153d Airlift Wing

153d Airlift Wing
187th Airlift Squadron - C-130H Hercules 92-1534
Active	1957–present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Wyoming
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Wing
Role	Airlift/Aireal Firefighting
Size	1100
Part of	Wyoming Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Cheyenne Air National Guard Base, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Tail Code	Yellow tail stripe "Wyoming"
Insignia
153d Airlift Wing emblem

The 153d Airlift Wing (153d AW) is a unit of the Wyoming Air National Guard, stationed at Cheyenne Air National Guard Base, Wyoming. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.

The 153rd Airlift Wing's C-130 Hercules mission is to perform the tactical portion of the airlift mission. The aircraft is capable of operating from rough, dirt strips and is the prime transport for air dropping troops and equipment into hostile areas. The C-130 performs a diverse number of roles, including airlift support, Antarctic ice resupply, aeromedical missions, weather reconnaissance, aerial spray missions, firefighting duties for the U.S. Forest Service and natural disaster relief missions.

The 153d Airlift Wing consists of the following units:

The 30th Airlift Squadron (30 AS) is part of the United States Air Force's 19th Airlift Group, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. It is the first active-duty Associate Unit to an Air National Guard unit, associated with the 187th Airlift Squadron.

On 1 July 1957, the Wyoming Air National Guard 187th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was authorized to expand to a group level, and the 153d Fighter Group (Air Defense) was established by the National Guard Bureau. The 187th FIS becoming the group's flying squadron. Other squadrons assigned into the group were the 153d Headquarters, 153d Material Squadron (Maintenance), 153d Combat Support Squadron, and the 153d USAF Dispensary. The 153d FIG being assigned to the 34th Air Division, Air Defense Command and upgraded to F-86L Sabre Interceptors.

The most dramatic change came for the Wyoming unit in 1961 when it changed from an Air Defense Command Fighter-Interceptor unit to flying C-119 Flying Boxcars and airlifting medical patients, with the newly designated 187th Aeromedical Transport Squadron becoming part of Military Air Transport Service (MATS).