page_title: 144th Fighter Wing
section_title: California Air National Guard
hierarchical_section_title: 144th Fighter Wing / History / California Air National Guard
caption_attribution_description: English: 194th Fighter Squadron - North American F-51Ds on ramp Hayward Air National Guard Base, California, 1949
context_page_description: The 144th Fighter Wing is a unit of the California Air National Guard, stationed at Fresno Air National Guard Base, California. As part of the Air Reserve Component of the United States Air Force, the wing is operationally gained by the Air Combat Command.
context_section_description: The wartime 372d Fighter Group was re-activated and re-designated as the 144th Fighter Group, and was allotted to the California Air National Guard, on 24 May 1946. It was organized at Naval Air Station Alameda, California, and was extended federal recognition on 2 June 1948 by the National Guard Bureau. The 144th Fighter Group was bestowed the lineage, history, honors, and colors of the 372d Fighter Group and all predecessor units. The Group was assigned to the California ANG's 61st Fighter Wing.
  Upon activation, operational squadrons of the 144th Fighter Group were:
  191st Fighter Squadron, Utah Air National Guard, Salt Lake City Municipal Airport, Salt Lake City, Utah
  192d Fighter Squadron, Nevada Air National Guard, Hubbard Field, Las Vegas, Nevada
  194th Fighter Squadron, California Air National Guard, Naval Air Station Alameda, California,
  The three squadrons were all re-designations of the 372d Fighter Group's operational squadrons during World War II. All were initially equipped with F-51D Mustangs, with a mission of air defense of their respective states.
caption: Hayward Air National Guard Base, California, 1953, F-51H Mustangs.
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