The 482nd Fighter Wing (482 FW) is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) unit of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the Tenth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), stationed at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida. If mobilized to active duty, the 482 FW is operationally gained by the Air Combat Command (ACC). The 482 FW is the "host wing" for Homestead Air Reserve Base, maintaining and operating the installation located near the southern end of the Florida peninsula, about 25 miles south of Miami. It is a combat coded unit which provides F-16C and F-16D (Block 30) Fighting Falcon multirole fighter aircraft, along with mission ready pilots and support personnel, for short-notice worldwide deployment. The 482 FW has more than 2,500 personnel, including more than 1,700 Traditional Reservists (TR). There are also more than 240 officers and airmen who are full-time reservists as Air Reserve Technicians (ART), further augmented by more than 250 full-time civilians. The 482 FW is also home to the 367th Fighter Squadron (367 FS), an active duty Regular Air Force F-16 unit assigned to ACC, but integrating with the 482 FW under the Total Force Integration (TFI) concept. The 367 FS has more than 170 active duty members assigned, to include pilots, operational support personnel, and aircraft maintenance personnel. In addition to its flying mission, the 482 FW also provides the United States Department of Defense with a fully functional air base with ready access to a strategic staging location on the rim of the Caribbean Basin. Contingency and training operations for both the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) can be mounted from Homestead ARB. Units 482d Operations Group (F-16 Fighting Falcon) 93rd Fighter Squadron 482d Operations Support Squadron 482nd Mission Support Group 482d Civil Engineering Squadron 482d Communications Squadron 70th Aerial Port Squadron 482d Logistics Readiness Squadron 482d Force Support Squadron 482d Security Forces Squadron 482d Maintenance Group 482d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron 482d Maintenance Operations Squadron 482d Maintenance Squadron 482d Medical Squadron History For related history and lineage, see 482nd Operations Group Troop carrier operations During the Korean War, all Air Force Reserve combat organizations had been mobilized, and it was not until the summer of 1952 that these reserve units again began receiving aircraft. The wing was first activated as the 482d Troop Carrier Wing (482 TCW) in the reserve with C-46 Commando aircraft