The wing was organized in 1919 at Langley Field, Virginia and assumed control of all Air Service units on the Atlantic Coast.

[1] The wing provided cadres for new tactical units activating as the Air Corps expanded under the Woodring Plan.

In the fall of 1942, it helped to train bombardment groups assigned to Twelfth Air Force.

The wing ceased combat temporarily during July and August 1943 while its groups were detached to the Mediterranean theater.

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