page_title: 113th Wing
section_title: Lineage
hierarchical_section_title: 113th Wing / Lineage
caption_attribution_description: English: 113th Wing Air Sovereignty Alert Force (Operation Noble Eagle)
context_page_description: The 113th Wing, known as the "Capital Guardians", is a unit of the District of Columbia Air National Guard, stationed at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. If activated to federal service, the fighter portion of the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command, while the airlift portion is gained by Air Mobility Command.
  The 113th's primary mission is training of air combat and operational airlift crews for national defense. The 113th also provides a ready response force of fighters for the defense of the District of Columbia area. Members of the 113th also assist local and federal law enforcement agencies in combating drug trafficking in the District of Columbia on a case by case basis.
  The 121st Fighter Squadron, assigned to the wing's 113th Operations Group, is a descendant organization of the 121st Observation Squadron, established on 10 July 1940. It is one of the National Guard observation squadrons formed before World War II
context_section_description: Established as the 113th Fighter Wing, extended federal recognition and activated on 1 November 1950
  Called into active service on 1 February 1951
  Redesignated 113th Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 10 February 1951
  Inactivated on 6 February 1952
  Released from active duty, returned to District of Columbia control and activated on 1 November 1952
  Redesignated: 113th Fighter-Bomber Wing on 1 December 1952
  Redesignated: 113th Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 1 July 1955
  Redesignated 113th Tactical Fighter Wing on 1 November 1958
  Federalized and ordered to active service on 26 January 1968
  Released from active duty and returned to District of Columbia control on 18 June 1969
  Redesignated 113th Fighter Wing on 15 March 1992
  Redesignated 113th Wing on 20 June 1992
caption: 113th Wing Air Sovereignty Alert Force (Operation Noble Eagle, 2001
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