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The 166th Airlift Wing
This page briefly describes the 166th Airlift Wing, the only flying unit in the Delaware Air National Guard, founded in 1946. The wing and Headquarters, Delaware ANG, are located at the New Castle Airport, a dual-use civilian and military airport in New Castle County, Delaware. The Delaware ANG is much more than just its aircraft. Our people perform every vital role that the Air Force, the Nation and the State may need during a time of crisis.
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 The 166th Airlift Wing is a Delaware Air National Guard wing headquartered in New Castle, Delaware. Operating eight permanently assigned, Lockheed C-130 H2 Hercules transport aircraft, the wing provides the U.S. Air Force with tactical airlift and air and land drop of troops, cargo and passengers and aeromedical evacuation of patients anywhere in the world. Additionally, the wing has a civil engineer function and a network warfare unit (the 166th Network Warfare Squadron).
Under command of the Governor of Delaware, the wing is prepared to support the State of Delaware with trained personnel and equipment for various humanitarian missions to protect life and property and to preserve peace, order and public safety. The wing's gaining command is the Air Mobility Command, U.S. Air Force.
166th Airlift Wing Headquarters is comprised of the command section, seven subordinate wing staff agencies, and the 166th Comptroller Flight (CPFT).
The 166th CPTF is comprised of 11 individuals who are dedicated to providing superior resource management and value added decision support, accurately paying our customers in a timely manner, embodying the Air Force core values, providing outstanding customer service, and supporting the overall mission of the 166th Airlift Wing, our state, and nation.
The wing command section includes the commander, vice commander, command chief master sergeant, first sergeant and human resource advisor.
The seven wing staff offices are Chaplain, Command Post, Equal Opportunity, Inspector General, Judge Advocate, Public Affairs and Safety. The wing also has a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC).
There are five major units under the wing: Wing Headquarters; Maintenance Group; Medical Group; Mission Support Group; and Operations Group. |
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The 166th Maintenance Group is responsible for the maintenance of eight C-130 H2 aircraft. These cargo aircraft provide tactical airlift and airdrop missions all over the world in support of in-place and deployed combat operations. Peacetime activities include humanitarian missions, training and providing well maintained, highly mission capable aircraft for tasking. The 166th MXG is comprised of the 166th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, the 166th Maintenance Operations Flight and the 166th Maintenance Squadron. |
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The 166th Medical Group ensures that the personnel of the Delaware Air National Guard, and others as designated, are medically qualified for flight duty and world-wide deployment. The 166th MDG provides medical services supporting unit wartime tasking, state emergencies and natural disasters. |
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The 166th Mission Support Group manages people and resources in support of the war fighter to ensure that all personnel are ready and able to deploy in support of contingencies and exercises anywhere in the world. The group is comprised of the 166th Civil Engineer Squadron, 166th Communications Flight, 166th Force Support Squadron, 166th Logistics Readiness Squadron and the 166th Security Forces Squadron. |
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The mission of the 166th Operations Group is to train and supply mission ready tactical airlift and aeromedical aircrews. Combat trained aircrews are prepared to respond to state, national and world-wide contingencies and disasters. The group has three units; the 166th Operations Support Flight, the 142nd Airlift Squadron and the 142nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. The group flies the C-130 H2 model cargo transport aircraft.
166th Operations Support Flight
The 166th OSF is responsible for providing airfield management, intelligence, tactics, long and short range mission planning and aircrew support services to the group and any transient customers. The flight enables the 142nd AS and 142nd AES to meet any assigned mission.
142nd Airlift Squadron
The mission of the 142nd Airlift Squadron is to provide combat ready aircrew for state, national and worldwide deployment in support of any assigned mission. The squadron's mission capability includes all weather, day and night, airland, airdrop and aeromedical evacuation capability. The C-130 aircraft is inter-theatre and intra-theatre capable. The squadron is also capable of supplying specially trained aircrews for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations when called upon. The "flying" squadron consists of pilots, navigators, flight engineers and loadmasters, and includes life support and administrative support sections.
142nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron
The mission of the 142nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron is to provide the "Best Care in the Air" with trained and qualified aeromedical evacuation crews mission-ready for state, national and worldwide deployment in support of any assigned mission. The squadron's mission capability includes nurses, medical technicians, administrative specialists and more. The squadron is ready to fill the need when events like natural disasters, war or routine medical transportation by air is required. AES crews consist of five people; two nurses and three medical technicians. The crew carries with them the necessary equipment to quickly turn any cargo aircraft in the Air Force inventory into a flying ambulance.
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166th Airlift Wing 
