505th Command and Control Wing ) | |
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| Active | 1947–1952; 1965–1973; 1980–present |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Part of | United States Air Force Warfare Center |
| Garrison/HQ | Hurlburt Field, Florida |
| Motto(s) | Search and Direct |
| Decorations | Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Air Force Organizational Excellence Award Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Colonel Richard R. Dickens [1] [2] |
| Insignia | |
| 505th Command and Control Wing emblem (Approved 26 September 1966)[3] | ) |
| Patch with early 505th Tactical Control Group emblem |  |
The United States Air Force's 505th Command and Control Wing is organized under the United States Air Force Warfare Center. The wing is dedicated to improving readiness through integrated training, tactics development and operational testing for command and control of air, space and cyberspace. It hosts the Air Force's only Air Operations Center Formal Training Unit at Hurlburt Field, Florida.
The unit was first activated in 1947 under Air Defense Command (ADC) as the 505th Aircraft Control and Warning Group. It controlled radar units in the northwest until inactivating in February 1942 during a general reorganization of ADC.
It was activated again during the Vietnam War in November 1965. It initially commanded both aircraft warning units and forward air control squadrons, but in December 1966, those units were transferred to the 505th Tactical Air Control Group. It continued to manage the airspace over South Vietnam until the American withdrawal in 1973.
Subordinate units
- Detachment 1 – Fort Leavenworth, Kansas[note 1]
- 505th Combat Training Group at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
- 805th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Shadow Operations Center- Nellis (ShOC-N) at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada - 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center (DMOC), home of VIRTUAL FLAG and Coalition VIRTUAL FLAG exercises at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico - 505th Combat Training Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida - 505th Communications Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida
- 505th Test and Training Group at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada