Re-designated: 6580th Missile Test Group, 1 October 1953 Re-designated: 6580th Test Group, 1 September 1954 – 1 February 1955 6580th Test Support Wing, 1 October 1953 Re-designated: 6580th Air Base Wing, 1 September 1954 Re-designated: 6580th Air Base Group, 1 February 1955 – 1 January 1971 3225th Drone Squadron, 1 January 1953 – 25 October 1963 6571st Aeromedical Research Laboratory, 1 December 1961 – 31 December 1970 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, 15 July 1963 – 11 March 1966 4758th Defense Systems Evaluation Squadron, 8 April 1966 – 31 October 1970 Re-designated: Det 1, 4677th Defense Systems Evaluation Squadron31 October 1970 – 1 July 1974 49th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 July 1968 Re-designated: 49th Fighter Wing, 1 October 1991 re-designated: 49th Wing, 30 June 2010 – present 479th Tactical Training Wing, 1 January 1977 – 31 July 2000 833d Air Division, 1 December 1980 – 15 November 1991 Det 1, 82d Aerial Targets Squadron, 1 July 1981 – present Det 1, 475th Weapons Evaluation Group15 October 1983 – 20 November 1998 4th Space Control Squadron, 16 April 1996 – present German Air Force Flying Training Center, 1 May 1996 – present 44th Fighter Group, 1 February 2010 – 11 July 2014 54th Fighter Group, 11 March 2014 – present Aircraft operated from Holloman World War II B-17E/F Flying Fortress, 1942 B-24D Liberator, 1943–1944 P-47D Thunderbolt, 1943 United States Air Force HH-60G Pavehawk, 1993–1999 F-4C/D/E Phantom II, 1963–2004 F-15A Eagle, 1977–1992 F-117A Nighthawk, 1992–2008 F-22A Raptor, 2008–2014 F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, 2014–present F-84F Thunderstreak, 1963–1965 F-100D Super Sabre, 1963, 1966–1970 EB-57 Canberra, 1966–1970 T-38A Talon, 1968–1976, 1993–2014 AT-38B, 1992–1997 MQ-1B Predator, 2009–present MQ-9 Reaper, 2009–present Drone aircraft Sabre QF-100D Super Sabre QF-106A Delta Dart QF-4E/G Phantom II DB-17 Flying Fortress QB-17 Flying Fortress German Air Force F-4E/F Phantom II, 1993–2004 Panavia Tornado, 1996–2019 Role and operations The 49th Wing – host wing at Holloman Air Force Base – supports national security objectives by deploying worldwide to support peacetime and wartime contingencies. The wing provides combat-ready Airmen, and trains General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper pilots (including all Spanish and British Reaper pilots), sensor operators and F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots. Additionally, the wing delivers Air Transportable Clinics and Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources while providing support to more than 17,000 military and civilian personnel to include German Air Force Flying Training center operations. The wing has a proud history of service in World War II, Korea, Southeast