325th Fighter Wing The 325th Fighter Wing ( 325 FW ) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Tyndall Air Force Base , Florida . Mission . The 325th Fighter Wing ’ s primary mission is to provide air dominance training for F - 22 Raptor pilots and maintenance personnel and air battle managers to support the combat Air Force . Currently , training for F - 22 pilots is performed in the 43d Fighter Squadron . The 325th Air Control Squadron trains air battle managers for assignment to combat Air Force units . Additionally , wing personnel manage the southeastern air combat maneuvering instrumentation range and provide mission - ready F - 22 air dominance forces in support of the Commander , North American Aerospace Defense Command ( NORAD ) / 1st Air Force ( 1 AF ) contingency plans . The 325th Fighter Wing is currently commanded by Colonel David E . Graff , who assumed command 1 October 2012 . Other specialties trained under the 325th Fighter Wing include F - 22 intelligence officer training , F - 22 crew chief training and officer and enlisted air traffic controller training . The 325th Fighter Wing is host to more than 30 tenant organizations located at Tyndall Air Force Base , Fla . The wing comprises the 325th Operations Group , 325th Maintenance Group , 325th Mission Support Group and 325th Medical Group . From 1983 until 2010 , training for F - 15 pilots was performed at Tyndall by the now inactive 1st , 2d , and 95th Fighter Squadrons . During this period , the 325th FW also hosted training for F - 15 Maintenance personnel , and Intelligence Officers assigned to F - 15 units . The 1st Fighter Squadron was inactivated in 2006 . The 2d and 95th FS ' s were also inactivated in May and September 2010 , respectively . However , with the return to Air Combat Command , the 325th FW will gain a combat - coded F - 22 squadron . The 95th Fighter Squadron was reactivated on October 11 , 2013 to begin preparing as a F - 22 Raptor combat squadron . Units . 325th Operations Group ( 325 OG ) 325th Maintenance Group ( 325 MXG ) 325th Mission Support Group ( 325 MSG ) 325th Medical Group ( 325 MDG ) History . The 325th Fighter Wing was established on 10 May 1948 and activated on 9 June 1948 . It conducted air defense of the U . S . west coast , 1948 – 1952 and 1956 – 1968 . Beginning in spring 1949 , the 325th conducted the All Weather Combat Crew Training School . During 1950 , the wing also controlled a troop carrier squadron and from May 1950 to June 1951 , provided training for elements of a troop carrier wing . On 6 February 1952 the Wing was inactivated and replaced by the activation of the 4704th Air Defense Wing . An Air Defense Command program to reactivate historic units named " Project Arrow " resulted in the reactivation of the 325th Fighter Group ( Air Defense ) on 18 August 1955 . From August 1955 , the 325th served as the " host " unit at McChord Air Force Base until October 1956 . From February – July 1968 , the wing operated an air defense detachment at Osan Air Base , South Korea . The 325th was again inactivated in late 1968 . The wing was reactivated at Tyndall Air Force Base in 1981 . It provided Air Defense Weapons Center operational and technical advice on air defense and tactics from , 1981 – 1983 . It also provided test and evaluation new air defense equipment , including use of the PQM - 102 and QF - 100 , former operational aircraft modified to function as manned / unmanned drones . In October 1983 , the wing assumed a new mission of conducting qualification training of tactical aircrews . Beginning in 1983 it deployed T - 33 and later , F - 15 aircraft to USAF , Air National Guard , Marine Corps , and Navy air units to provide electronic countermeasures and dissimilar air combat training and to increase aircrew combat proficiency . The wing performed alert duties from , 1988 – 1990 , intercepting unidentified aircraft and assisting the U . S . Drug Enforcement Administration in anti - smuggling efforts . It became host unit at Tyndall Air Force Base in September 1991 . Modern era . The 325th has conducted the Air Force ' s basic course and transition training for the F - 22 since 2003 . Components . Wings Groups Squadrons School