wing was reactivated as the 482nd Tactical Fighter Wing (482 TFW) in April 1981 and replaced the 915th Tactical Fighter Group (915 TFG) at what was then Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, flying the F-4C Phantom II, later transitioning to the F-4D Phantom II. With its establishment, the new wing also controlled two additional Air Force Reserve F-4D tactical fighter groups as geographically-separated units (GSU) at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas (1981–1982) and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (1982–1994). In 1989, the 482 TFW began retiring its F-4D aircraft and commenced conversion to the F-16A and F-16B (Block 15) Fighting Falcon. Following a USAF reorganization in the summer of 1992 in response to the end of the Cold War, TAC was inactivated and the new operational gaining command for the 482 TFW became the newly-established Air Combat Command (ACC). In keeping with similar redesignations across USAF, the 482 TFW was redesignated the 482nd Fighter Wing (482 FW). Hurricane Andrew Prior to the arrival of Hurricane Andrew in August 1992, the 482 FW, like all other Regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Florida Air National Guard units at Homestead AFB, evacuated all its flyable aircraft to alternate locations. In the case of the 482 FW, the wing evacuated to Wright-Patterson AFB. Due to the massive damage to Homestead AFB and the surrounding community caused by Hurricane Andrew, the 482 FW remained at and conducted flight operations from Wright-Patterson AFB until December 1992, when it relocated to MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. The 482 FW remained a tenant at MacDill AFB, conducting flight operations from that installation until March 1994, when it finally returned to Homestead AFB. Due to the catastrophic damage to Homestead AFB, the installation was placed on the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commission's initial BRAC base closings list, potentially dooming the base to closure. Such action would have also consigned the 482 FW to either relocation or inactivation. However, the BRAC Commission recommended retaining Homestead AFB, relocating the active duty host wing, the 31st Fighter Wing (31 FW), to Italy and rebuilding and realigning the installation as a smaller AFRES installation controlled by the 482 FW. 482 FW as Host Wing The 482 FW became host wing of the now renamed Homestead Air Reserve Station on 1 April 1994 and provided weapons training support for Air Force units beginning in October 1994. In February 1995, the 1995