Atlantic City Air National Guard Base


Atlantic City Air National Guard Base is a is a United States Air National Guard base located at Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey. The base is home New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing, operating F-16C Fighting Falcon.

Role and operations

Established in 1958 at Atlantic City International Airport, Atlantic City Air National Guard Base is home to the 177th Fighter Wing, an Air Combat Command -gained unit of the New Jersey Air National Guard, operating the F-16C/D Fighting Falcon. Since October 1998, the wing has had an active involvement in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Southern Watch, Operation Northern Watch, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
As an Air National Guard unit, the 177 FW has dual federal and state missions. It provides a Homeland Security air defense mission to the Eastern Air Defense Sector and the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the Continental NORAD Region for peacetime air sovereignty, strategic air defense, and airborne counter-drug operations in the continental United States.

Based units

Flying and notable non-flying units based at Atlantic City Air National Guard Base.

United States Air Force

Air National Guard