195th Wing
military unit
The 195th Wing is a unit of the California Air National Guard, stationed at Beale Air Force Base, California. If mobilized, the wing would be assigned to Air Combat Command. It comprises five subordinate units at four locations throughout the state. The 195th controls all non-flying, non-kinetic operations for the California Air National Guard. The wing was activated as the headquarters for California Air National Guard space, cyber, and intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance units. Its space units were transferred out of the wing to the U.S. Space Force in 2025.
From 1970 through 1974, the wing flew Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft from Van Nuys Air National Guard Base as the 195th Tactical Airlift Group.
Today the wing's mission is to train, deploy and employ its airmen and assets to deliver integrated cyber, Communications, and intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance capabilities to the Combatant Commands and the Governor of California.
Organization
195th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, 1 September 2015 – present
149th Intelligence Squadron (Mather Field, California)
222d Intelligence Support Squadron
234th Intelligence Squadron
195th Operations Group, 1 September 2015 – present (Van Nuys, California)
147th Combat Communications Squadron
261st Cyber Operations Squadron (Van Nuys, California)
History
Airlift group
The 195th Tactical Airlift Group was formed as the headquarters for the 195th Tactical Airlift Squadron in 1971 Van Nuys Air National Guard Base and was initially equipped with the Lockheed C-130A Hercules. In 1973, the group upgraded to the C-130B model of the Hercules.
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