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The Florida Air National Guard consists of multiple units located across the state of Florida.
The principal unit of the Florida Air National Guard is the 125th Fighter Wing (125 FW) and its operational flying unit, the 159th Fighter Squadron. Operationally gained by the Air Combat Command (ACC), the 125 FW primarily operates the C and D models of the F-15 Eagle, as well as a single C-130 Hercules and C-26 Metroliner. The wing is based at Jacksonville Air National Guard Base at Jacksonville International Airport with an additional alert operating location for the wing's Detachment 1 at Homestead Air Reserve Base south of Miami.
At Tyndall AFB, Florida, the Florida Air National Guard's 601st Air Operations Center (601 AOC) operates the AN/USQ-163 Falconer Air Operations Center weapons system for 1st Air Force (1 AF) of the Air Combat Command (ACC). Air National Guard pilots are also assigned as augmentee instructor pilots to the active duty Air Force's 325th Fighter Wing (325 FW) of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The 325 FW is the Formal Training Unit (FTU) for the A, B, C and D models of the F-15 Eagle and the A model of the F-22 Raptor.
At Camp Blanding, south of Jacksonville and Orange Park, is the Florida ANG's 202nd RED HORSE Squadron, a civil engineering unit.
At Patrick AFB, the Florida ANG's 114th Range Operations Squadron (14 ROPS) directly supports the 45th Space Wing (45 SW) of the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) at both Patrick AFB and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
At MacDill AFB, the Florida ANG's 290th Joint Communications Support (290 JCSS) supports Air Combat Command (ACC) as well as U.S. Joint Forces Command's (USJFCOM) Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE). The squadron is capable of airborne insertion of equipment and personnel via air drop from C-130, C-17, C-5 or multiple rotary-wing aircraft such as the UH-60 and HH-60. Approximately 33% of the 290 JCSS personnel are airborne qualified and are on active parachute jump status.
Headquarters for the Florida Air National Guard is colocated with the Headquarters for the Florida Army National Guard and Headquarters, Florida National Guard, at the State Arsenal in St. Augustine, Florida.
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