Units
The 86th Airlift Wing is composed of six groups, 14 squadrons and one detachment. These are:
- 86th Operations Group (86 OG)
- 37th Airlift Squadron (37 AS)
- 76th Airlift Squadron (76 AS)
- 309th Airlift Squadron (309 AS) (Chièvres Air Base, Belgium)
- 86th Operations Support Squadron (86 OSS)
- 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (86 AES)
- 496th Air Base Squadron (496 ABS) (Morón Air Base, Spain)
- 86th Contingency Response Group (86 CRG)
- 86th Air Mobility Squadron
- 786th Security Forces Squadron (Airborne) (786 SFS)
- 86th Maintenance Group (86 MXG)
- 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (86 AMXS)
- 86th Maintenance Squadron (86 MXS)
- 86th Maintenance Operations Squadron (86 MOS)
- 86th Mission Support Group (86 MSG)
- 86th Mission Support Squadron (86 MSS)
- 86th Communications Squadron (86 CS)
- 86th Security Forces Squadron (86 SFS)
- 86th Services Squadron (86 SVS)
- 86th Medical Group (86 MDG)
- 86th Civil Engineer Group (86 CEG)
The 779th Expeditionary Airlift Flight was activated in January 2008 to administer a rotational deployment of two C-17 Globemaster IIIs to be based at Ramstein AB. The exact reporting chain for the 779th EAF is not known.
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