WV ANG 167th Airlift Wing
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General Information
The West Virginia Air National Guard's 167th Airlift Wing/167th Airlift Squadron is assigned the C-5A Galaxy. The first C-5A for the 167th arrived at Martinsburg RAP on December 4th, 2006 (70-0459). The 167th AW is currently equipped with thirteen C-5A aircraft.
Current as of May 2011, the 167th's C-5As are:
- 68-0211
- 68-0217
- 68-0222
- 68-0225
- 69-0001
- 69-0011
- 69-0022
- 70-0452
- 70-0455
- 70-0462
- 70-0463
- 70-0464
- 70-0465
Two aircraft that were previously part of the unit were decommissioned at Davis-Monthan AFB in March 2011 -
- 69-0027 on March 21st, an un-repairable crack in the mainframe aft-wing section.
- 70-0459 on March 24th, chronic issues with air refueling.
The 167th based at Martinsburg is to re-equip in 2014. The C-5's currently assigned to it will be replaced by eight C-17's. This change was announced on 2/3/2012.
Callsigns
- DECOY
Frequencies used
- 297.9 "Galaxy" callsign for Command Post, "Pikeside" callsign for Base Ops.