of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the Tenth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, and is stationed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
The 419th is an associate unit of the 388th Fighter Wing, Air Combat Command (ACC), and if mobilized the wing is gained by ACC.
The wing trains and equips an F-16 squadron to be capable of worldwide mobility to perform a wide variety of air-to-air and air-to-ground fighter missions. Wing personnel train in a variety of specialties including operations, maintenance, civil engineering, security, supply, transportation and communications.
Wing personnel deploy periodically for contingencies and training exercises, some overseas. Some 350 members were deployed December 1994 through February 1995 to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, to patrol the no-fly zone over northern Iraq during Operation Provide Comfort II.
In 2015, it transitioned to an Associate unit and became the first Air Force Reserve fighter wing to fly the F-35 Lightning II.