93d Air - Ground Operations Wing The 93d Air Ground Operations Wing ( 93d AGOW ) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command , Ninth Air Force . It is stationed as a tenant unit at Moody AFB , Georgia . The 93d AGOW provides highly trained ground combat forces capable of integrating air and space power into the ground scheme of fire and maneuver . The wing also conducts offensive and defensive ground combat operations worldwide to protect expeditionary aerospace forces anywhere , anytime . The 93d AGOW provides the joint force commander airborne , air - mobile , air - land and over - land insertion capability , and remains the joint expert on integration of air power and combat weather support to ground forces . Its 93d Operations Group is a successor organization to the World War II 93d Bombardment Group . It was the first VIII Bomber Command B - 24 Liberator heavy bombardment group to carry out strategic bombardment operations against targets in Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany from RAF Alconbury , England on 9 October 1942 . Active for over 60 years , the 93d Bombardment Wing was a component organization of Strategic Air Command ' s deterrent force during the Cold War , as a strategic bombardment wing . The current 93d Air Ground Operations Wing Commander is Colonel Samuel P . Milam and the current Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Michael J . Goetz . Overview . A non - flying wing , the 93d AGOW consolidates and provides a new level of support to battlefield Airmen from the 3d Air Support Operations Group ( 3d ASOG ) at Fort Hood , Texas ( supporting III Corps ) , 18th Air Support Operations Group ( 18th ASOG ) at Pope Field , North Carolina ( supporting XVIII Airborne Corps ) , and the specialized force protection capabilities of the 820th Base Defense Group ( 820th BDG ) at Moody AFB , Georgia . The 820th BDG is a Force Protection unit composed of 12 Air Force Specialty Code s with an airborne capability , who , at a moment ' s notice , can provide worldwide deployable , " first - in " , fully integrated , multidisciplined capabilities . History . Components . Groups Squadrons Operations . Strategic Air Command . On 28 July 1947 , the 93d Bombardment Wing , ( Very Heavy ) was established and maintained combat readiness for global strategic bombardment . In 1948 , the entire wing deployed to Okinawa , making it the first SAC bomb wing to deploy to the Far East in full strength . The B - 36 Peacemaker entered SAC ' s inventory in 1948 but was not assigned to the 93d . The huge plane dwarfed the earlier B - 29 ( and also B - 50 ) bombers . As only the B - 36 groups were " Heavy " , the 93d , was redesignated the 93d Bombardment Wing ( Medium ) In 1949 , the wing received its first B - 50 Superfortress aircraft , an improved version of the B - 29 . It struck up operations overseas with the deployment of its tactical force to RAF Mildenhall , England ( July 1950 – January 1951 ) in response to communist aggression on the Korean peninsula . Meanwhile , the 93d Air Refueling Squadron was activated on 1 March 1949 , equipped with the KB - 29P ( a B - 29 bomber modified with a refueling boom ) . The 93d continued to move forward throughout the 1950s , replacing the propeller - driven B - 50s with new B - 47E Stratojet swept - wing medium bombers in 1954 , capable of flying at high subsonic speeds and primarily designed for penetrating the airspace of the Soviet Union . Flew numerous training missions and participated in various SAC exercises and deployments with the Stratojet until 29 June 1955 , when the wing received SAC ’ s first Boeing B - 52B Stratofortress in June 1955 and the Boeing KC - 135A Stratotanker in January 1957 . making it the first SAC bomb wing to receive the new aircraft . It became SAC ’ s primary B - 52 aircrew training organization in 1956 . The wing was redesignated the 93d Bombardment Wing ( Heavy ) on 1 February 1955 . The 93d retained some of its B - 47s until 1956 for crew training purposes . It was one of the few wings to have operated both jet bombers simultaneously . In 1956 , the wings three bombardment squadrons – 328th , 329th and 330th began receiving the new B - 52D . The following year , they began receiving the B - 52E model , while some B - 52Bs remained with the 93 BW until well into the 1960s . On 24 and 25 November 1956 , in a spectacular operation known as Quick Kick , four B - 52Bs of the 93 BW joined four B - 52Cs of the 42 BW for a nonstop flight around the perimeter of North America . Four in - flight refuelings by KC - 97 tankers were required for the journey . Three 93d B - 52Bs flew the first non - stop jet ( B - 52s ) around - the - world flight in January 1957 . They flew via Newfoundland , Casablanca , Dhahran , Ceylon , the Malay Peninsula , Manila and Guam . Upon landing at March AFB , California , General Curtis LeMay , SAC Commander - in - Chief greeted the crews and presented them with the Distinguished Flying Cross . As SAC ’ s alert commitment grew during the late 1950s and early 1960s , the 93d provided a strong and capable force for deterrence . Cold War tensions reached new heights during this time period with events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 . Throughout the height of the Vietnam War ( 1968 – 1974 ) the wing operated a special B - 52 aircrew replacement training unit to support SAC ’ s B - 52 operations in Southeast Asia . The 93d recorded another first on 10 June 1982 when the first all female KC - 135 crew , “ Fair Force One , ” flew a five - hour training sortie . Finally in August 1990 the 93d found itself back at war . At home its support units operated an aerial port of embarkation for personnel and equipment deploying to Southwest Asia ( SWA ) . Overseas its KC - 135s refueled planes and ferried personnel and equipment to the region , while its B - 52s bombed the Iraqi Republican Guard and targeted Iraqi infrastructure throughout January and February 1991 . Modern era . The Air Force underwent major restructuring after the Cold War ended . On 1 September 1991 , the 93d lost its air refueling commitment , ( 924th ARS ) , and its KC - 135 aircrew training missions ( 329th CCTS ) . It also implemented the objective wing organization and was redesignated as the 93d Wing . On 1 June 1992 the 93d was relieved from assignment to SAC and was reassigned to the newly formed Air Combat Command ( ACC ) . It was then redesignated as the 93d Bomb Wing . Shortly afterwards nationwide base closures ( BRAC ) targeted Castle AFB . The 322d Bomb Squadron was inactivated 3 May 1994 , and the wing was placed on non - operational status . However , the 93d continued to supervise the closure of Castle AFB . It was inactivated on 30 September 1995 with the closure of the base . This was not the end of the 93d however . Just four months later it was redesignated as the 93d Air Control Wing ( 93 ACW ) and was reactivated at Robins AFB , Georgia on 29 January 1996 . It was to be equipped with the E - 8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System ( Joint STARS ) and it accepted its first production aircraft on 11 June 1996 . From late October through December 1996 , the wing deployed to Rhein - Main AB , Germany for operations JOINT ENDEAVOR and JOINT GUARD in Bosnia and Herzegovina . It provided “ top cover ” for United Nations ( UN ) peacekeeping forces and monitored the warring factions for violations of UN resolutions . Marking an historic event for the wing , Air Combat Command declared the 93d ACW " Initial Operational Capable " on 18 December 1997 . As tensions mounted between Iraq and the UN in 1998 , the 93d deployed an element to SWA to monitor Iraqi military movements . In February 1999 it deployed an aircraft to Europe to support NATO ' s monitoring of tensions between Serbia and Kosovo . The new wing saw its first combat during operations in Kosovo , playing a major role in the destruction of enemy targets and compiling over 1 , 000 combat hours . In November 2001 through April 2002 the wing deployed in response to the 11 September terrorist attacks against the United States in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM . The 93 ACW inactivated at Robins AFB on 30 September 2002 . Its mission and resources became a part of Air Force history on that day as the Georgia Air National Guard ’ s 116th Bomb Wing ( now redesignated the 116th Air Control Wing ( 116th ACW ) ) assumed command responsibility for the Joint STARS mission and the first ever “ blended wing , ” combining active - duty and Air National Guard personnel , aircraft , and facilities under one commander under the newly activated 116th ACW . 93d Air Ground Operations Wing . The 93d Air Ground Operations Wing ( 93 AGOW ) is a non - flying active support wing activated on 25 January 2008 . The 93d ' s mission is to manage and providing combat - ready tactical air control party personnel , battlefield weather , and force protection assets for joint forces commanders . The wing is based at Moody AFB , Georgia .