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Official shields of 12th Air Force Air Forces Southern


As the Air Force component to U.S. Southern Command, Air Forces Southern conducts security cooperation and provides air, space, and cyberspace capabilities throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.  Air Forces Southern supports U.S. Southern Command to deter aggression, defeat threats, rapidly respond to crises and work with our allies and partner nations to build regional capacity to ensure a secure, free and prosperous Western Hemisphere.  

 

Associated Units

Inter-American Air Forces Academy (IAAFA) - Lackland Air Force Base, Texas (Professional Military Education)

Inter-American Air Forces Academy (IAAFA) en Espanol

SICOFAA - El Sistema de Cooperación entre las Fuerzas Aéreas Americanas

612th Air and Space Operations Center - Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.

Forward Operating Locations

Curacao - Dutch Caribbean 

Guantanamo Bay - Cuba

Muñiz - Puerto Rico

Soto Cano - Honduras

Air Force Reserve Wings/Groups

419th Fighter Wing - Hill AFB, Utah (F-35, F-16)

301st Fighter Wing- NAS Fort Worth JRB, Texas (F-16)

Air National Guard

114th Fighter Wing - Sioux Falls, S.D. (F-16) 

115th Fighter Wing - Madison, Wis. (F-16, RC-26) 

124th Fighter Wing - Boise, Idaho (A-10C) 

129th Rescue Wing - Moffett Field, Calif. (MC130P, HH-60G)

132nd Wing - Des Moines, Iowa (F-16) 

138th Fighter Wing - Tulsa, Okla. (F-16) 

140th Wing - Buckley AFB, Colo. (F-16) 

142nd Fighter Wing- Portland, Ore. (F-15)

144th Fighter Wing- Fresno, Calif. (F-15) 

148th Fighter Wing- Duluth, Minn. (F-16)

163rd Reconnaissance Wing - March Joint Air Reserve Base, Calif (MQ-1)

183rd Fighter Wing - Springfield, Ill. (AOC) 

Featured Links

Link to U.S. Southern Command website

link to Dialogo digital military magazine

Link to The System of Cooperation Among the American Air Forces

Link to Sexual Assault Prevention and Response

Link to Hometown News