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In most military aviation services, a wing is a relatively large formation of planes. In <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> countries a wing usually comprises three <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadrons</a>, with several wings forming a <a href="/wiki/Group_(air_force_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (air force unit)">group</a> (around 10 squadrons). Each squadron will contain around 20 planes. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Organizational structure of flying units in selected NATO countries, by relative size </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Size<br />Group<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">British and<br /> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">USN</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">USMC</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">USSF</a> </th> <th scope="col">Canadian<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/French_Air_and_Space_Force" title="French Air and Space Force">French AAE</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/German_Air_Force" title="German Air Force">German Air Force</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Italian_Air_Force" title="Italian Air Force">Italian Air Force</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO_air_forces_officers" title="Ranks and insignia of NATO air forces officers">NATO Rank level</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />of <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">general</a> or<br /><a href="/wiki/Commanding_officer" title="Commanding officer">commanding officer</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <table style="border:none; 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text-align: left; padding:0 2px;"><span style="color:black;"></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:none;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_(Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame)-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_(NATO_APP-6).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/35px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/53px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/70px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </th> <td>÷ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Division_(United_States)" title="Air Division (United States)">Air division</a><br />(no longer used) </td> <td>÷ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_division" title="Air division">Air division</a><br /><i>Division aérienne</i> </td> <td>÷ </td> <td><i>Luftwaffendivision</i><br />(no longer used) </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Air_division" title="Air division">Divisione aerea</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/OF-7" class="mw-redirect" title="OF-7">OF-7</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <table style="border:none; background:none;text-align: center; line-height: 7px; font-size:7px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align: right; padding:0 2px;"><span style="color:black;"></span> </td> <td style="width:33;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_080_-_Brigade.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_080_-_Brigade.svg/35px-Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_080_-_Brigade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_080_-_Brigade.svg/53px-Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_080_-_Brigade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_080_-_Brigade.svg/70px-Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_080_-_Brigade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="135" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align: left; padding:0 2px;"><span style="color:black;"></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:none;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_(Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame)-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_(NATO_APP-6).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/35px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/53px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/70px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Group_(military_unit)" title="Group (military unit)">Group</a> </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wing</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Space_Force#Delta" title="Structure of the United States Space Force">Delta</a> (OF-5) </td> <td>Group<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><i>Groupe aérien</i><br />(no longer used) </td> <td><i>Brigade Aérienne</i> </td> <td>÷ </td> <td><i>Brigata aerea</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/OF-5" class="mw-redirect" title="OF-5">OF-5</a>, or <a href="/wiki/OF-6" class="mw-redirect" title="OF-6">OF-6</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <table style="border:none; background:none;text-align: center; line-height: 7px; font-size:7px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align: right; padding:0 2px;"><span style="color:black;"></span> </td> <td style="width:33;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_070_-_Regiment_or_Group.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_070_-_Regiment_or_Group.svg/35px-Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_070_-_Regiment_or_Group.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_070_-_Regiment_or_Group.svg/53px-Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_070_-_Regiment_or_Group.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_070_-_Regiment_or_Group.svg/70px-Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_070_-_Regiment_or_Group.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="135" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align: left; padding:0 2px;"><span style="color:black;"></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:none;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_(Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame)-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_(NATO_APP-6).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/35px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/53px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/70px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </th> <td>Wing </td> <td>Group </td> <td>Wing<br /><i>Escadre</i> </td> <td><i>Escadre</i> </td> <td><i>Geschwader</i><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (OF-5) </td> <td><i>Stormo</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/OF-4" class="mw-redirect" title="OF-4">OF-4</a>, <a href="/wiki/OF-5" class="mw-redirect" title="OF-5">OF-5</a>, or <a href="/wiki/OF-6" class="mw-redirect" title="OF-6">OF-6</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <table style="border:none; background:none;text-align: center; line-height: 7px; font-size:7px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align: right; padding:0 2px;"><span style="color:black;"></span> </td> <td style="width:33;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_060_-_Battalion.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_060_-_Battalion.svg/35px-Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_060_-_Battalion.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_060_-_Battalion.svg/53px-Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_060_-_Battalion.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_060_-_Battalion.svg/70px-Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_060_-_Battalion.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="135" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align: left; padding:0 2px;"><span style="color:black;"></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:none;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_(Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame)-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_(NATO_APP-6).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/35px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/53px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/70px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">Squadron</a> </td> <td>Squadron </td> <td>Squadron (OF-4) </td> <td>Squadron<br /><i>Escadron</i> </td> <td><i>Escadron</i> </td> <td><i>Gruppe</i> (OF-4) </td> <td><i>Gruppo</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/OF-3" class="mw-redirect" title="OF-3">OF-3</a> or <a href="/wiki/OF-4" class="mw-redirect" title="OF-4">OF-4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <table style="border:none; background:none;text-align: center; line-height: 7px; font-size:7px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align: right; padding:0 2px;"><span style="color:black;"></span> </td> <td style="width:33;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_050_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_050_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg/35px-Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_050_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_050_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg/53px-Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_050_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_050_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg/70px-Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_050_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="135" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align: left; padding:0 2px;"><span style="color:black;"></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:none;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_(Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame)-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_(NATO_APP-6).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/35px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/53px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/70px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Flight_(military_unit)" title="Flight (military unit)">Flight</a> </td> <td>Flight </td> <td rowspan="2">÷ </td> <td>Flight <br /><i>Escadrille</i> </td> <td><i>Escadrille</i> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Staffel_(unit)" title="Staffel (unit)">Staffel</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (OF-3) </td> <td><i>Squadriglia</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/OF-2" class="mw-redirect" title="OF-2">OF-2</a> or <a href="/wiki/OF-3" class="mw-redirect" title="OF-3">OF-3</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <table style="border:none; background:none;text-align: center; line-height: 7px; font-size:7px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align: right; padding:0 2px;"><span style="color:black;"></span> </td> <td style="width:33;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_030_-_Platoon_or_Troop.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_030_-_Platoon_or_Troop.svg/35px-Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_030_-_Platoon_or_Troop.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_030_-_Platoon_or_Troop.svg/53px-Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_030_-_Platoon_or_Troop.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_030_-_Platoon_or_Troop.svg/70px-Military_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Dark_Blue_-_030_-_Platoon_or_Troop.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="135" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align: left; padding:0 2px;"><span style="color:black;"></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:none;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_(Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame)-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_(NATO_APP-6).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/35px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/53px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/70px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Monochrome_Dark_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </th> <td>Flight </td> <td>Element/Section </td> <td>Section </td> <td><i>Section</i> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Flight_(military_unit)" title="Flight (military unit)">Schwarm</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> / <i><a href="/wiki/Vic_formation" title="Vic formation">Kette</a></i> </td> <td><i>sezione</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/OF-1" class="mw-redirect" title="OF-1">OF-1</a> or <a href="/wiki/OF-2" class="mw-redirect" title="OF-2">OF-2</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commonwealth_usage">Commonwealth usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wing_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Commonwealth usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wing_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On its establishment in 1912, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">Royal Flying Corps</a> (RFC) was intended to be an inter-service, combined force of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>. Given the <a href="/wiki/Interservice_rivalry" title="Interservice rivalry">rivalry</a> that existed between the army and navy, new terminology was used, in order to avoid marking the corps out as having an army or navy ethos. While <a href="/wiki/Cavalry_wing" title="Cavalry wing">the term "wing" had been used in the cavalry</a>, its more general use predominated. Accordingly, the word "wing", with its allusion of flight, was chosen as the term of subdivision and the corps was split into a "Military Wing" (i.e. an army wing) and a "Naval Wing". Each wing consisted of a number of squadrons (the term "squadron" already being used by both the Army and the Navy). </p><p>By 1914, the naval wing had become the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service" title="Royal Naval Air Service">Royal Naval Air Service</a>, and gained its independence from the Royal Flying Corps. In 1915, the Royal Flying Corps had significantly expanded and it was felt necessary to create organizational units which would control two or more squadrons; the term "wing" was re-used for these new organizational units. </p><p>The Royal Flying Corps was amalgamated with the Royal Naval Air Service in 1918, creating the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>. The RFC usage of wing was maintained in the new service.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_use">Current use</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wing_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Current use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Unit type </th> <th scope="col">Commanding officer </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO" title="Ranks and insignia of NATO">NATO standard<br />rank scale</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Operational flying wings </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Group_captain" title="Group captain">Group Captain</a> </td> <td>OF-5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Ground-based wings </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander_(rank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing commander (rank)">Wing Commander</a> </td> <td>OF-4 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In most <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> air forces, as well as some others, a wing is usually made up of three or four <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadrons</a>. In these air forces a wing is inferior to a group. Originally all wings were usually commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Wing_Commander_(rank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing Commander (rank)">wing commander</a> (equivalent to a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel" title="Lieutenant colonel">lieutenant colonel</a>). From World War II onwards, operational flying wings have usually been commanded by <a href="/wiki/Group_captain" title="Group captain">group captains</a> (equivalent to <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonels</a>), whereas ground-based wings have continued to be commanded by wing commanders. </p><p>Air forces of <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> member countries which use the term 'wing' to denote their main formations include the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Air Force">Spanish Air Force</a> (<i>Ala</i>), the <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Air_Force" title="Hellenic Air Force">Hellenic Air Force</a> (<i>πτέρυγα</i> [<i>pteryga</i>]), <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Air_Force" title="Royal Norwegian Air Force">Royal Norwegian Air Force</a> (<i>luftving</i>, <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_language" title="Norwegian language">Norwegian</a> for air wing), <a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Air_Force" title="Royal Danish Air Force">Royal Danish Air Force</a> (which adopted the English term <i>wing</i> directly, although the <a href="/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a> word is <i>vinge</i>), the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Air_Component" title="Belgian Air Component">Belgian Air Component</a> (also adopted the English term <i>wing</i> directly), the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Air_Force" title="Polish Air Force">Polish Air Force</a> (<i>skrzydło</i>) and the <a href="/wiki/Slovak_Air_Force" title="Slovak Air Force">Slovak Air Force</a> (<i>krídlo</i>). </p><p>Additionally countries influenced by the US in the building of their modern air forces also use the term <i>wing</i>. Several such examples are the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Air_Force" title="Republic of Korea Air Force">Republic of Korea Air Force</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Air Self-Defense Force">Japan Air Self-Defense Force</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Air_Force" title="Royal Thai Air Force">Royal Thai Air Force</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Force" title="Philippine Air Force">Philippine Air Force</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Air_Force" title="Peruvian Air Force">Peruvian Air Force</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Venezuelan Air Force">Venezuelan Air Force</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ecuadorian_Air_Force" title="Ecuadorian Air Force">Ecuadorian Air Force</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Air_Force" title="Brazilian Air Force">Brazilian Air Force</a>. </p><p>A wing may also be used for non-flying units, such as the <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> forces of the <a href="/wiki/RAF_Regiment" title="RAF Regiment">RAF Regiment</a>, (in which a wing equates to a <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a>). Additionally, <a href="/wiki/RAF_station" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF station">RAF stations</a> are administratively divided into wings. </p><p>In 2006, <a href="/wiki/Expeditionary_Air_Wing" title="Expeditionary Air Wing">expeditionary air wings</a> were established at the RAF's main operating bases. These expeditionary air wings consist of the deployable elements of the main operating base and other supplementary forces. Expeditionary air wings may be subordinated to an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Expeditionary_air_group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Expeditionary air group (page does not exist)">expeditionary air group</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/British_people" title="British people">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Air_Training_Corps" title="Air Training Corps">Air Training Corps</a>, a wing consists of a number of squadrons within a designated geographical area, usually named after the <a href="/wiki/County" title="County">county</a> in which it is based. In this context, a wing is inferior to a "<a href="/wiki/Region" title="Region">region</a>" which is made up of six wings. In all, there are 36 Air Training Corps wings in six regions within the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, each of which is commanded by a <a href="/wiki/RAFVR(T)" class="mw-redirect" title="RAFVR(T)">RAFVR(T)</a> wing commander. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Canadian_usage">Canadian usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wing_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Canadian usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While the original pre-unification <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a> followed the British pattern and used squadrons, which belonged to wings, which in turn belonged to groups, the modern <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a> has eliminated groups. Squadrons still report to wings which now report to one of two air divisions. Wings vary greatly in size and may comprise personnel numbering in the hundreds or thousands. </p><p>In the 1990s, the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forces_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Forces Air Command">Canadian Forces Air Command</a> (the post-1968 RCAF until 2011) altered the structure of those <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forces_Bases" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Forces Bases">bases</a> under its control, declaring them to be wings under the overall control of <a href="/wiki/1_Canadian_Air_Division" title="1 Canadian Air Division">1 Canadian Air Division</a> in <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg,_Manitoba" class="mw-redirect" title="Winnipeg, Manitoba">Winnipeg</a>. For instance, <a href="/wiki/CFB_Trenton" title="CFB Trenton">CFB Trenton</a> in Ontario was redesignated 8 Wing Trenton. The base commander of these bases (as well as other wings whose headquarters were stood up on bases not controlled by Air Command, such as 16 Wing at <a href="/wiki/CFB_Borden" title="CFB Borden">CFB Borden</a> and 1 Wing at <a href="/wiki/CFB_Kingston" title="CFB Kingston">CFB Kingston</a>) were re-designated Wing Commanders (or Wg Comd). As well as continuing their functions as the commanding officers of the bases they were assigned to, they also serve as formation commanders to all squadrons and units duly assigned to them by 1 Canadian Air Division or 2 Canadian Air Division (regardless if they are physically located on the base in question or elsewhere; as witness <a href="/wiki/CFB_Shearwater" class="mw-redirect" title="CFB Shearwater">12 Wing</a> in Nova Scotia, which has one unit, <a href="/wiki/No._443_Squadron_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 443 Squadron RCAF">443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron</a>, based at <a href="/wiki/Victoria_International_Airport" title="Victoria International Airport">Patricia Bay</a> near <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forces_Base_Esquimalt" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt">CFB Esquimalt</a> in British Columbia, on the other side of the country from Shearwater). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States">United States</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wing_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_Air_Force_&_Civil_Air_Patrol"><span id="United_States_Air_Force_.26_Civil_Air_Patrol"></span>United States Air Force & Civil Air Patrol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wing_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: United States Air Force & Civil Air Patrol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AFwing.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/AFwing.png/220px-AFwing.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/AFwing.png/330px-AFwing.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/AFwing.png/440px-AFwing.png 2x" data-file-width="822" data-file-height="738" /></a><figcaption>Diagram of a typical US Air Force wing organizational structure</figcaption></figure> <p>By comparison, in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>, a <a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the United States Air Force">wing</a> is normally the organizational tier below a <a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Numbered Air Force</a>. Most USAF wings are commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonel</a>, but some are commanded by <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">brigadier generals</a>. USAF wings are structured to fulfill a mission from a specific base, and contain a <a href="/wiki/Headquarters" title="Headquarters">headquarters</a> and four groups: an operations group, a maintenance group, a medical group and a mission support group. Such a wing is referred to as a Combat Wing Organization, which is comparable to a <a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">US Army</a>. Other wings, such as <a href="/wiki/Air_Expeditionary_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Expeditionary Wing">Air Expeditionary Wings</a>, exist for various other purposes, and their scope may extend to one base, one theater or worldwide. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> usage, a military organization above a squadron level (<a href="/wiki/Group_(air_force_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (air force unit)">group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wing_(air_force_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing (air force unit)">wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_division" title="Air division">air division</a>, <a href="/wiki/Numbered_air_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Numbered air force">numbered air force</a>, air component command, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_Commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Major Commands of the United States Air Force">Major Command (MAJCOM)</a>) is an <i>establishment</i>, while that of a squadron and lower (<a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flight_(military_unit)" title="Flight (military unit)">flight</a>, center, complex), if designated as such, is a <i>unit</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Service">U.S. Army Air Service</a>/<a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Corps">U.S. Army Air Corps</a>/<a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Forces">U.S. Army Air Forces</a> wings that existed before 1947 are not comparable with the wings of the USAF. <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> wings, for example, were expansive administrative and operational organizations that usually controlled several combat <a href="/wiki/Group_(air_force_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (air force unit)">groups</a> and numerous service organizations, often located at widely scattered locations. Many World War II wings were redesignated as air divisions after the war. Modern wings began with a service test of combat wings in 1947-1948. These wings were temporary Table of Distribution (T/D) organizations, each having a combat group (the only Table of Organization establishment of the wings), an airdrome group, a maintenance and supply group, and a station medical group. At the end of the service test, the Air Force implemented the <a href="/wiki/Hobson_Plan" title="Hobson Plan">Hobson Plan</a> and replaced these T/D wings with permanent <a href="/wiki/Table_of_Organization_and_Equipment" class="mw-redirect" title="Table of Organization and Equipment">Table of Organization and Equipment</a> (<i>constituted</i>) combat wings having a <b>combat group</b>, an <b>air base group</b>, a <b>maintenance and supply group</b>, and a <b>medical group</b>. </p><p><i>Constituted</i> combat wings are always numbered in a single series beginning with Arabic "1st". Examples: <a href="/wiki/1st_Fighter_Wing" title="1st Fighter Wing">1st Fighter Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/21st_Space_Wing" title="21st Space Wing">21st Space Wing</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a>'s <a href="/wiki/509th_Bomb_Wing" title="509th Bomb Wing">509th Bomb Wing</a>. All <i>constituted</i> wings have one, two, or three digits in their numerical designations. </p><p>In many cases, the numerical designation of the wing <i>came from the combat group that preceded it</i> and became an integral part of the post-World War II wing. In other words, when the 14th Fighter Wing (later, <a href="/wiki/14th_Flying_Training_Wing" title="14th Flying Training Wing">14th Flying Training Wing</a>) came into existence, it received the 14th numerical designation from the 14th Fighter Group, which had already existed for several years and became the wing's combat component. At the same time, the other component establishments, and units of these establishments, also received the 14th numerical designations, aligning each of them directly to the 14th Wing. However, the tactical squadrons of the combat group retained their separate and distinct numerical designations. </p><p>The Air Force has three basic types of wings: operational, air base, and specialized mission. According to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313053458/http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/shared/media/epubs/AFI38-101.pdf">Air Force Instruction 38-101</a> (1994): </p> <ul><li>an <i>operational wing</i> is a wing that has an <b>operations group</b> and related operational mission activity assigned to it. When an operational wing performs the primary mission of the base, it usually maintains and operates the base. In addition, an operational wing is capable of self-support in functional areas like maintenance, <a href="/wiki/Logistics" title="Logistics">supply</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Munitions" class="mw-redirect" title="Munitions">munitions</a>, as needed. When an operational wing is a tenant organization, the host command provides it with varying degrees of base and logistics support.</li> <li>An <i>air base wing</i> usually maintains and operates a base, and often provides functional support to a major command headquarters.</li> <li>A <i>specialized mission wing</i> may be either a host wing or a tenant wing and performs a specialized mission such as intelligence or training."</li></ul> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a>, there are 52 wings (each of the 50 states plus <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>). Each wing supervises the individual groups and squadrons in that state, district or commonwealth, which are the basic operational units of the organization. Some wings, for example <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Delaware Wing">Delaware Wing</a>, have only one group due to the small geographical and manpower size of the wing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Naval_Aviation_(U.S._Navy_and_Marine_Corps)"><span id="U.S._Naval_Aviation_.28U.S._Navy_and_Marine_Corps.29"></span>U.S. Naval Aviation (U.S. Navy and Marine Corps)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wing_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: U.S. Naval Aviation (U.S. Navy and Marine Corps)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> follows the British structure in that a wing is an administrative formation commanding two or more <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadrons</a> of <a href="/wiki/Aircraft" title="Aircraft">aircraft</a> that are based on land. Several wings are combined into a Naval Air Force. The several wings assigned to each Fleet Naval Air Force control the wing's type squadrons. A <a href="/wiki/Carrier_air_wing" title="Carrier air wing">carrier air wing</a> (CVW, formerly known as a <a href="/wiki/Carrier_air_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier air group">carrier air group</a>) consists of several squadrons and is an operational formation that is based on an <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a>. The squadrons of a CVW are also assigned to administrative type wings (such as <a href="/wiki/Strike_Fighter_Wing_Atlantic" title="Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic">Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic</a>). Naval Air Forces are commanded by either a <a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral">rear admiral</a> (upper half) or a <a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral" title="Vice admiral">vice admiral</a> and wings are commanded by <a href="/wiki/Captain_(naval)" title="Captain (naval)">captains</a>, with the title of <a href="/wiki/Commodore_(United_States)#Present-day_title_usage" title="Commodore (United States)">commodore</a>. Carrier air wings are commanded by either a Navy captain or a USMC colonel with the title of "CAG" (Commander, Air Group), a legacy title from the former carrier air groups. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a>, a Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) is an overall command, equivalent to a <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_divisions" title="List of United States Marine Corps divisions">Marine Division</a>, consisting of at least two <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_aircraft_groups" title="List of United States Marine Corps aircraft groups">Marine Aircraft Groups</a>, a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_aviation#Groups" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marine Corps aviation">Marine Air Control Group</a> (MACG), a <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_aviation_support_units" title="List of United States Marine Corps aviation support units">Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron</a> (MWHS), and a Marine Wing Headquarters (the Wing Commander and his staff). Being equivalent to a <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a> in size, its commander is usually a <a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">major general</a>. </p><p>Unlike their USAF counterparts, all USN and USMC air wings are tenant activities ashore and have no command responsibility for the installation at which they are normally based when not afloat or forward deployed. <a href="/wiki/Naval_air_station" title="Naval air station">Naval air stations</a> and Marine Corps air stations (and facilities) have separate commanding officers that are independent of the operational wing structure. Many mission support functions on these installations, such as personnel support and medical/dental facilities, are also independent of both the air wing and air station command structures and are independent tenant commands with their own commanding officers or officers-in-charge. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_Space_Force">United States Space Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wing_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: United States Space Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a> has a single command echelon known as a <a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Space_Force#Delta" title="Structure of the United States Space Force">delta</a> which combines the wing and <a href="/wiki/Group_(military_unit)" title="Group (military unit)">group</a> echelons found in air forces.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equivalents_in_other_languages">Equivalents in other languages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wing_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Equivalents in other languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In other languages, equivalent air force units equivalent to a US wing include: <i><a href="/wiki/Geschwader" class="mw-redirect" title="Geschwader">Geschwader</a></i> in the German <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a>; <i>Aviatsionniy Polk</i> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_Aviation_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Aviation Regiment">Aviation Regiment</a>) in Russia; <i>Stormo</i> in Italy; and <i>escadre</i> or <i>régiment</i> in the <a href="/wiki/French_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="French Air Force">French Air Force</a>. (<i>Escadre</i> is also the official <a href="/wiki/Canadian_French" title="Canadian French">Canadian French</a> translation of wing in the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Forces">Canadian Forces</a>.) The French <i>Escadre</i> and the German <i>Geschwader</i> originate from the naval term <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(naval)" title="Squadron (naval)">squadron</a>. A similar formation in the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Air_Force" title="Swedish Air Force">Swedish Air Force</a> is the Flygflottilj, which translates in English as air wing (literal meaning is air <a href="/wiki/Flotilla" title="Flotilla">flotilla</a> or flight flotilla). Among the NATO member countries the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Air_Force" title="Turkish Air Force">Turkish Air Force</a> (<i>Ana Üssü</i>, <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a> for <i>main base</i>) and the <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Air_Force" title="Bulgarian Air Force">Bulgarian Air Force</a> (<i>авиобаза</i> [<i>aviobaza</i>], <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a> for <i>air base</i> or <i>aviation base</i>) use the term <i>air base</i> for their main formations. These air bases are <a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigade</a>-equivalents commanded by <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">brigadier generals</a> unlike the air wings of other NATO members, which are <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a>-equivalents commanded by <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonels</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Air_Force" title="Royal Netherlands Air Force">Royal Netherlands Air Force</a> (<i>vliegbasis</i>, <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a> for <i>aviation base</i> or <i>air base</i>), the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Air_Force" title="Portuguese Air Force">Portuguese Air Force</a> (<i>base aérea</i>), the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Air_Force" title="Czech Air Force">Czech Air Force</a> (<i>základna letectva</i>, <a href="/wiki/Czech_language" title="Czech language">Czech</a> for <i>air base</i> or <i>aviation base</i>) and the <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Air_Force_and_Air_Defence" class="mw-redirect" title="Croatian Air Force and Air Defence">Croatian Air Force</a> (<i>zrakoplovna baza</i>, <a href="/wiki/Croatian_language" title="Croatian language">Croatian</a> for <i>aviation base</i>) use the term air base for <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a>-equivalents commanded by colonels in a direct parallel to the wings of other member states. </p> <table class="wikitable floatright"> <caption>Modern <a href="/wiki/German_Air_Force" title="German Air Force">German Air Force</a> usage </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Unit type </th> <th scope="col">Commanding officer </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader<br /><small>(en: Tactical Air Force Wing)</small> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Geschwaderkommodore" title="Geschwaderkommodore">Geschwaderkommodore</a> (OF-5) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Fliegerabwehrraketengeschwader<br /><small>(en: Air Defence Missile Wing)</small> </th> <td>Geschwaderkommodore (OF-5) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Non-English equivalents of the British wing include the German <i>Gruppe</i>, Italian <i>Gruppo</i>, and French <i>groupe</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="German_usage_in_World_War_II">German usage in World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wing_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: German usage in World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_Luftwaffe_(1933%E2%80%9345)" class="mw-redirect" title="Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–45)">Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–45)</a></div> <p>The World War II German Luftwaffe <i>Geschwader</i> and <i>Gruppe</i> were similar to the wing and group of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army 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