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The 150th Special Operations Wing (150th SOW) is a non-flying unit of the New Mexico Air National Guard, based at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the Air Force Special Operations Command. Its mission consists of training mission-ready aircrews in special operations and personnel recovery. The 150th Special Operations Wing is an associate unit of the 58th Special Operations Wing. The 150th Fighter Wing is currently involved in a Chief of Staff-directed Total Force Integration with the USAF 58th Special Operations Wing and is standing up an Intelligence Target Production Squadron and a Red Horse Squadron. Today, the 150th Fighter Wing is composed of the following units: * 150th Operations Group * 150th Maintenance Group * 150th Mission Support Group * 150th Medical Group. The Wing has an authorized strength of 140 officers and 811 enlisted members. In addition, the wing is assigned one Fairchild C-26 Metroliner support aircraft and supports both domestic and world-wide Combatant Commander tasking. ==Operating areas== The New Mexico Air National Guard owns and uses the Cato/Smitty MOA, southwest of Albuquerque, from 500 feet AGL to 51,000 feet with some supersonic flights conducted above 30,000 feet. The unit also utilizes the very large White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) airspace for both air-to-air and air-to-ground training. In addition to Cato and WSMR, the Tacos make use of the Pecos MOA that is east of Albuquerque and North of Roswell. For air-to-ground training, the NMANG has several options for local flying, including Melrose Bombing Range co-located with the Pecos MOA, Red Rio, Oscura, and Centennial ranges in the WSMR airspace, and Airburst bombing range in southern Colorado. The 150FW schedules three Military Training Routes (MTR) that are wider than average to help dissipate the environmental effects of overflight. They usually get very few noise complaints. VR-176 is an MTR that accesses the White Sands Missile Range airspace and even though it is very wide, has the most noise avoidance areas. Every attempt is made to brief infrequent or transient users of VR-176 about the noise sensitive areas. VR 1195 and 1107 encompass the majority of eastern New Mexico. With some of the greatest flying weather in the country, three large supersonic training areas, five air-to-ground ranges (three manned, all scoreable), and three very large Military Training Routes, the New Mexico Air National Guard is unquestionably one of the best locations to base our nation's fighter aircraft. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「150th Special Operations Wing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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