Atlantic City Air National Guard Base
Atlantic City Air National Guard Base is a United States Air National Guard base located at Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey. The base is home New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing, operating F-16C Fighting Falcon.
| Atlantic City Air National Guard Base | |||||||||
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| Near Atlantic City, New Jersey in the United States of America | |||||||||
 An F-16C Fighting Falcon of the 177th Fighter Wing over its base at Atlantic City Air National Guard Base. | |||||||||
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| Coordinates | 39°26′43.3″N 74°34′52.4″W | ||||||||
| Type | Air National Guard Base | ||||||||
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| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||
| Operator | US Air Force (USAF) | ||||||||
| Controlled by | New Jersey Air National Guard | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Website | www.177fw.ang.af.mil | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1958 | ||||||||
| In use | 1958 – present | ||||||||
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| Current commander | Colonel Bradford R. Everman | ||||||||
| Garrison | 177th Fighter Wing | ||||||||
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| Identifiers | IATA: ACY, ICAO: KACY, FAA LID: ACY, WMO: 72407 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 22.86 metres (75 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Airfield shared with Atlantic City International Airport Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||
Role and operations
Established in 1958 at Atlantic City International Airport , Atlantic City Air National Guard Base is home to the 177th Fighter Wing (177 FW), an Air Combat Command (ACC)-gained unit of the New Jersey Air National Guard, operating the F-16C/D Fighting Falcon. Since October 1998, the wing has had an active involvement in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Southern Watch, Operation Northern Watch, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
As an Air National Guard unit, the 177 FW has dual federal (USAF augmentation) and state (support to New Jersey) missions. It provides a Homeland Security air defense mission to the Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the Continental NORAD Region for peacetime air sovereignty, strategic air defense, and airborne counter-drug operations in the continental United States.[2]
Based units
Flying and notable non-flying units based at Atlantic City Air National Guard Base.[3]
United States Air Force
- New Jersey Air National Guard
- 177th Fighter Wing
- Headquarters 177th Fighter Wing
- 177th Operations Group
- 119th Fighter Squadron – F-16C Fighting Falcon
- 227th Air Support Operations Squadron
- 177th Maintenance Group
- 177th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
- 177th Maintenance Operations Flight
- 177th Maintenance Squadron
- 177th Medical Group
- 177th Mission Support Group
- 177th Civil Engineering Squadron
- 177th Communications Flight
- 177th Force Support Squadron
- 177th Logistics Readiness Squadron
- 177th Security Forces Squadron
- 177th Fighter Wing
References
- "Airport Diagram – Atlantic City Intl (ACY)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- 177th Fighter Wing website
- "Units". 177th Fighter Wing. US Air Force. Retrieved 20 March 2020.