99TH AIR BASE WING
The 99th Air Base Wing traces its lineage to the 99th Bombardment Group during the early days of World War II. The group activated without personnel or equipment in 1942 at Orlando Army Air Base, Fla., and quickly transferred to Gowen Field, Idaho, where it received its initial manning. Air operations moved to Algeria in May 1943, where the group and its B-17 Flying Fortresses aircraft distinguished themselves while flying bombing missions against targets in Italy, Sardinia and Sicily. Then, in December 1943, aircrews moved to Italy and conducted missions throughout Europe. The group inactivated in 1945.
After this brief inactivation, the 99th was redesignated the 99th Bombardment Group Very Heavy in the Air Force Reserve at Birmingham, Ala., from 1947 to its inactivation in 1949. In 1953, the 99th was again reactivated as the 99th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, based at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Although the years brought several changes in name, equipment, mission and a move to Westover Air Force Base, Mass., in 1956, the organization operated continuously until a second inactivation closed its doors in 1974.
Again, the 99th was reactivated, this time at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., in 1989 as the 99th Strategic Weapons Wing. Major reorganizations and name changes occurred until Sept. 1995, when the 99th Wing inactivated and was reactivated at Nellis as the 99th Air Base Wing Oct. 1, 1995.
Today, it serves as the host wing for the base. It oversees the daily operations of the base such as personnel, finance, civil engineering and supply. Three groups are assigned to the 99th: 99th Medical Group, 99th Mission Support Group and 99th Security Forces Group.
Public Affairs Office
Public Affairs is responsible for communicating the missions of the USAFWC, 57th Wing, 53rd Wing, 505th Command and Control Wing, 99th Air Base Wing, 98th Range Wing, and Nellis Air Force Base and the 3-million-acre Nevada Test and Training Range to numerous internal and external audiences.
Working in community relations, media relations and internal information, the office tells the Nellis story to millions of people each year.
In community relations, the office conducts numerous tours and oversees an active community outreach program, giving the American public a behind-the scenes look at their Air Force in action.
The office also runs an active media relations program, working with hundreds of local, national and international journalists annually to inform the public of Nellis people and activities.
Internally, Public Affairs works with senior commanders and numerous agencies to ensure the base community is well informed about Nellis activities and actions that may impact the Air Force mission. The office produces the base's newspaper, the Bullseye. Distributed on Fridays, the Bullseye includes information on Air Force activities and includes local and Air Force news and features about Nellis people and units. Public Affairs also works closely with 99th Communications Squadron to keep the public informed about the base via the Internet and base cable network.
99th Comptroller Squadron
The mission of the 99th Comptroller Squadron is to provide professional financial management services to the organizations and individuals at Nellis.
The squadron is comprised of the Financial Analysis Flight, the Financial Services Flight and an analyst for all nonappropriated funds.
The Financial Analysis Flight prepares, updates and administers the base's $400 million budget. It also provides cost and economic analysis support to the base commanders.
The Financial Services Flight is responsible for disbursing, collecting, accounting and reporting all government funds at Nellis. It also provides pay and travel support for more than 7,900 military, 2,800 civilians and 20,000 retirees and annuitants.
The NAF analyst provides financial oversight of all base NAF activities in addition to detailed accounting review and budget analysis for the various NAF functions.
99th Mission Support Group
The 99th Mission Support Group provides civil engineer, communications, contracting, logistics readiness, personnel and services support for Nellis and Creech AFB.
The 99th Civil Engineer Squadron provides maintenance, repair, design and construction support for facilities and infrastructure, fire protection and crash rescue, disaster preparedness, military family housing, environmental compliance and explosive ordnance disposal.
The 99th Communications Squadron programs, operates and maintains the base computer networks and telecommunications, visual information and airfield systems.
The 99th Contracting Squadron executes the base central acquisition and contract performance management program.
The 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron provides motor vehicle operations and maintenance, traffic management and supply orders.
The 99th Force Support Squadron includes military and civilian personnel, education services, enlisted professional education and family support. The squadron also provides services for lodging, food services, club management, laundry, mortuary affairs, base honor guard, base library and recreational activities.
The Nellis Support Center provides all logistical support to include supply, transportation, logistic plans, airfield management, lodging and dining services, to live-fly exercise units deploying to Nellis.
The MSG deputy commander serves as consumer advocate for the commissary and base exchange.
· 99th Contracting Squadron: The 99th CONS provides contracting policy, planning and contract execution to Nellis' assigned and tenant units. The squadron provides contingency support to Air Force worldwide deployments. This organization is the largest base-level contracting operation in Air Combat Command.
· 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron: The 99th LRS provides a variety of logistics mission support functions to include distribution management, material management and contingency operations, planning and execution. The squadron was activated in January of 2003, and at nearly 600 members, is the largest of its type in Air Combat Command. The squadron consists of six
functionally oriented flights.
The material management flight is the single wing authority for receiving and storing all DoD supplies and equipment.
The readiness flight is the wing OPR for plans, war reserve materiel management, deployment planning, training and execution, base/expeditionary support planning, sustainment, redeployment, mobility bag and small arms weapons management and logistics command and control.
The management and systems flight provides training, resources and systems required to ensure the efficient and effective operation of squadron processes and provides interface between internal functions and external customers.
The traffic management flight arranges the movement and storage of personal property, provides ticketing for official travel, provides shipment actions required for DoD supplies and equipment and operates the air terminal function for Nellis.
The vehicle management flight is the single authority and source for maintenance and operations of the base's motor vehicle fleet.
The fuels management flight ensures quality petroleum products and cryogenics fluids are stocked and safely issued to using organizations.
· 99th Civil Engineer Squadron: The 99th CES designs and constructs new facilities and maintains and repairs existing facilities and utility systems. It also provides fire protection, crash rescue, environmental protection, sanitation services, as well as dormitory, furnishings and family housing management. Members of the 99th CES also provide major accident and natural disaster response and recovery operations.
The squadron's readiness flight develops and exercises base disaster preparedness programs and provides initial and refresher chemical warfare defense training. The 99th CES manages the base's and NTTR's environmental programs and explosive ordnance disposal activities.
· 99th Force Support Squadron: The 99th Force Support Squadron is composed of highly trained professionals from six organizations: Military Personnel Flight, Civilian Personnel Flight, Educational Services Flight, Airmen and Family Readiness Center, the Airman Leadership School and Services. Through the combined efforts of these flights, the squadron provides continuous support for a wide variety of customers, including active-duty members, dependent personnel, retirees, commanders and all units basewide. The 99th FSS provides morale, welfare, recreation and services programs for the Nellis community; active-duty, retirees, civilians, family members and more than 183,000 TDY personnel each year. It includes quality-of-life activities to foster unit and community cohesion, individual fitness and family well being, provides combat support in lodging, dining, mortuary affairs and prime readiness in base services deployment capability.
· 99th Communications Squadron: The 99th CS provides professional communication, computer, visual information and air traffic maintenance services for the USAFWC to support its worldwide training, testing and warfighting missions. In addition to this, the 99th CS is also responsible for an intrusion-detection system that protects the largest above-ground weapons storage area in DoD. The 99th CS also provides the only squadron-level video production element in ACC. Finally, the frequency management office coordinates all DoD frequencies for more than 200,000 square miles covering Nevada, southern Idaho and western Utah.
The squadron accomplishes this mission through four flights: 99th Mission Systems Flight supports airfield, telephone and radio systems; 99th Information Systems Flight operates the Base Network Control Center and manages the base computer security program; 99th Information Support Flight manages visual information; 99th Plans and Programs Flight guides the base focus on communication infrastructure improvements.
99th Medical Group
The 99th MDG provides medical care for the military community to ensure maximum wartime readiness and combat capability. The group's functions include flight medicine, surgical services, maternal and childcare, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology, dental care, medical benefits and information and diagnostic and therapeutic services.
Squadrons that report to this group include 99th Medical Support Squadron, 99th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, 99th Medical Operations Squadron and the 99th Dental Squadron.
99th Security Forces Group
The 99th SFG provides security, law enforcement services and protection for Nellis consisting of 11,000 personnel and 11,000 acres of patrolled area. The group fills ACC's largest mobility commitment and supports the USAFWC, 53rd Wing, 57th Wing, 98th Range Wing, 99th Air Base Wing and 23 tenant units. It also provides security for the largest aboveground weapons storage area in DoD and manages the ACC Desert Warfare Training Center.
· 99th Security Forces Squadron: The 99th SFS provides protection, security and police services to Nellis' 11,000 military, dependents, retirees, civilians and 414,000 TDY personnel annually. The Central Security Control/Law Enforcement Security Forces Desk controls security for myriad aircraft and associated resources located in multiple areas of the flightline and base facilities.
· 99th Security Support Squadron: The 99th SSS provides 260 combat-ready defenders for the DoD's largest above-ground weapons storage area. The squadron controls all entry, exit and movement within the WSA and ensures all security aspects of air and ground logistical movements of assets assigned to the 896th Munitions Squadron are met.
· 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron: The 99th GCTS provides warrior skills training for all ACC security forces and combat support elements at Creech AFB. This squadron provides advanced ground combat weapons and tactics instruction that enhance the combat capabilities of U.S. Air Force ground forces essential to sortie generation who are confronted with a potential for combat during hostilities.
Point of Contact
99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs, 4430 Grissom Ave., Ste 107, Nellis AFB, Nev., 89191; DSN 682-2750, commercial (702) 652-2750, 99abw.pa@nellis.af.mil.
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