This wing controlled the leading posts of the country, party and the clerics.

Upon activation, the wing controlled the 12th Fighter-Escort Group, which was activated a few days earlier at Turner.

But the organisation's militant wing has become increasingly restive and harder for ANC president Nelson Mandela to control.

The wing also controlled Air National Guard units in New Jersey and Delaware.

The wing also controlled an air refueling squadron from August 1964.

The wing controlled over 200 ICBMs during the Cold War.

The wing controlled four troop carrier squadrons, the 21st, 35th, 41st and 817th.

The wing controlled operations at Thule when SAC took control of base from Northeast Air Command.

The new wing also controlled three additional groups with the same number to operate the airbase, maintain the aircraft and provide medical care at the base.

The wing also controlled a ground control intercept radar squadron.